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Originally Posted by jayswin
I think you're incorrect on the jerseys. Winning teams bring sell out crowds with or without stars, for sure, but its not as simple as every fan owns one jersey and if it's not Gaudreau it's someone else.
Lots of fans in this city will become excited over the acquisition/breakout of a player and get their jersey, it's actual quite the norm, regardless of whether they already have one jersey or ten.
And it's not tied to "well, it's a new year so I'd better buy a jersey", it's typically tied to "Oh wow, love that guy I want his jersey!!". If no one is really standing out as a star most fans will stick with what they already had eg: blank/iginla/kiprusoff etc.
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Agreed. I still had an Iginla jersey from like 10 years ago until Gaudreau signed with us. I went out and bought his jersey right away. Gaudreau definitely sells more jerseys and merchandise.