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Been on the decline since Bettman took over. The owners are happy due to short term cash infusion from excitement about relocations and expansion fees, but Bettman is killing the sport and the NHL marketing is doing a disservice to the game. SOCCER/FOOTBALL HAS TAKEN OVER 4TH PLACE IN north American sports and hockey is becoming irrelevant.
Hockey has definitely peaked. Youth hockey teams that require 20 hour per week and thousands of dollar commitments by parents are not sustainable. The NHL bought some time in moving south because most of their fanbase was getting old and now they are dying off. The Phoenix disaster along with Atlanta should be huge red flags that hockey needs to get back to its roots in the north which to be honest has been in a long slow decline. Example: The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament, the days are gone that any team in the state could win that tournament, now it has become the same power schools year after year. That does not bode well for a sport that promotes itself to be for everybody. It's just for the rich.
Only for kids with rich parents. In my day the gateways were street hockey and floor hockey in gym classes. Now they both dont exist or barely where i grew up. Then u got the crazy equipment prices. When more ppl play then u get more viewers. Oh btw would be nice of canlan to redo their ice from time to time. I feel like skating on glass because of barely any top ice or there are so many ruts.
Let's talk about the elephant in the room. The White birthrate for three generations is at extinction rate. Millions of White babies, fans and players were never born. Other racial groups are always welcome to play, but hockey is a White sport. Invented, developed, and nurtured by White people. Everyone is welcome to play, but White people must lead the way and you need large amounts of people to do it.
Hockey got locked up in tactics back in the 90's and too many of the games are not nearly entertaining enough. There aren't many WOW type of chances per game. The stars are not much better than the worst players in the league so their shineability are not really bright enough to catch non hockey fans' eyes too much. Sure, MacKinnon, McDavid, Kucherov are great in the eyes of real hockey fans, but since we are talking about how to get the not really common hockey fans to watch, it just becomes 10 random guys on the ice at a time. And the 5-10 exciting players are spread over 32 teams so they aren't even in the same games very often. And they are even swapping with a bunch of other guys all the time so they only play a third of the game. The tempo while playing is high, but those 10 per cents of difference between your McDavid and your 3rd liner is not making a non hockey fan's heart beat so they just want more, more, more. And even if they might get carried away once in a while there's a stoppage on play, a power break, a VAR break or something taking down the pulse over the following several minutes with no action. You have bad odds of getting a chance to get fired up over this game these days.
You can play soccer in just about every geographical area in the world. You can play Hokey in Antártica and North Pole without an ice rink. That’s actually not even the reason why Hokey is losing popularity. The real reason is that people can’t afford it and the NHL is making bad marketing and broadcasting decisions.
I personally think that the bauer ag5nt is the best not cause its my favourite stick but also cause it is the lightest hokey stick at 335grams and it has a cool look
Buddy you look and play like Adam Sandler in happy Gilmore, with your Minimal equipment. A little more equipment won’t “ruin your mobility” when you already suck, might as well be safe. Especially when you’re paying for beer league. Let me guess, you think you’re a sick tough guy playing a 10pm beer league game like it’s 1980s play off hockey, but you’re in division 6.
@@tiltvpip1009 Because you’re so good and I’m jealous… no, Because you were implying neck guards are gay even though they can prevent serious injuries.
Ft4 pro is brittle af. Had one and lasted 4 games. Broke over some pylon’s wrist. Warrior LX pro is a much more durable twig. But ft4 pro did have superior handling feel and is at least 30 grams lighter.
so im 5 10 285 pounds and i have gut so when wearing hockey pants they end up not sitting in the right spot so what should i do when looking for hockey pants?
