Glover

I moved to the area in 2014 and it was a good fanbase, but tickets could be had for $30-$50 in the secondary market depending on opponent and day of the week. After the Finals appearance? It was like $90 per ticket for a Tuesday night game. My point was more that Florida might be able to build on this run and get a solid core to their fanbase. I am not married to this take, but when the team has success it never hurts.

I won’t be upset if you’re right, that is for sure. I’d love nothing more than to add a Canes jersey with a 2023 Stanley Cup Finals patch to my jersey collection. It’ll look good next to my Irbe and Commodore Cup Finals jerseys.

As a Cleveland sports fan it isn’t in my nature to be optimistic about my teams in the playoffs haha. I’m hungry for more, but also happy to be here.

I get where you’re coming from, not going to beat around the bush. But on the other hand the Panthers have talent and will probably be a playoff regular for a little bit. This run, which is something they haven’t seen since 1996, could help create a solid fanbase. As a former Nashville (well…Murfreesboro) resident, the Predators making the Finals was the spark that helped ignite a pretty passionate fanbase. Prior to that Cup Finals run they were an okay fanbase. Cheap tickets could be had most nights. After that Cup Finals run though, it was difficult to get tickets. Not saying the same will happen for the Panthers, but it can’t hurt.

It is probably the pessimistic fan coming out in me (thank you Cleveland sports), but I don’t see the Canes winning against Florida. Bobrovsky is hot and our offense in the postseason has heavily leaned on bottom 6 guys grinding out goals. We will need more then gritty goals to win this series. Our defense should be solid and keep us alive, but if we don’t get production from our top players it won’t matter much. If Aho and Necas can play in regular season form we have a chance. If Jarvis and Kotkaniemi can just take turns and make an impact each game we have a shot.

I was pulling for you guys. The Leafs fanbase is more than deserving of tasting the fruits of success, even if it is just a ECF or Cup Finals appearance.

I absolutely did not expect we would make it to the ECF after we were limping to the finish line to end the regular season. But I’ll take it! Still don’t expect to win the Cup this year, but I’m glad I get to watch another series of stressful playoff hockey. Nothing more exciting!

Not sure who this is directed at, but I don’t think anyone is talking about punishing the 2010 team or players. I think we are saying it is silly to cry about your team having a bad 6 year stretch right after they win 3 Stanley Cups.

And they won how many Cups in the last 15 years? Stop whining.

I thought voting for the final round did not begin until Wednesday?

Both logos on the left are my favorite. Bottom right is fine, but a little busy for my liking, but it is a decent logo. The middle one is horrible. Just an objectively terrible logo. But, it is going to win because a cute girl on TikTok with a million followers designed it.

Coming from someone else who calls Ohio home, I think you hit the nail on the head here. Columbus is such a vanilla city, but I think it works in their favor to a certain degree because it is so much more white-collar than the rest of the state. If the NHL was going to put an expansion team in Ohio in the 90's I think it had to be a place with more white-collar money, as opposed to the at-the-time declining blue-collar cities of Cincinnati or Cleveland. All that being said, I think both Cincinnati and Cleveland would have more "passionate" fans, but as you mentioned both cities are probably at their limits in terms of sports dollars to spread around.

This is certainly an interesting hill you’re willing to die on.

Oh absolutely. Fans have every right to vent after a loss. It just seems in my observations over the years his venting goes a little further than just the on-ice product - whether that is trashing certain cities/states or, in this case, turning it political. Don’t want this to go much further than it has, was just explaining to another member.

No disagreement here.

This is kinda his schtick. There was a similar tantrum after Carolina beat the Islanders. It has run its course, but at least he is sticking with it.

Congrats to the Leafs and their fans. As a Browns fan, I can relate to the frustrations they must have felt for the last two decades. Always good to see a loyal fanbase finally get rewarded.

Happy to see the Hurricanes move on to the next round, but I expect to get beat 4-1 in the next round against whoever we play. The offense just doesn’t seem to be there (again) for the playoffs. Injuries don’t help, but I also don’t think Teravainen, Svechnikov, or Pacioretty could pull us out of this funk.

I like this one way more than I should.

I’ve never seen a team live in someone’s head so rent free. Make another dup account about it.

This is going to be just like last postseason where the Canes are completely incompetent on the road, isn’t it?

I suppose we will go with real teams, since the league is allegedly not allowing them to win the Cup.

What exactly is the league doing to hold the Canadian teams back right now?

There are a handful of southern cities that have proven themselves good NHL markets. However, on this board there is a group who like to complain about southern teams no matter what.

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