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Originally Posted by detamble13
Good read. Disheartening but it makes sense in terms of not adding new fans if Quebec were to get their team back. However using this logic Canada shouldn't have lost the Expo's or the Grizzlies. MLB and the NBA should have done a better job selling their product and convinced people to support it. I don't actually feel that way and if a city can't support their franchise then relocation should be an option.
By pushing the product into new non-traditional markets the NHL is ignoring a large fan base that already exists. I wonder if this will hurt them one day.
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It's a shame that Montreal lost the Expos, but I think a key is Ownership and their commitment to put a good product out.
Good Example right here in Tampa;
since the Lightning started, we had Japanese Gangsters that were owners and were just laundering money. Then we had a blowhard that was an idiot. Then John Davidson, Owner of the Pistons bought the Lightning and put a Winner on the Ice and Lord Stanley got a Tan! then we had a Former Player and a Hollywood Hotshot that couldn't get along with each other. Now we have the Best Owner in Sports who is Investing over a Billion Dollars in Tampa. The Arena has been Sold out for years.
Now across the Bay, the Rays have had two Horrible Owners that don't care about the product and average about 13,000 people a game (5,000 less than the Lightning). They should be re-located, but the Owner is trying to Milk Tampa to building him a Stadium.
The thing is, Tampa, has a very storied history with Baseball and none with Hockey.