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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I totally disagree and actually think that Cuban is right about what people remember/care about at live event experiences.
It is easy to forget that most people are totally unaligned with the people of CP in numerous ways, but primarily most people dont give even close to the amount of ####s as we do about results and winning, or even the hockey team. Even many casual fans will barely know more than 5 players by name on the roster. Long term losing makes a dent in this, but game to game, or even season to season probably means very little.
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Between the people there for corporate schmoozing, and those given tickets by their parents/boss/friends for a night out, maybe a third of the people attending a game are there mainly for the hockey. And most of those aren't anywhere as hardcore fans as the people posting here. How many people walking around the Dome concourse would you have to ask before you found someone who could name the top five prospects in the upcoming draft? 8? 10?
For the last half of the season, a portion of the fanbase of the worst 5-6 teams hopes for losses. How is this a big problem that needs to be remedied with a complex new draft format?
The NHL is cyclical, and that's a good thing. Without teams deliberately rebuilding and tanking we'd see even fewer trades.