How Eddie Livingstone Caused the Formation of the NHL

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2022
  • It's never boring looking back at the NHL's feud with Eddie Livingstone.
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  • @derkaiserzen
    @derkaiserzen Год назад +44

    NHL Founding Fathers:
    "Screw this one person in particular..forever!!"

  • @BSAnime
    @BSAnime Год назад +27

    Independence day video on the NHL's independence from Eddie Livingstone? Brilliant

  • @KevynKing
    @KevynKing Год назад +51

    I did a write up on the Hamilton Tigers once, and this was one of the most fascinating parts of that era. So glad you're taking a deeper dive into it. Gonna be a great watch.

    • @patch8376
      @patch8376 Год назад +1

      This. Hockey's Eight Men Out.

  • @thatsmrtguy4935
    @thatsmrtguy4935 Год назад +31

    The year 1916 has a ton of sports movie worthy stories:
    This Story
    The 222-0 College Football Game
    The Minor League Baseball Game that ended in 34 minutes
    The Collapse of the Federal League
    The Philadelphia Athletics going 36-117
    I'm sure I missed something but that is a lot of weird stuff

    • @abrahamlincoln9758
      @abrahamlincoln9758 Год назад +4

      The 222-0 story is probably the most insane thing to ever happen in sports. And I say sports, because the story starts in baseball and ends in football. The moral of the story: don't run up the score on John Heisman.

  • @Matthew-gn5yi
    @Matthew-gn5yi Год назад +32

    As a lover of history, I absolutely love these hockey history videos. This video & the other one you did on Eddie Livingstone had me absolutely in tears from laughing so hard. Quite a character.Thank you Shannon.

  • @nothankyou7729
    @nothankyou7729 Год назад +12

    i imagine the NHL at the time like the Impractical Jokers where one of the NHL owners goes "ok now take all of Eddie's players" and they all die laughing

    • @abrahamlincoln9758
      @abrahamlincoln9758 Год назад

      "When you sign the litigation papers say "I'm a hoppy hockey jockey" at the top of your lungs. Then offer him gum.

  • @DAcheekO
    @DAcheekO Год назад +27

    So happy you made this video again… this is the most craziest story in hockey history

  • @BDawgStudio
    @BDawgStudio Год назад +20

    I like these history videos. When u mentioned Calder it got me thinking about the Calder trophy and where it came from and the person it was named after. Videos on each trophy and its history would be fun :)

  • @heliumtrophy
    @heliumtrophy Год назад +18

    "Hey guys, did you see what Eddie's been doing recently?"
    "Oh god what now."
    "Wants to create a team out of Hamilton."
    "Just put the Remparts there, then we're fine."
    "I'll just make a quick phonecall to the players and the deal's done."
    "Fantastic"

  • @Christian_Martel
    @Christian_Martel Год назад +9

    It reminds me of a book about early Canadian hockey history written by Stephen Harper (yes, same guy) called: « A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs & the Rise of Professional Hockey. » Worth the read!

  • @salavecis2
    @salavecis2 Год назад +9

    Love the NHL history videos

  • @edalder2000
    @edalder2000 Год назад +10

    So this is like-if Dan Snyder were so damaging and painful to deal with that The other NFL owners founded a new football league just to get rid of Dan Snyder?
    Wow. How, cold, petty and brilliant.

    • @closethockeyfan5284
      @closethockeyfan5284 Год назад +2

      If I recall correctly, the NBA did get rid of that awful Clippers owner, but he got what many thought was way more than their value in the sale.

    • @edalder2000
      @edalder2000 Год назад +3

      @@closethockeyfan5284 Donald Sterling was The Clippers owner. He was known as a slum lord and cartoon villain of a nasty man. IIRC, Sterling was caught on tape saying and displaying racism without shame. So Sterling had to go.
      As far as the value of the sale. It's rare that a pro sports team is put up for sale. Leagues are also very exclusive in how they approve and admit owners. So Steve Ballmer paying $2 Billion wasn't a suprise.

