LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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Really, the love for Matthews in Arizona is minimal. When the Leafs play in their one game a year in Arizona, the arena is only 3/4 full. And who attends? Canadian snowbirds cheering on the Leafs.
There is just not a market...meaning people who want to pay out money to attend Coyotes hockey games. Matthews cannot create a hockey fan market in Arizona.
Bettman has tried to convince us for 25 years that he an make the NHL a successful endeavour across the US. Has never happened, never will.