I’m surprised to see Boston so high. Given the rivalry.

I grew up in Boston soooo

You must have some inner turmoil going on to have a top three of Montreal, Edmonton and Toronto haha.

It can be blamed on betman. He is ruining hockey culture by putting teams in Vegas and Arizona and not putting one in Quebec city. That made me support many canadien teams

That makes sense.

There's 0 reason for him to put another team in Quebec. He's actually growing the game and making it better by having a team in Vegas and Arizona.

Hockey isn't relevant in the south. There are very few real fans. No one is watching hockey on TV. Only reason why vegas is packed is because its vegas and drunk and high people just go and watch anything entertaining

The only reason why it isn't as big in the South is because there aren't as many teams and it isn't embedded in the culture. The only way to attract new fans and grow the sport is by targeting those areas, not places where everyone is already a fan.

Its not about expending the game in the south, its about expanding the game where there is ice. There is a reason why there is no Canadian team in the NFL and only one in the NBA and the MLB. It is just not where those sports hit. Its the same for hockey. Hockey is not part of the southern US culture.

How is it not about expanding the game in the South? Bettman and other league leaders have expressed publicly about the importance of growing the game in the South by KEEPING nhl teams there. And I have no idea what you're talking about but NFL, NBA, and MLB are all huge in Canada. Just because they aren't as a part of the "culture" from where you're from doesn't mean it isn't in other parts of the country. Also, there have been discussions about bringing an NFL team to Toronto. I hope you realize that these commissioners do not care about maintaining the "culture", they care about making money, and if keeping teams in the South and growing the game makes more money then they will continue to do that.

Exactly its only about money. Hockey is about culture. Also I don't think you realize how much money Quebec would bring. A lot of Habs fan would watch Quebec play, and I know a lot of people that stopped watching hockey because of Quebec being removed. You could have a couple million people watching Quebec play in a night, and in Zona probably not more than 100K...