  • @moore4807
    @moore4807 Год назад +2

    Great Livingstone story - I learned a lot, already knew Livingstone was a feisty guy, but didn't know he sued the leagues so often or so long!

  • @jsullivan5823
    @jsullivan5823 Год назад +4

    I love this story every time it comes up lol
    Thanks again man!

  • @SMG2fanatic
    @SMG2fanatic Год назад +1

    You’re original video on Livingstone was my favorite video of yours of all time. Happy to see an update 😂

  • @Otown
    @Otown Год назад +2

    I just watched the first livvy video a couple months ago, and laughed constantly and this one was no different

  • @LETZGONHLdraft
    @LETZGONHLdraft Год назад +6

    3,000 dollars in 1916 is something like 80,000 now
    5,000 dollars in 1916 is something like 134,000 now

  • @brettplants9435
    @brettplants9435 Год назад +1

    I literally just watched the other Livingstone video again yesterday. Probably my favorite hockey story.

  • @XSharkdarkX
    @XSharkdarkX Год назад +2

    I'm hockey fan, I'm historian so it's an incredible video (and funny) for me, thank you Shannon !

  • @allfields
    @allfields Год назад +5

    Can you do a history of the NHA for those who aren't informed on that history

  • @chasewighton4064
    @chasewighton4064 Год назад +1

    Oh my god, thank you Shannon, I haven't laughed like this in a week, since my mom's partner had to be rushed to the hospital due to a stroke and ultimately had to be taken off life support and passed away. It's been really dark inside my head right now, so thank you SO much for making me laugh at the absolutely insanity of petty bullshit that was the formation of the NHL.

  • @domb45
    @domb45 Год назад +5

    Thank you for the awesome history lesson!!

  • @Stray_Spectre
    @Stray_Spectre Год назад +1

    I must've missed the first video, because I was just thinking to myself yesterday, "I wish Shannon would make a video on Eddie Livingstone" and here it is.

  • @ncsd98
    @ncsd98 Год назад +7

    This is great. Creative content and a history lesson. Thank you

  • @CheetahLynx
    @CheetahLynx Год назад +4

    You should put a small Eddie Livingstone in Gary's picture frame

  • @bigjohn08865
    @bigjohn08865 Год назад +4

    It would be like the NBA changing it's name instead of banning Donald Sterling

  • @LSA30
    @LSA30 Год назад +1

    Owners meetings probably also consisted of them drinking, partying and singing “We Do, We Do!”

  • @BoyNamedSue4
    @BoyNamedSue4 Год назад +5

    Nhl actually stands for No Hecking Livingstone

  • @flexchristoe
    @flexchristoe Год назад +3

    This is excellent! Keep them coming, Shannon.

  • @massivecumshot
    @massivecumshot Год назад +6

    Eddie Livingstone makes Harold Ballard look like a rocket scientist and Eddie Shore look like a saint. John Spano and Eugene Melnick pale in comparison.

  • @1bert719
    @1bert719 Год назад +2

    This is the hockey equivalent of cutting Homer from the Stonecutters. 😋 Very similar thing happened in the 90's in Britain when the (short lived) superleague was set up and the initial proposal cut out several big teams whilst including a few smaller ones who didn't want to be in it. A joke rumour even went round that Manchester and Sheffield would play each other 48 times with the top 2 progressing to the playoffs! 😉

  • @kokushi629
    @kokushi629 Год назад +2

    This sounds a lot like the founding years of Pro Wrestling especially the formation of the NWA...

  • @icewyre
    @icewyre Год назад +3

    Yes! Another Eddie Livingston video! haha

  • @marcusrumelhart
    @marcusrumelhart Год назад

    What timing! I just watched the old Livingstone video yesterday.

  • @bertmustin
    @bertmustin Год назад

    Can't wait for your video on NHL founder Eddie Glumplet.

