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Originally Posted by thymebalm
Vancouver is bloody rich, it's not the economy.
Fans have given up on this iteration of the team. They don't want the Bieksa/Sedins core anymore. They lit the city ablaze they were so fed up with them.
It's going to take more than the 1st round to wake the city back up. Trading Kesler, adding Linden, they are appeasing fans, dragging out the rebuild as long as possible.
You could get tickets below face value all season here.
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It's never been a hockey city. It's far more multicultural than most Canadian cities and subsequently less fervent about Canadiana. We went to Chilliwack for a Bantam hockey tournament last year. That area serves over 100,000 people and only had 6 or 7 teams including all Rep teams. For reference, Kamloops serves about 80,000 and had 16 teams in bantam.
They just aren't a hockey or even sports mad city.