Hockey Trash Talk & BS thread

I think the population of the metro area of Columbus is not really the whole story.

The NHL placed the team there for two reasons:

1) Exclusive exposure as the only professional (minor league baseball and soccer not included) team in the city.

2) Centrally located in the middle of the state to draw fans from throughout Ohio. And my attendance to games confirms that.

It's obviously not a NY, Chicago or Philly situation with a huge metro area, but Ohio State is their only competition...

 

Well, is it right now?

And I'll have no use for an avatar picture, but thanks for the info...

 

Correction.

According to the attendance table our HOME average is 13,495.

That sucks.

And I stand corrected

 

Bigger building , go jack yourself off

 

Just to help him out, some predators ice girls

 

thats not a lot of people for a place that has a metro area of more than 1.7 million

 

Thank you, sir, for bringing some sanity to the discussion...

 

If you don't mind, I'll quote myself to answer...

 

there is no way there is 13 000 at a thrashers game.

 

still doesnt do it for me.

 

Time will tell. Hopefully I'll live to see it.

It would be similar to introducing the NFL to Saskatchewan. It wouldn't be the big game in town. May be a great product, but not what the locals grew up with. So there is a learning curve, so to speak.

I guess we'll agree to disagree...

 

is saskatchewan a province or a city?

 

Province.

I saw your location and I was trying to make a point...

 

hahaha i was playing with you. i fully support columbus having a team but teams like phoenix and atlanta and many of those southern teams i dont support.

 

Agreed , that is " paid attendance " ie the club owns some seats . I've seen some Thrashers games where the announcers commented that the announced attendance was 14 000 and there was more like 4 000 people actually in the building .

 

Ignore list for you

 

For a minute, I thought OZ hijacked your keyboard

I agree about the the southern teams. Especially with hockey. And the NFL takes a back seat to college football in many areas in the south. It's about whether they win or not. A lot of front runners down there.

And the southern U.S. has a very transient population, as workers and retirees have relocated there. So the allegiances to sports teams may lie in other areas of the country.

I truly think Columbus will be a very good hockey town. But it may take a while and some wins and playoff appearances will help...

 

saw some highlights on tsn and it looked like there was like 50 people and probably 25 of them were paid to go.

 

And Hugh (or is it Mr. Jass?) will probably support them even more after tonight's game...