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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
When there's no hope. If the team is bad but making shortsighted moves that are obviously aimed at just getting in... well people notice that
People will pay to see young, exciting, hardworking players with potential... It's actually an easy sell imo
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It is an easy sell for a year our two or three. But rebuilds are long, arduous, often plagued by more steps back than steps forward, and fans as a group are far, FAR more impatient than your average CalgaryPucker.
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What they don't want to pay to watch is a collection of average players who are overpaid that have no hope of improving and have no chance of delivering. What's the point in that?
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There are certainly fans out there who won't pay for this, but I think you are drastically over-rating the more casual, less-invested fans, which form a much larger and more valuable segment of the market.
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Get a good GM with a vision to build a hockey team from the ground up. Fans actually love that. Who doesn't like watching young players come in and grow right in front of your eyes?
The caveat is you need a good GM with a plan that he can sell the fanbase on... and he has to stick with it. Seems that is really tough to find. Probably an ownership thing
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That is a big part of it, but not all of it. Success in the NHL takes a very long time, often proceeded through fits and starts, and requires a judicious sampling of luck. It is a near impossibility to plan on being bad enough at the right time, and then to attain the right odds in the right draft to select the right player. Pittsburgh did not plan to draft Sidney Crosby. Washington did not plan to draft Alex Ovechkin. Tampa did not plan to draft Victor Hedman. They were all incredibly fortunate to add these players when they did for free.