  • @estellegrignon
    @estellegrignon Год назад +2

    The NHL: cool, now we finally don't have to deal with Livingstone anymore!
    Also the NHL: let's get involved in every part of this guy's existence for an entire decade and over

  • @rcarpenter3
    @rcarpenter3 Год назад +1

    What an insane story!

  • @rutger9491
    @rutger9491 Год назад

    Deceptions and Doublecross was a good read, thanks for the video Shannon.

  • @jdeighan
    @jdeighan Год назад

    great video! I read about this stuff a while back

  • @logandetwiler4483
    @logandetwiler4483 Год назад

    Can’t wait to see 2021 and 22 review videos

  • @ogreman-lll-957
    @ogreman-lll-957 Год назад +2

    Eddie Livingstone’s grandmother was born in 1812

  • @tsaageotrimm
    @tsaageotrimm Год назад

    He was one hell of a character!

  • @kevaninthe4135
    @kevaninthe4135 Год назад +1

    Love when you talk Livingstone.

  • @raymondsupper
    @raymondsupper Год назад +1

    Harold probably knew all about Livingstone when he set out to conquer the Maple Leafs.

  • @LateCloser
    @LateCloser Год назад +5

    From my experiences working for many wealthy people, I've observed they're all miserable arrogant morally bankrupt spoiled rotten people. Imagine how awful you have to be to get them all collectively hating you?
    I don't know if I'm ever gonna hear someone say NHL without thinking "Not Having Livvy". :)

  • @ericmiller9977
    @ericmiller9977 Год назад

    You should do a update to the video about Harold Ballard.

  • @Peacy27
    @Peacy27 Год назад

    "Or AHA! I burst out laughing.

  • @Bsweds32
    @Bsweds32 Год назад +1

    I'm surprised they didn't go as far as hiring an assassin to get rid of him.

  • @nolananderson4782
    @nolananderson4782 Год назад +1

    NHL: "I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off"

  • @austincleaver6655
    @austincleaver6655 Год назад

    After watching this Shannon you should definitely do another video on Harold Ballard

  • @christhornycroft3686
    @christhornycroft3686 Год назад +5

    Sounds similar to what they did to Jim Balsillie when he tried to bring the NHL to Hamilton. If you want to be an NHL owner, you'd better be prepared to pucker up. Granted, Livingstone sounds like he was a complete jerk, so it makes sense that the other owners wouldn't want anything to do with him, but wow.

  • @jordanwolfcastle7387
    @jordanwolfcastle7387 Год назад

    Legend has it hes an ancestor of Ralph “burger” Diggins

  • @Tomten0
    @Tomten0 Год назад

    This is still so freaking funny

  • @chanoom
    @chanoom Год назад

    Interesting, very nice!

  • @heliumtrophy
    @heliumtrophy Год назад +3

    Toronto Hockey - We have a history of bad owners!

  • @clydeblair9622
    @clydeblair9622 Год назад

    Shannon, do you have a set of Trail of the Stanley Cup? Mine got trashed in a flood.

  • @Kraken_What
    @Kraken_What Год назад

    A lot of foreboding when it comes to the NHL with the saga of Livingstone.

  • @BrotherAlpha
    @BrotherAlpha Год назад

    3:15 ... I have. It's fun, as long as you are not the one who has to deal with them.

  • @filrut
    @filrut Год назад

    Guys who aren't happy unless they're arguing are called lawyers

  • @grahamdamberger7130
    @grahamdamberger7130 Год назад +3

    There was an owner in the NFL by the name of Hugh Culverhouse, who became the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976. I compared him to Harold Ballard as he was as cheap as Ballard, and shared Ballard's mindset of only caring about winning. Culverhouse would often bribe players and coaches to invest in projects that weren't being constructed yet, and those concepts ended up falling through. The Buccaneers were a hellhole of a team. First round pick after first round pick was traded in order to fix up a position. And the franchise paid heavily for these moves. It wasn't until after Culverhouse's death in 1994 that the Buccaneers started playing better, much like the Leafs after Ballard's passing. Though the Bucs have something the Leafs are still searching for. A championship title.
    Eddie Livingstone would have been those two owners combined if he had still been a part of the league back then, as well as the others that you mentioned.

