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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Yeah, Florida has a great lease and a rich owner, but from an attendance perspective, it's clearly a much worse market for hockey than Arizona. If I was rooting for a team to leave (which I try not to), it'd be Florida. That state clearly only needs and cares about one team.
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Sustained success plays a big part in "caring" about the team. Lightning have had it, the Panthers have not. Building was packed a few years back when they had over 100 points. It's just a fairweather market that needs a few great years back to back in order to rebuild the fanbase. They were great when the team first came to the area, but being bad for a long time causes people to give up on the franchise until they can prove they're for real.