Why don;t they just have all the teams in the northern US and canada?

Question

its not like anyone in the south respects the nhl in the south .....just like us northerns dont respect nasscar move all the southern teams back north to winapeg,hartford QC where people will accutally care about the team

Answer 1

1998-99- Dallas wins Cup.

99-00- Devils win cup, Dallas takes second.

00-01- Colorado wins cup.

01-02- Detroit wins cup.  Carolina takes second.

02-03- New Jersey wins cup.  Anaheim second.

03-04- Tampa Bay Wins cup.

05-06- Carolina wins cup.

06-07- Anaheim wins cup.

07-08- Detroit wins.

It doesn't matter if no one cares about the teams in the south, they have been winning some cups lately.  Fan support or not, the southern teams have been rocking the NHL.  

Besides, if they moved all the teams up north Minnesota would get 3 teams and still sell out every game :)

Answer 2

Why do people like you have to be so disrespectful to the south?

They DO care about hockey you know.

Answer 3

Canadian cities like WINNIPEG (yeah, thats how you spell it)... Cannot financially back a team with what it takes to be competitive in todays NHL!

First of all.... you would need to understand why hockey moved away from Canadian cities... THOSE TEAMS WERENT MAKING ANY MONEY! They were drawn to southern cities by lucrative Arena Leases, Tax exemptions and breaks, Corporate Sponsors! Those are financial tools that places like Winnipeg could not offer an owner.

Answer 4

Don't tell people in the Poconos they don't respect Nascar.Some great fans are in those Southern States and they respect the game.The only thing I'd suggest is Atlanta go to QC.The Lightning still have good attendance as do the Stars.

BTW-You should respect the spell check in the future and where is the city of Winapeg?

Answer 5

We sell out almost every game in Tampa Bay. Many of us are transplants from up north and grew up with the game.

Bottom line.....it's all about the money.

Answer 6

people in the Motor City dont care about NASCAR??? it dont get much more north than that in the U.S.

Answer 7

actually ppl in Dallas and Tampa Bay really enjoy their hockey! also their are loyal fans of teams you think don't have fans. like the Panthers (i went to one of their games on Christmas Break and surpirisingly the fans really enjoy the game!!! and understand it), Carolina, L.A., Anieheim! the list goes on my friend!

Answer 8

Dallas sells out, they care about the stars though especially since they hav modano who americas best scorer

Answer 9

Economics and demographics.

For the past 20+ years, the Sun Belt has been growing faster, both in terms of population and income than any other part of North America. The North, with a few exceptions, has either been stagnant or declining.

It is true that southerners don't have a hockey tradition (yet)...but a lot of the demographic growth the past few decades has been from transplanted northerners.

Nearly ALL of the sports leagues began their existence in the North and spread South (certainly true of the NFL, NBA and MLB)