    • @raymondsupper
      @raymondsupper Год назад

      Culverhouse’s widow said she wanted to dig him up, shoot him, then stick him back in the grave

  • @joeclark2646
    @joeclark2646 Год назад

    This video is dedicated to Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington NFL franchise...

  • @Shinjiku
    @Shinjiku Год назад

    If they made a movie about him I'd like it to be a comedy and them to cast Jim Carrey as Eddie Livingstone.

  • @evileyeball
    @evileyeball Год назад

    Hahaha When you said "Cats" talking about cats who like to fight, I thought you meant "Katz" as in the owner of the Oilers

  • @Clipeuh
    @Clipeuh Год назад

    i had no idea who this was, so interesting lmao

  • @peterroberts4415
    @peterroberts4415 Год назад

    I could totally see a "Death of Stalin" type movie made for Livingstone

  • @pancyclosis
    @pancyclosis Год назад

    14:55 Ha!

  • @abrahamlincoln9758
    @abrahamlincoln9758 Год назад

    I swear I've seen this episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

  • @mcfleury
    @mcfleury Год назад

    5:50 reminds me of Trailer Park Boys when Ricky pays Lahey $100 to F off 😆

  • @vithursan.b
    @vithursan.b Год назад

    I laugh each time when I see the gary bettman frame in the background

  • @jstyxx4110
    @jstyxx4110 Год назад

    He sounds like Steinbrenner before he was suspended.

  • @SamGuertin..
    @SamGuertin.. Год назад +1

    Always appreciate the Simpsons references. Worst NHA owner EVER.

  • @patch8376
    @patch8376 Год назад

    Actually, the Toronto Ontarios was fitting if you think of Toronto as a city that thinks of itself as its own nation, err province.

  • @mitchella7160
    @mitchella7160 Год назад

    Hey Shannon, any idea when the 2022-2023 nhl season schedule will be released?

    • @closethockeyfan5284
      @closethockeyfan5284 Год назад +1

      This month. I'm wondering whether they'll wait until after the draft to allow time to manufacture hype.

    • @mitchella7160
      @mitchella7160 Год назад +2

      Yeah, I can see them doing it after the draft. Good point.

  • @BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount
    @BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount 8 месяцев назад

    Shannon, just so you know. We’re expecting another call from Gary Bettman when you hit 300k.

  • @iacreamz
    @iacreamz Год назад

    It has taken your last few videos a minute to load after you upload for some reason.

  • @daydaviddunn
    @daydaviddunn 9 месяцев назад

    And the NHA was started in a hotel lobby by 2 guys who got snubbed by the big guys

  • @drivethru6155
    @drivethru6155 Год назад

    If there was a Canadian adaptation of The Office, it has to be this

  • @abrahamlincoln9758
    @abrahamlincoln9758 Год назад

    This is how Timothy Dexter's life was supposed to go.

  • @Ratzy1614
    @Ratzy1614 Год назад

    PT wait that circus guy ive seen that movie

  • @RatingJoe
    @RatingJoe Год назад

    “Part Harold Ballard”
    Why couldn’t they form a no Ballard nhl 😭

  • @klompsauce
    @klompsauce Год назад

    Oh!

  • @patch8376
    @patch8376 Год назад

    Who would play Livingstone in a movie? Russell Crowe?

  • @onyxdragon
    @onyxdragon Год назад

    It's now given why the NHL didn't have a LivingstoneTrophy in his honor. LOL

  • @arshadmohamed6330
    @arshadmohamed6330 Год назад +1

    I seen women who aint happy unless they fighting with someone 🤷‍♂️

  • @janellemaynait
    @janellemaynait Год назад

    18:30 here's your answer Joseph Fiennes and he looks like him

  • @domb45
    @domb45 Год назад +1

    Jack Nicholson would be a great Eddie Livingston I think!

