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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
As I have noted elsewhere, my issue here is with the duplicity of the league in stating it would respect the fans' choice before engineering an action that disrespected the fans' choice. Like I said, the NHL had ways of getting out of this before he was named to the game, but they instead chose to go about it in just about the worst way possible.
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Who cares how they handled it? The fans who don't even care/like the ASG? Let's be honest, the fans that the NHL have disrespected are a calculated risk and one definitely worth taking.
The NHL isn't losing any fans over this and the overall product of the ASG will be undeniably better. Yes, those who were only going to tune in (for 10 minutes until they got bored) for the gimmick of Scott being there won't tune in. That's ok. They likely gained viewers.
The NHL had zero incentive to do this better, worst way or not. Can you name one tangible repercussion from this?