Not sure how much time you spend talking to strangers in the ultimate melting pot that is South Florida, but usually when I ask a patriots/red sox gear wearing person where their Bruins hat or shirt is, they tell me they don't really watch hockey.
Not such a weird post after all if only ya knew!
Right, so a tiny sample size.
And you ask them in South Florida? Not actually Boston?
Lets be real, the Florida Panthers hardly have the biggest fanbase. There are some good posters here, but Florida is notorious for having fair weather fans. Just the way it is.
Boston Bruins have a lot of support. Original 6 team. Packed arena. On just these boards alone they have good numbers. Or all the Boston fans that post here not into hockey at all lol. Just because a few random dudes wearing a Bruins hat for fashion say they don't care about hockey doesn't mean they represent their whole fanbase.
But yeah, there probably do have more NFL fans than NHL fans.
Number of fans:
Boston NFL fans > Boston NHL fans > Florida NHL fans.