TSN: 58% of Canadians are not watching/paying attention to the Stanley Cup Finals.

[UrbanImpact]

So much for Edmonton being " Canada's team", I guess the Boston Pizza commercials didnt work

Survey: 58% of Canadians not following Stanley Cup final between Oilers and Panthers | TSN

Albertans may be watching every second of the Stanley Cup final but most Canadians are not, according to a recent survey. The poll released by market research company Leger on Tuesday found that 58 per cent of Canadians are not paying close attention to the NHL final between the Edmonton Oilers...

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[Empoleon8771]

MSN

"While American viewership for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night was somewhat middling, it was a somewhat different story north of the border.

A strong showing in Canada propelled Game 1 to 7.1 million North American viewers per the NHL, the most-watched Stanley Cup Final Game 1 since 2019, and an increase of 43 percent overall from last year."

Canadian fans are just lying in these polls.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Have you watched Edmonton? I wouldn't be paying attention either, the Lightning were a bigger challenge for the Panthers.

 

[Coffey]

Canadian fans are just lying in these polls.

This is a country of charlatans after all

 

[MCR74]

Those tuning in to see McDavid roast the Panthers have been disappointed so far.

 

[BlueSeal]

In my experience over the decades with friends from up north, Canada is a community that feels there are bigger issues and concerns than sports.

This kind of proves it.

 

[UrbanImpact]

MSN

"While American viewership for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night was somewhat middling, it was a somewhat different story north of the border.

A strong showing in Canada propelled Game 1 to 7.1 million North American viewers per the NHL, the most-watched Stanley Cup Final Game 1 since 2019, and an increase of 43 percent overall from last year."

Canadian fans are just lying in these polls.

Cant speak for all of Canada but here in Van, almost everyone i know through the hockey community ( beer league, coaching, friends etc) are not watching the games at all. They might tune in to Sportcentre at the end of the night to see the score and highlights but thats about it. Summer weather is here with plenty of things to do and its hard to convince people to watch a game that their team is not playing in.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

better name of the thread

" We at tsn don't get many views " They gotta learn that many people are watching on the Internet for free

 

[Empoleon8771]

Cant speak for all of Canada but here in Van, almost everyone i know through the hockey community ( beer league, coaching, friends etc) are not watching the games at all. They might tune in to Sportcentre at the end of the night to see the score and highlights but thats about it. Summer weather is here with plenty of things to do and its hard to convince people to watch a game that their team is not playing in.

And the viewership data shows that's totally fake news.

 

[UrbanImpact]

better name of the thread

" We at tsn don't get many views " They gotta learn that many people are watching on the Internet for free

They poll'd people , you're talking about network viewership which can be more inaccurate as alot of their numbers are counted by the TV just being on in the background while people are doing whatever else in their homes.

 

[Shocker]

Wait, 42% of Canadians are watching the finals? That's pretty huge, almost half of the country.

 

[Dr Pepper]

The NHL waiting six days to start the finals - for no reason whatsoever - probably didn't help their cause.

That, and as mentioned, a lot of Canadians are probably sick of the bullshit "Canada's team" blabbering that our networks are trying to force-feed us every day.

 

[SavoieSeason]

42% is a f*** ton lol

 

[johnnybbadd]

For someone that lives in Toronto I am not surprised. Most Leafs fans only watch the Leafs. They are Leafs fans first and hockey fans second and many can be classed as not really watching any other hockey at all.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Pretty certain the 40% that is watching are Albertans. The East coast and BC aren't watching.

 

[Osprey]

A strong showing in Canada propelled Game 1 to 7.1 million North American viewers per the NHL, the most-watched Stanley Cup Final Game 1 since 2019, and an increase of 43 percent overall from last year."

Canadian fans are just lying in these polls.

If Canadians are lying in the poll, it seems that they're lying about watching when they're not, because 4 million Canadian viewers is only 10% of Canadians.

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

Wait, 42% of Canadians are watching the finals? That's pretty huge, almost half of the country.

Especially considering how multicultural it is. A lot of cultures follow other sports like cricket, rugby, etc. a heck of a lot more (not saying they don't watch hockey, but usually people tend to stick to one sport to watch).

 

[PuckG]

Pretty certain the 40% that is watching are Albertans. The East coast and BC aren't watching.

11.2% of Canada’s total population (38 million) is from Alberta. You can figure out the rest.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

It’s a boring matchup tbh

 

[MadLuke]

And the viewership data shows that's totally fake news.

42% of Canadians following the finals is obviously a giant number and the viewership will not be half of that, but you do not need those 17 millions people to be actually watching, most of that 42% are just looking at the scores and highlight.


It is indeed ridiculous:
Only a quarter of Americans (27 per cent) will be following the series,

only 90 millions Americans will be following the series, only ? Do they think that the people that accepted to answer this were representative, and that 90 millions Americans following hockey should be seen as a low amount ?

 

[The Management]

Pretty certain the 40% that is watching are Albertans. The East coast and BC aren't watching.

I don't know, plenty of Oilers fans over here in the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

[Shocker]

Especially considering how multicultural it is. A lot of cultures follow other sports like cricket, rugby, etc. a heck of a lot more (not saying they don't watch hockey, but usually people tend to stick to one sport to watch).

Hockey is the number one sport in Finland too and if we got 42% of us watching or even following the Liiga finals that would be insane.

This just seems like a bitter Canuck fan post grasping on straws.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

People have better shit to do.

The playoffs last too f***ing long. No reason for the SCF to start as late as it did.

EDIT: Also, 42 per cent ish means there are about 16 million Canadians paying attention AND THAT'S A LOT!!!!

About 15 million watched the 2014 Gold Medal game and that was considered historic.

Framing that fact 2 in 5 Canadians is watching as a bad thing is just classic, bad sports journalism. I always hated sports reporters when I was in the biz.

 

[MadLuke]

Pretty certain the 40% that is watching are Albertans. The East coast and BC aren't watching.

Not 40% of people would be watching, 40% would be just following who won in the news.
Following really closely was down to 19% according to the pool.

Actually watching all the game would be under that level (has that more than following really closely). Viewership will probably be what around 5 millions max, people that will have seen most of all the games, 3M ? (7.5%)

 

[sinDer]

So 42% are watching? that's huge lol

Even if it's only 42% who are "paying attention" without necessarily watching all games. It's still huge.

Can't really ask for more actually.