Will hockey ever be relevant in the US on a nationwide scale?
Why do they keep trying to put teams in the South and Las Vegas and shit when they know no one's going to care?
no
minorities don't like sports for rich upper class white bro kids from the northeast/canada
you can't watch hockey in a bar because no one gets fucking versus.
hockey doesn't have any stars or recognizable names on the level of lebron/curry/etc.
>>66580681
Sidney Crosby and Ovechkin are equal to Lebron. If they got an ESPN contract they'd be household names.
>>66580710
lmao you really believe this nigga?
no one gives a fuck about those guys
only transcendent hockey player was gretzky and he's gone
>>66580622
no
soon america will be a soccer/nfl country as the demographics change. hockey will remain a fringe sport
>>66580771
McDavid bro. He's the future.
>>66580791
Why doesn't the NHL make more effort to make the game easier to play/afford for minorities? It could really help the league.
>mfw we are the number 1 ranked hockey team in the world
Hockey could've been popular in the US if they weren't so shit at marketing it. They should learn something from the way the nba markets their stars and games.
Why must NHL be popular? It's ok as of right now IMO, there is no reason to try to desperately grow.
>>66580771
>nigga
degenerate dindu
>>66580622
>no one
That league will follow the money. If you can get 10,000 fans in Edmonton who love it, and 20,000 fans in Phoenix who are meh about it, then that team will go to fucking Phoenix.
>>66580791
The NFL is going to go bankrupt in 10-15 years.
>>66580975
Phoenix doesn't even get 20,000, they get closer to 10,000
10,000 who love it vs 10,000 who don't care? I'd pick 10,000 who love it.
>>66580975
More like 100,000 fans in Edmonton who love it and 5,000 fans in Phoenix who are meh about it
>>66580830
Minorities in Canada already watch and play. It's just about cost. Not many people can afford to buy equipments and enroll their kids into a hockey program
>>66580998
>>66581002
It's about potential. A successful Phoenix market is much more beneficial than a successful Edmonton market.
The sad thing is hockey wasn't always for rich people. It used to be a very blue-collar sport.
>>66581036
Phoenix has already failed. They're not even a bad team and have made the playoffs several times yet still get bottom attendance. They don' t even sell out playoff games.
>>66581039
pay-for-play is the cancer killing all sports
>>66580975
The ticket prices are much higher in Edmonton than for Phoenix, even if they had the same attendance (which they don't), you'd made much more money from the Edmonton seats since they're willing to pay more to see their shit team play
>>66580988
Why do you believe the nfl will go bankrupt ?
>>66580681
>LA kings is one of the most popular US team
>also had many Mexican fans
K
>>66584566
This . Once the Kings became relevant in 2012 a butt load of la beaner band wagoners spics started watching hockey
>>66580622
Probably because most kids can't play it.People tends to follow sports they grew up playing at.
There's a reason why ice hockey is only a thing in snow-covered countries.
>>66580622
Nashville cares about it's team a lot.
>>66585446
Wait until it's bad again. You're confusing bandwagoners with fans
>>66580771
i wish he was gone...
>either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
>>66581476
someone obviously doesnt understand how shit the CAD is
>>66584638
your country has a decent national team
>>66586140
hahaha how fucking short is that twink? Wayne isn't probably even 5'10 and is clearly slouched but still clearly taller?That is suicide tier height
>>66580622
>Will hockey ever be relevant in the US on a nationwide scale?
Why would you want that?
>>66580963
this
the threads are really comfy as of now
In the ploffs they're already a bit fast for my taste
>>66580622
They should literally get rid of every team below this line. If they insist on having the same number of teams then just put more of them in the North and Canada and create more regional rivalries.
There should not be hockey teams in places with zero hockey culture, like Florida, Texas, Vegas, etc. It's fucking retarded.
>>66580622
Hockey isn't popular because it has no minorities and minorities can't afford it.
>>66588850
Replacing the kings, ducks, sharks, coyotes, stars, predators, hurricanes, lightning, and panthers with teams in Seattle, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Portland, Quebec, Toronto, and 3 other cities would be a pretty based league.
>>66591508
The three Californian teams should stay.
>>66588850
This
Nobody gives a shit about sunbelt teams, it's an embarrassment to the league to have empty arenas. relocate them to the north
what makes you think the north gives a shit about hockey? because we're closer to canada? i'm from the northeast and I don't know anyone who watches hockey besides me.
>>66591924
>an autist on 4chan doesn't know anyone into a certain thing therefore nobody is into that thing
Brilliant logic. Just fucking off yourself retard.
>>66591508
This, but replace KC with literally anything else
>>66591722
Califag detected, fuck your teams
