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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
The ass whooping is funny, and the Canucks deserved it putting that roster on the ice.
The only pet peeve I have with the situation is that NHL teams try to sell tickets for these games at prices way out of line with the product they are putting on the ice.
If you are going to be selling lower bowl tickets for $250 to a preseason game, then have teams dress at least 10 NHL regulars per game.
The corporate greed really gets exposed when you are charging fans an arm and a leg to watch half of their team play Pius Suter and Mat Irwin...
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That's always been the case and it won't change. The issue isn't general ticket sales it's season tickets. Every NHL ownership group knows that adding 4 or so pre-season games at full price doesn't sway season ticket buyers so they just do it.
It's absolutely absurd but season ticket buyers want the season tickets and the cost is obviously spread over the whole 46 games they pay for so they don't notice it as much. These numbers will be way off, but the point remains - NHL teams have two options 1) don't include pre-season in season tickets and sell all seats or; 2) force season ticket holders into pre-season games and sell the rest at regular season prices so the season ticket buyers don't revolt.