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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Canadians are a risk-averse people compared to Americans – an old and notorious observation. If you look at the Canadians who are rich enough to own NHL teams, most of them got rich by building up oligopolies in mature markets – which is a way of reducing risk at the expense of the consumer. Equally rich Americans often get rich by inventing things and developing new markets – which requires taking risks, and big ones.
Canadian owners are obsessed with not losing, to the point of hardly caring whether they actually win. They are scared to death of doing proper rebuilds because it involves short-term losses without a guarantee of long-term gains. American owners are much more inclined to roll the dice. They often crap out, but they recognize that you will never win if you don't play.
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I agree with this, but I also think that fanbases aren't as patient as they think either. Players are constantly pushed out of Canadian markets prematurely for shiny new toys with names people recognize from other markets.