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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The small market thing is just code for Canadian. Even a market like Columbus (2.2 million) is not much smaller than St. Louis (2.8 million). There are no really small markets in the states.
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In the U.S., 2.2 million is a small market. Columbus is the 32nd-largest media market in the country. The only smaller ones with NHL teams are Vegas and Buffalo. If the Sabres hadn't been around since 1970, I very much doubt Buffalo would be on anyone's list for an NHL team now.
Meanwhile, no one would be dumb enough to call Toronto or Montreal small markets, even though they are much smaller than the largest U.S. metro areas.
Sometimes ‘small market’ is just code for ‘small market’.