Hockey doesn’t draw anymore
>>158286351If it's only for canadian people I'd totally believe you
>>158286351Probably because of inflation and people not having the disposable income to attend games.
>>158286668Doesn't seem to be the case for the NFL yet but I agree it is because we're all getting nickel and dimed to death; no money left over to waste
>>158286351soft boycott for the cbc shit. My leafy Canadian heart has gone cold, and the Zamboni just run it over :(
>>158286351Ive been saying for years that all these seasons of soulless teams from the southern US states ruin the sport. Nobody wants to see teams from North Carolina, Florida, Texas, etc win the title.
>>158286351Canada is transitioning into a cricket nation>>158287221Seethe, the south runs hockey
>>158286668This. I'm too poor to attend games :(
>>158287221cope. seethe. dilate
>>158287221Fuck the sunbelt >:(
>>158286351is that because nosebleeds go for $400 in toronto?
>>158287221florida is ok. but all these krankens and utah clubs and desert franchises are a joke. i only watch east coast games anyway.
It's because of mass immigration. CBC ended Hockey Night in Canada after 75 years on air, almost 100 if you go back to the original radio broadcasts, and put on cricket in its former timeslot. There was also no fanfare in media about it ending--something kids grew up watching with their parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents wasn't even given a 5 minute spot on the news to mention it let alone celebrate its cultural impact--and the main news item about it was lamenting how the Jeet language version was gone.
>>158286351Didn't Vegas sell out all but one game in their history?
>>158288009Seattle and Utah aren't even from the South
>>158286735nfl is 8-9 home games and almost all weekends, even actual poor people can swing going to a few of them unless the team is a really hot ticket. It really is impressive that so many of those charlotte hornets-ass NBA/NHL weekday games sell out at those prices
>>158286351Thanks Gary
canada hasn't won the highest level men's professional hockey tournament in over 33 years. canada hasn't won the highest level men's international tournament in over 12 years.KWAB
>>158288100Does the woman in the image get raped by the other jeets or is that treatment strictly reserved for white women?
>>158286351>Make cost of living unaffordable for many, make hyperinflation grow, increase the wealth gap for the K-shaped economy to form, increase prices dramatically for all aspects of the game including ticket, beer, parking>WTF why is no one paying $400 to come see the game also airing on their tv
>>158287221Truth nuke
>>158288328not anymore they aren't selling out this season
>>158286351What did they expect pricing out the average joe? It's happening with every sports...Stadiums full of influencers and suits. You reap what you sow
The New Canadians only like hockey on a field
>>158288736not even. hockey night in canada got replaced by /cric/
>>158288100Unbelievably grim and blackpilling
>>158288731>Stadiums full of influencers and suitsTeams generate more revenue by getting a couple of influencers and millionaires buying tickets than selling the average family low price tickets. it's all business
>>158288763In an even grimmer twist - those influencers and celebrity millionaires often get them for free. Nothing drives real ticket sales more than thinking all of those guys are paying big bucks for the seats. Not to mention the bigger ones already get paid the price of the ticket by taking a few selfies at the game.
the games in the article are>winnipeg vs chicago>utah vs edmonton>calgary/toronto/la vs vegasthe only one that's notable is toronto vs vegas, it's probably more an exchange rate and trump thing32 teams and an 83 game season is too much for anyone to care about, but it's good for tv and gambling deals
I dont even recognize the game anymore. They got rid of fighting and everybody just wants a trade to the best team in the league. That usa-canada game was like the only time i felt like the players actually cared if they won or lost. NHL really overplayed their hand with meme southern westward expansion and the league is just watered down with markets that dont care. The hurricanes owner put his wife and 5 kids names on the lord stanley cup, its just a bunch of gay cucks now but to be fair thats kinda the direction every sport is going
>>158289146>and everybody just wants a trade to the best team in the leagueits less about being in the best team and more about wanting to join teams in states with no income tax, nice weather, and isn't being invaded by jeets. Playing for a canadian team is a bad experience right now>The hurricanes owner put his wife and 5 kids names on the lord stanley cupLmao mickey mouse trophy
>>158288731Billionaires are legit retarded kekThey created the K-shaped economy and hoard all the wealth then don't get why the plebs can't afford tickets and other prices anymore enough to fill an 18000 seat arena for 42 home games.For some reason they think people will just consoom forever and not that they will price them out. And then they have no leverage anymore, where are they going to threaten to relocate once Houston and Atlanta get their teams? Fucking Quebec City? Lmao
>>158289184i still think it's preposterously corrupt that tax advantages aren't accounted for in cap determinations. it's just math. there's no reason to permit it unless you're intentionally unbalancing the competition.>>158289231it's especially risky with a sport that gets so much of its income from tickets. but maybe it'll work for them anyway. a lot of stuff that used to be for everyone has been able to sustain itself by specifically targeting rich people with 'luxury' branding.
>raise prices through the roof>why is no one going anymore
>>158287221lmao salty snowcucks malding
>>158289258Bowling has been raising its prices and according to a friend of mine who is big into bowling the game is dying. Pretty much every bowling center in America is owned by one private equity group. People definitely have a threshold on what they are willing to spend. Capitals created a rink side luxury section called the vault that is almost always empty
>>158289288they do, and big-name or 'experience' stuff has a higher threshold. look at how expensive disney park stuff is. regular people used to be able to casually go without saving for years. but they can get away with it because dumb people with money are happy to spend it.
