Barzal unhappy with Fan Support/Attendance at UBS Arena

[UrbanImpact]

Home game for Barzal and Isles.

"This place is empty, " F-ing Joke Bro"


Reported attendance last night was around 14k.

Islanders are reporting as the 5th worst team in attendance this season

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[LeonDraisaitl]

That’s a nice way to attract fans

 

[Oilslick941611]

I forget the islanders are even in the league until the Oilers play them. They have been irrelevant for years and as a franchise are the definition of boring.

If barzal wants to fans to be loud and attend, give them something to cheer for.

 

[Lindemann]

Maybe don't suck?

 

[Mr Kot]

Gotta win to have fans there. NYI hasn't really been an exciting team for some time now. They have the pieces to retool, bring in some offence.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Sean Avery is vindicated

 

[seafoam]

Because the team stinks.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Pathetic fan support for a pathetic team headlined by a "Star" player paid $9.1M/year to pace a pathetic 72 point pace over the last five seasons.

 

[Empoleon8771]

NHL tickets today are too expensive for me to criticize fans for not showing up to watch a bad/mediocre team.

Like people have bills to pay and going to a game with your family is likely going to cost around like $200.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

A Monday night game, in the bitter cold, against the CBJ, against the national championship?

I mean, yeah.

 

[BHD]

They keeps rolling it back with an uninspiring coach. Can't say I blame them.

 

[SI90]

Just had the first small snow storm of the year in the area, National College Championship, Inauguration Day, ohh and the team has the last place ranked PP and PK and is at the near bottom of the conference.


Thats some context of why maybe the building isn’t packed.


The economy sucks right now and New York is expensive as shit. Not easy to justify taking the family to a game when you’re sucking.

When the team is good or at least excited the building will be packed.

 

[NVious]

Crazy the Isles fans don't want to watch this high flying run and gun season, especially considering the historic season Barzal is having, exceeding even contract expectations!

 

[tfwnogf]

Have they tried not being boring?

 

[Laus723]

Oh, so location isn't as big a factor as many fans made it to be? It's winning? Told yaaaaaaaaaa.

 

[DickSmehlik]

I agree.

I can't believe Long Islanders skipped out on seeing the Clash of Titans AKA Islanders vs. Blue Jackets, on a cold, January, Monday.

 

[Antropovsky]

So is he no longer upset at Tavares for leaving anymore? He didn't go through the Wang ownership like Tavares either.

 

[Chainshot]

A gate driven league tends to be all about the wins. And as of today, the Islanders are 2nd last in the East. What was he expecting?

 

[VeteranPresence]

Maybe Barzal can offer to subsidize the exorbitant cost of tickets for a poor on-ice product (that he is partly responsible for) so more fans show up? If not, he’s a big baby for trying to shame anyone over their attendance.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Crazy the Isles fans don't want to watch this high flying run and gun season, especially considering the historic season Barzal is having, exceeding even contract expectations!

i actually respect it.

The oilers were historically bad for over 10 years and still packed the building. Never sent a message to ownership that its not okay. At least Isles fans sit it out and get the owners where it hurts.

The Islanders are a prime example of why fans want rebuilds/retools and not keep the status quo when they clearly aren't good enough.

 

[SensFactor]

Whats his trade value?

 

[Kranix]

Hey, Matty, we was shovelin ouwa way outta da drive ways gettin hypadermia ova here in Ronkonkoma

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Maybe try being a good player? Then they might want to watch you? Dumbass

 

[Your Boy Troy]

He said it on the bench not knowing that he was on camera. It's not as if it was a postgame interview, it's not a big deal.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

NHL tickets today are too expensive for me to criticize fans for not showing up to watch a bad/mediocre team.

Like people have bills to pay and going to a game with your family is likely going to cost around like $200.

$200?! Where the f*** are you buying tickets lol.

I just dropped $570 for 5 tickets to Detroit/Chicago, off center, in the upper bowl. Fees are what get you now.