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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The question is this: does the league regret having 3 teams in the NY area? Are they lamenting cannibalization? Or are all 3 teams healthy and adding to league revenues? .
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That's actually a good point. I bet there were similar arguments against putting a team in New Jersey.
However, D as in David raised a good point too: in a large US market you're more likely to create new fans than in a large(ish) Canadian one. The Canadians are already watching games and buying merch, you're just changing who they're watching and what they're buying, not really the quantity. Although I suppose you might have people buying both a Leafs jersey and a new team's jersey rather than just a Leafs jersey.
However: you can get a whole other arena's worth of people attending hockey games. Is that enough increased revenue? Maybe. New York seems to do okay with two teams in the same city.
Basically: I don't know what the answer is. I think lots of folks on this thread are raising good points, though.