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Originally Posted by browntrout
So that's why you are seeing such built up frustration, for the younger competitive fan, it's very difficult to get behind this mushy middle again, and frankly I don't blame them
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Especially in a season when we’re seeing breakout seasons from four young superstars who were drafted 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 1st overall, and three of the four teams that drafted them deliberately tanked for years to get those picks (the fourth won a lottery they had a 3.5 per cent chance to win).
Agreed that the crux of the issue is the different goals of ownership vs a lot of the fans. Edwards wants to ensure he has a healthy market of corporate ticket-buyers who can take clients to a game on a Wednesday night in February with a pretty good chance of seeing a win. A lot of fans want the team do whatever it takes to maximize the odds of drafting a new core of young superstars, even if that includes several seasons of bottom-five finishes.
I expect what a 30 year old hockey fan who listens to the Fan960 wants doesn’t matter nearly as much to ownership as the corporate seasons-ticket base.