  • @boxercourage4384
    @boxercourage4384 Год назад

    Next cat name: Livvy

  • @countrystud1986
    @countrystud1986 Год назад

    Fantastic video, never heard of any of this story. Sounds like a downfall of a narcisssist to me, and that makes me smile. By the way, "Toroonto Ontarians has to be the most uncreative name in history" made me laugh out loud. Thanks for your content!

    • @rivahkillah
      @rivahkillah Год назад

      We had two football teams named rough riders in the CFL not too long ago

    • @countrystud1986
      @countrystud1986 Год назад

      @@rivahkillah Wow, guess I gotta teach you some CFL history. First off, It wasn't the same, even during the era when both teams played. Saskatchewan's is a compound word, 'Roughriders', while Ottawa's was always two separate 'Rough Riders'. So, you're wrong already. Also, in the earlier decades, teams in the east and west didn't play each other until the Grey Cup, so it wasn't often a big deal. Glad I could educate you.

  • @patch8376
    @patch8376 Год назад +1

    Not paying rent? If he were around today, he could have been in Arizona.

  • @liamcooney57
    @liamcooney57 Год назад

    so if Canada wants more teams, we're gonna have to bring Eddie back from the dead, and have him try to start a league with teams in Hamilton and Quebec City..

  • @Stelo29
    @Stelo29 Год назад

    As a german with a very uncommon (even in Germany) Name, nerver in my life would I thought to to hear a canadian talking about hockey, say your last name "Steinbrenner".

  • @edenjung9816
    @edenjung9816 Год назад +2

    I don't know who is the bad guy here.
    To be honest back when i saw the first video, i was on Eddies side.
    And well i still am. I feel bad for him to get fcked with so much.
    I get that he must have been an irritating person. But there is a general rule in the world.
    "Don't be a dick". And especially you don't mess around with someones livelyhood or passions. That is just cruel.
    At some point the NHl should have let him be. Be the bigger people.
    And i don't know what he did in perticular that was so bad. An example of such would have been perfect.

  • @brandon074
    @brandon074 Год назад +2

    Wonder if Daniel Snyder will be the NFL's Eddie Livingstone? The NFL needs to get rid of Snyder to save the NFL itself, IMO.

    • @TheManny717
      @TheManny717 Год назад +1

      They have eleventy billion dollars in revenue. Mess with their bottom line and you’ll see some changes. Just saying…

    • @brandon074
      @brandon074 Год назад +1

      @@TheManny717 If the NFL even tries to get rid of him, he'll sue and the fun really begins!!!!!

    • @evilmotorsports5076
      @evilmotorsports5076 Год назад

      He changed the name of the team, what other travesty is going on?

    • @brandon074
      @brandon074 Год назад

      @@evilmotorsports5076 Made life a living hell for any women working for the team; cooked the accounting books (two sets of books); didn't give each road team what they were owed whenever a team plays at the Skins/WFT home stadium (each team gives like 40% of a game revenue to the opposing team), and a bunch of things that I'm sure come to light eventually. Oh, yeah...basically had the cheerleaders become a bunch of prostitutes while in Costa Rica.

  • @meatwad42069
    @meatwad42069 Год назад

    the houston texans were clearly inspired by the toronto ontarios

  • @retflo2583
    @retflo2583 Год назад

    So your talking about the owner of the Washington Football Team.....

  • @Ratzy1614
    @Ratzy1614 Год назад

    They really hate Eddie man, he shoulda just taken the 3k and run

  • @ukrainian.g.o.a.t.566
    @ukrainian.g.o.a.t.566 Год назад

    John Goodman would be perfect

  • @vincentbureau9848
    @vincentbureau9848 Год назад

    Conspiracy: Eddie Livingstone burned the Montreal Arena... basing it off nothing.

  • @clydeblair9622
    @clydeblair9622 Год назад

    Toronto's cups as the St. Pats shouldn't count.

  • @TheAcgtrs
    @TheAcgtrs Год назад

    Sounds kinda like Al Davis was to the NFL…