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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
That's an extremely narrow point of view. More casual fans means more fans in seats and higher television viewership which means more revenue for the league and with the CDN dollar in the dumpster we don't ever want to get back to the days where the Flames cannot retain their own players due to the revenue disparities. A healthy league is best for everyone including hardcore fans as the mid-90's to and early 2000's were terrible times for hardcore Flames fans.
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Yeah but we don't wanna turn hockey into a gimmicky sport to attract casual fans. For instance, if there was proof that doubling the amount of goals per game would increase fans by 30% by removing offside, I would not be onboard with that. It would fundamentally change hockey.
There is something to be said for soccer hanging onto their traditional rules. Look at their global popularity.