>Almost no one on /sp/ talks about the nhl besides /hoc/ fags>Not even when the Standly cup finals are happeningThis sport is fucking irrelevant and not even fellow Canadians care.
Considering the demographic shift of Canada in the face of birth rates and the locations from which we're drawing immigrants, and the similar fate of the European countries that care, I would expect the chel to keep losing popularity over time in favor of the usual preferences of cricket and soccerA shame Indians and flips couldn't at least care about a good sport like rugby but maybe it's for the best
>>155192942It's fucking devastating watching hockey fall from grace. It's our sport and it's dying out. I swear, there isn't a single kid these days that gives a fuck about the fact we haven't won a cup in over 30 years.
>>155192888>This sport is fucking irrelevantI knew hockey had fallen when I was listening to the Vegas radio call and their #1 advertising partner was a discount liquor store.
>>155192888Thank you Gary
americans will never care about a sport where they arent the dominate player base
>>155192942Cricket isn't even a top 20 sport in canada and none of our immigration is from soccer playing nations ( indis, China and the Philippines)17 million people watched canada vs ysa 2010 in hockey, no soccer game for canada has ever crossed 5 million viewers
>>155193066What sports do young people care about there?
someone posted yesterday about it and from what i read about it the commissioner is a mental retard thats locked out the league three times in 30 years because teams were paying salaries way beyond ticket revenues and unions refused salary caps (naturally) so the commissioner conspired to start again and move teams to the desert where nobody cares about hockey, lock the new teams in to contracts and grow from therebut nobody cared about hockey in the desert, people stopped watching in the north as their teams moved away, and now nobody is happy and its dying. Like I said, mental retard
>>155193674anon he's a jewish
Most watched game in canada for each sportHockey: canada vs usa 2010 16.6 millionBaseball: blue jays vs Dodgers game 7 11.8 millionNfl: 2024 super bowl 11.1 million Basketball: raptors vs gsw game 6 7.7 million Soccer: 2014 world cup final 4.8 million Canadas copa america run from a couple years ago literally only averaged 2 million viewers
>>155193668In my area, I see some kids wearing Jay hats and shirts, so I guess we're just going to become a baseball and basketball country.>>155193674Gary is who you're talking about. His attempts to exspand into the sunbelt hasn't entirely been a total failure. The Vegas team has found success to the dismay of every hockey fan.
>>155192888Why should anyone give a fuck about Garys pozzed soulless franchises?Skoda >>>>>>>>>>>>>> NHL
>>155193921You could say a lot of sports are pozzed these days, but they're still relevant.Just look at the nfl, that shit is pozzed as fuck.
It doesn’t help that every other country that have significant amount of players in the NHL and might be an audience is completely timezoned out of watching it.
>>155193971American sports have always been pozzed thoughbeit
>>155193795>The Vegas team has found success to the dismay of every hockey fan.It's hard for the sunbelt not to have success. I think a guy getting paid $7m in Tampa takes home more of his paycheck after taxes than a guy making $9m in Toronto.By kneecapping the ability of the traditional markets to "overspend", they have guaranteed them to be second rate teams.
>>155194057Canadian teams really are fucked lol. None of them right now feel like they are close to winning it too.
>>155192888I just wish >we were a bit better at it, and that there was proper international competitionI don't like the NHL a lot, personally. My heart goes out to the Canadians, they had their league taken from them
>>155194177There are plenty of American teams it applies to, as well. Detroit, New Jersey, Philadelphia, St. Louis, etc.
>>155192888If i commot to staying up for the world cup games, i will also watch the 1 or 2 remaining nhl games. I haven't decided though.
I work in a molten aluminum recycling facility in the Toronto area. The demographics of the workplace is basically a bunch of old white guys on the verge of retirement constantly arguing about hockey, and basically all other employees are young black, brown and asian guys discussing every single sport that God ever created, except hockey.It is not uncommon to see a bunch of old white guys arguing about what Leafs management should do next while a bunch of young black, brown and asian guys discuss the NBA or something. There are 0 young white men here btw.
>>155194283Nhl is not hockey
>>155194400Latvia is not real.
>>155194487Canada is not distinct or different from the usa. Trump is right on this issue.
>>155194946You have never been to America or Canada in your pathetic yuropeon life. America and Canada have a lot in common and a lot that is different. You would know this if you had visited either.
>>155192888GoodFuck off we're full
>>155192888I can't see the puck
>>155195012Yeah, the difference is that we obsess over the states so much we make having a superiority complex about the states an identity.
>>155195337Hockey watchers be like>well actually, i actually CAN see the puck when someone shoots it at 100 miles pee hourNobody is buying it
>>155195451there are 10 players on the ice to watch
>>155192888>2 unpopular teams from fake hockey marketsYeah I can see why
>>155195480There are 12, unless there's a 4on4 after a penalty on each team. Welcome to Canada, Truckjeep.
>>155195853Goalies aren't human thus don't count
>>155195899>thusWelcome to America, Esteban.
>>155195920Retard
>>155194283Maybe it isn't hockey they're trying to avoid discussing but the clown fiesta that is the Leafs
>>155195853>>155195920Oh how cute, the europoor is acting like his country isn't dealing with it's own immigration problems, lmao.
>>155195947Bud1.
>>155194003>significant amount of players in the NHLdoesn't mean they have significant populationsthere's also daytime games during regular season and early playoff rounds>>155194057there's a specific tax law to equalize it, but it requires patience and players are usually dumb>>155193795>In my area, I see some kids wearing Jay hats and shirtsbecause they made game 7 of the world serieseveryone just bandwagons now
>>155192888Hockey fans are typically more intelligent and therefore appreciate organization and tidiness, so we don't spam the catalog with our sport and are able to contain ourselves into just one great general.Meanwhile 3rd worlders think every single thought they have justifies making an entirely new thread for whatever just happen in their irrevelant soccer leagues.
>>155196428>typically more intelligent have you been to /hoc/
>>155195337>>155195451
>not even fellow Canadians carewhat could have possibly happened to promote this?[spoiler]indians[/spoiler]
>>155196585nhl players used to be small town kids who grew up with nothing else to do during winternow most nhl players come from big cities with millionaire parents who don't mind spending 20-30k a year until the kid is 16 and can go play chl
>>155192888Let’s stick to /hoc/ please
I got a stick right here for ya pal
I want to be a fan of your sport but im a favela nigger that lives under 40C and i never saw snow in my life so i cant do that
I used to love hockey but all the ads and power breaks make it unbearable to watch
