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Originally Posted by photon
I chose fear of losing season ticket base, but I agree it can be a combination of many factors, but ultimately I think it's a business level decision rather than a hockey decision.
The only question I have is can they trust the fans?
When the team was going through its rough patch in the 90's and the team's viability in Calgary was at least discussed as being at risk, wasn't attendance and support evaporating?
Wouldn't that suggest to the owners that they can't trust the fan base?
I don't know because I don't recall enough from the 90's to know if the situation is comparable to trusting the fans now to be supportive through a rebuild.
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any stat I've seen on that era was that paid vs show was the biggest gap, not the actual sales
http://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/
only checked 2 years in that era but the averages were 16000 and 15700