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Originally Posted by jayswin
Hockey has a huge advantage in that it still has a watchable product without hitting that the sport is already preparing for at every level. Hell, I watch some games in the NHL now where there's large periods of time with next to no hitting.
I personally find it a lot more boring to watch, but it shows that it's going away and the fans are still there for now.
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Hockey has changed fundamentally over the last few years. The concern though is that we're seeing a lot of empty seats in a lot of places, if you consider Canadian Markets to be fortress markets there has to be concern with Vancouver, and Ottawa, and even Montreal has empty seats.
Now part of it is I believe the changes to the game, a larger part is the cost to attend.
I will say this, in terms of watching hockey, when I do watch it, I tend to switch away to other shows and then switch back to catch up on the score and to watch a bit, then I'll flip away.
But during that game against the Ducks with the physical intensity, the hits, the fights, I didn't turn the channel once.