The reason the nhl isn’t more popular has absolutely nothing to do with lack of presidents trophy, conference championship, division wins etc. nor goal celebrations or player personalities. Zero.
It’s an expensive sport to play, it’s extremely limiting due to the requirement for indoor rinks, has no deep rooted presence in US culture, I could go on.
It is and always will be a niche sport. It will never become basketball, football or soccer. Ever.
But there are quite a few ways the league could carve our a bigger piece of the pie. They just need to accept they’ll never go toe to toe with the big boys. It’s flattering they were ever included in the “big four”.
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