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before moving out of MLG, the Leafs sold out every game dating back to WW2. - Feeling Glucky?
I'm very happy for you. |
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BlueBloodPat
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 06.29.2006
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Cities that are likely smaller, and hockey is bigger in Canada than baseball, football or basketball is in the US. The only cities which are comparable are Canadian cities, and the largest ones at that. Montreal and Vancouver to be even more specific. - bureforearthsprez
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Shutdown
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Location: a fat guy sitting on a toilet with no back and his head resting on his balls pic, NC Joined: 04.06.2008
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no it's not - BlueBloodPat
Football's big in the states, but it doesn't define them as a nation. Canada=Hockey. |
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Feeling Glucky?
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Location: Tanktown, ON Joined: 10.08.2008
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no it's not - BlueBloodPat
yes it is... and damn you for making me side with a nucks fan |
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BlueBloodPat
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 06.29.2006
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yes it is... and damn you for making me side with a nucks fan - Feeling Glucky?
no it's not, football has just as much of a fan base and viewership at the high school and college level as it does at the professional level. High school hockey games have parents in the stands in Canada, in the US, the entire towns attend the school's football games. Football is way bigger in the US than hockey is in Canada. |
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Feeling Glucky?
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Location: Tanktown, ON Joined: 10.08.2008
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no it's not, football has just as much of a fan base and viewership at the high school and college level as it does at the professional level. High school hockey games have parents in the stands in Canada, in the US, the entire towns attend the school's football games. Football is way bigger in the US than hockey is in Canada. - BlueBloodPat
go to small towns in Canada and you'll see the rinks filled for midget a games... go to highschool football games in big cities in the states, and you don't see that massive draw... in small towns, kids sports are always a good draw.
the comparable to hockey is baseball... it's the sport that the country defines itself by. |
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no it's not, football has just as much of a fan base and viewership at the high school and college level as it does at the professional level. High school hockey games have parents in the stands in Canada, in the US, the entire towns attend the school's football games. Football is way bigger in the US than hockey is in Canada. - BlueBloodPat
it depends from which perspective you look at it
in the states, do you think there are many people who get out of their appartment, go to some random court nearby and start playing the game with a bunch of strangers? |
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Hockeybuzz attention span is like 8 posts long. |
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Feeling Glucky?
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Tanktown, ON Joined: 10.08.2008
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Hockeybuzz attention span is like 8 posts long. - bureforearthsprez
butterflies. |
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BlueBloodPat
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 06.29.2006
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it depends from which perspective you look at it
in the states, do you think there are many people who get out of their appartment, go to some random court nearby and start playing the game with a bunch of strangers? - hello_there
I'm sure there are situations like that in the States. But minor league hockey receives no where near the attention in Canada that minor league football receives in the US. I've seen on many occasions strangers playing soccer together, but it doesn't make soccer big in Canada.
The passion for the sports may be equal, if not more so for hockey, but football is a much bigger sport overall in the US than hockey is in Canada. |
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I'm sure there are situations like that in the States. But minor league hockey receives no where near the attention in Canada that minor league football receives in the US. I've seen on many occasions strangers playing soccer together, but it doesn't make soccer big in Canada.
The passion for the sports may be equal, if not more so for hockey, but football is a much bigger sport overall in the US than hockey is in Canada. - BlueBloodPat
You might be right. I don't know. I just thought it was a funny example of how passionate we are about the game of hockey.
It's quite hard to measure passion, especially over such an heterogeneous population. |
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Doppleganger
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Location: Reality Joined: 08.25.2006
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Toronto has 3
And to answer you question, cities as big that don't sell out include Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles. - BlueBloodPat
Does selling out affect the performance of the the on ice product? |
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BlueBloodPat
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 06.29.2006
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Does selling out affect the performance of the the on ice product? - Doppleganger
I think you missed what was being said |
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Doppleganger
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Location: Reality Joined: 08.25.2006
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It's not going to happen. Which isn't a big deal to me. I'd rather not see a bottom 5 finish (and still don't think it will happen), but whatever.
- prock
I don't see how the leafs can avoid a bottom two finish.
And there are rumors that Edmonton might see Tyler Seguin as a better fit, being a Center.............and that would leave Taylor Hall, a left winger, for Boston if toronto remains in 29th, as I feel they will.
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I think you missed what was being said - BlueBloodPat
Perhaps..............but as a fan I really only care how a team performs on the ice.
Attendance figures are rarely looked at, unless comparing the financial well being of a team.................like Phoenix. |
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BlueBloodPat
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 06.29.2006
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Perhaps..............but as a fan I really only care how a team performs on the ice.
Attendance figures are rarely looked at, unless comparing the financial well being of a team.................like Phoenix. - Doppleganger
I didn't bring up this argument, I was simply replying to one poster's comment. |
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Perhaps..............but as a fan I really only care how a team performs on the ice. - Doppleganger
When you go to a game, you want the arena to be full (loud). |
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When you go to a game, you want the arena to be full (loud). - hello_there
But the arena only gets loud when your teams playing good.. The ACC had been a morgue (sp) the whole season.. |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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I'm very happy for you. - bureforearthsprez
Yeah but Vancouver sells out more, right? |
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RogerRoeper
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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I don't see how the leafs can avoid a bottom two finish.
And there are rumors that Edmonton might see Tyler Seguin as a better fit, being a Center.............and that would leave Taylor Hall, a left winger, for Boston if toronto remains in 29th, as I feel they will. - Doppleganger
I don't buy for a second Edmonton won't take Hall. Last June, most of the media claimed the Islanders might not take Tavares #1 overall(even the night before the draft) and that turned out to not be true at all. |
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Doppleganger
Ottawa Senators |
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Location: Reality Joined: 08.25.2006
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I don't buy for a second Edmonton won't take Hall. Last June, most of the media claimed the Islanders might not take Tavares #1 overall(even the night before the draft) and that turned out to not be true at all. - RogerRoeper
Just passing on what I heard, that when looking at the prospects already in their system, Edmonton may be better off selecting a Center (a need) over a left winger.
http://www.edmontonjourna...Seguin/2563308/story.html |
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Doppleganger
Ottawa Senators |
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Location: Reality Joined: 08.25.2006
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When you go to a game, you want the arena to be full (loud). - hello_there
Of course, but just because a team sellouts but performs sub-par on the ice, does not make them a better team over one that does not sellout, but performs well on the ice, and makes the playoffs on a regular basis. |
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Yeah but Vancouver sells out more, right? - RogerRoeper
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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Yep. - bureforearthsprez
No. There have only been a few non-sellouts in 80+ years in Toronto. And all of those were only a few tickets not sold. |
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No. There have only been a few non-sellouts in 80+ years in Toronto. And all of those were only a few tickets not sold. - RogerRoeper
I was bugging you. |
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