>>158289231>where are they going to threaten to relocate once Houston and Atlanta get their teams? Fucking Quebec City?Plenty of markets open right now. Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Phoenix.>>158289258Tax laws change all the time, maybe Canada should try being more business friendly
>>158289321tax laws changing is irrelevant. everyone already has to deal with the fact that they pay taxes differently in every state or province they visit. this is a complete non-issue as far as accounting goes because it is literally the job of accountants to handle that stuff.
>>158286351I stopped watching when they started doing gay stuff
>>158289258>>158289321>>158289593you don't know what you're talking aboutthere's a specific tax law in canada so that canada is one of the most competitive markets tax wise for nhl playersthe nba doesn't allow toronto to useit just requires tax planning and hockey players are usually dumb about anything other than hockeyit's stuff like this why they don't want to play in canada, the only players that like attention are tryhard fags like avery and bissonette
>>158288763Yes in the short term; in the long term they lose customers and those big TV deals go away
>>158286351>gas is $6/gallon>McDonalds costs $80 for a family of four>why is no one going to sporting events anymore?!hmmmmm quite a mystery
yah I wonder why
>>158286351Half the viewership is 55+ year olds. We all knew this was coming. Hockey fans are literally dying
>>158286351You can only cater to non fans of the sport for so long before the real fans start to get annoyed
>>158291673People always bring up 30+ years since a Canadian team won, but also 2019 was the last time a traditional market won a CupNon-traditional markets winning is beneficial when it happens once in awhile, but when it’s nothing but for a prolonged period it starts being a detriment for the core markets and overall bottom line
>>158291829The traditional markets should try to win then. They're not entitled to championships, its not like the NHL is purposely helping the sunbelt markets, you can't rig hockey like that.
the audience is mostly white upper middle class people who are disappearing
>>158289231The new relocation ploy to continue shaking down for public money is to threaten to move across state lines within the same metro area.
>>158289184Don’t Canadian teams have the trade off of being better for endorsement deals since you’re more likely to be a real household name up there?
>>158288761Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if the US replaces Canada as having the most NHL players within the next 15 years and it becomes a rarity to see more than 1 Canadian in the top 10 draft picks by 2040. The really shocking thing is how there was absolutely no retrospective about the impact of Hockey Night in Canada. Like I said: kids grew up watching it with their parents who grew up watching it with their parents who grew up watching it with their parents etc etc all the way back to Canada's great great grandparents listening to it on the radio with their great grandparents. Barely a mention in media? The most prominent article was about the fucking jeet language version that shouldn't have existed in the first place being cancelled? They put on fucking cricket in the timeslot that was HOCKEY Night in Canada for almost a century? Fuck man.
>>158292265You don't have to play for a Canadian team to get endorsement deals. What the other anon said about taxes is the main thing. Teams like Vegas/Tampa/Florida basically get like an extra 20% of cap space based on the fact players don't have to pay massive amounts of taxes. I honestly wish they'd just eliminate the cap and add a luxury tax system.
>>158286668Inflation is a good thing anon Trump said so MAGA!
>>158292265>Shh you aren't allowed to acknowledge that every market has different advantages, everyone knows the only thing that matters is taxesThis is why the tax argument always annoys me, a 4th liner that punches people can be set for life if he plays in Toronto and the fans like him. Very different than playing in Washington (also a no tax state). The panthers sucked for 25 years despite not having state income tax. You want good players to come to your team? Build a good team.
>>158293702>a 4th liner that punches people can be set for lifeSure, anon. Every team in the league is climbing over one another to secure 4th line enforcers. Retard.
>>158293788>if he plays in Toronto and the fans like himReading comprehension beaverfucker, endorsements are not an option for a league minimum facepuncher in Nashville
NA/NHL tickets are absolutely insane, i’m amazed anyone shows up to any sporting event. But Gary gets his corporate seats filled and is happy
>>158288100Terrible
>>158293862Reading comprehension, retard. No one cares about attracting 4th liners let alone enforcers. Being able to attract them doesn't prove that the taxation bonuses players get by playing in the US isn't a major factor in attracting talent.
>>158294784Yeah, no shit no one cares about 4th liners. That's not the point. I'm saying that the extra dollars you can get from endorsements can make up the difference in taxes.
>>158293937Gotta grow the game!
>>158288100>CBC ended Hockey Night in Canada after 75 years on air, almost 100 if you go back to the original radio broadcasts, and put on cricket in its former timeslot.You absolutely have got to be kidding.
>>158286351I can't even watch a game if i wanted to. Augmented ads for midwits on every broadcast. All the canadian broadcasters (lmao j/k we are only allowed 1) try to model themselves after ESPN which results is women talking. I can save hockey in Canada easily. NCAA already gave us the chance to free ourselves from the NHL. We just need the balls to do it.
>>158291829All the best players are going to play for Sunbelt teams for a reason. Why deal with cringe fans who take that shit super serious when they can go to LA, be relatively unknown and left alone,and live like... Kings
>>158295304>no one cares about 4th linersAs a massive AHL fan, I definitely care about those guys because I got to see them all play in my local barn as early adults
