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

[SmoggyTwinkles]

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...

www.tsn.ca

I gotta do some math here............

So does that mean that 42% of Canadians are paying attention to the SCF?

Because thhat is a huge number, and that number is not real either.

No way that many people in Canada give a shit. 10% would be amazing.

 

[zoA]

7.1m viewers across NA for game 1 and we have people in here thinking there were 16m from Canada, haha.

 

[LeafGrief]

42% of us paying attention is huge, absolutely a cultural event. Not the Summit Series or 2002/2010 Olympics maybe, but I'd think the NHL is thrilled with that kind of engagement.

I've posted on these forums many times that hockey is dying in Canada, this is great news and shows that there's still lots of hope for us if the NHL stops taking us for granted. My wife has asked me about the series a couple of times, when I don't think she's even known when the cup finals were in all the previous years I've known her.

 

[brentashton]

Further proof that the Edmonton Oilers are ruining hockey.

You can only ruin hockey after you’ve destroyed the LA Kings.

 

[LPHabsFan]

All this thread has shown me is that we should add a "Intro to Statistics" class to graduate High School and get a diploma to go along with a bunch of other ones.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

It’s a boring matchup tbh

How so?

I get that Florida is far from a ‘glory franchise’ historically, but i think this matchup has it all in terms of compelling storylines and exciting players with a variety of different styles.

 

[Golden_Jet]

7.1m viewers across NA for game 1 and we have people in here thinking there were 16m from Canada, haha.

Not watching 16 million.
Suggest reading the article lol.

All this thread has shown me is that we should add a "Intro to Statistics" class to graduate High School and get a diploma to go along with a bunch of other ones.

No what it suggests is people actually read the article.

 

[Mr Kot]

Instead, I am playing

Spoiler

Old School Runescape

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I honestly think it would be different if Toronto or Montreal were in the finals - these teams have much larger and quite possibly more passionate fan bases.

Watching the finals isn't even of my list of possible things to do on any given game night - I'd rather watch the Blue Jays, golf, cut the grass, whatever.

So if you’re sitting at home in front of the TV anyway, you’d rather watch regular season baseball than the SC final? Sounds like you’re more of a leafs fan than a hockey fan?

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

42% of us paying attention is huge, absolutely a cultural event. Not the Summit Series or 2002/2010 Olympics maybe, but I'd think the NHL is thrilled with that kind of engagement.

I've posted on these forums many times that hockey is dying in Canada, this is great news and shows that there's still lots of hope for us if the NHL stops taking us for granted. My wife has asked me about the series a couple of times, when I don't think she's even known when the cup finals were in all the previous years I've known her.

A lot of us are hate-watching though. For every local media pundit that is hanging onto McDrai's every movement there are many of us cheering every Florida goal. McDavid and Draisatl losing makes for drama, and drama is great for sports/theatre, etc.

 

[New User Name]

Most Canadians that are not Oilers fans would never cheer for Edmonton.

if they're watching, they want the Oilers to lose.

This bring back the cup to Canada has never been true by fans of Canadian teams eliminated.

 

[Golden_Jet]

So if you’re sitting at home in front of the TV anyway, you’d rather watch regular season baseball than the SC final? Sounds like you’re more of a leafs fan than a hockey fan?

Would rather cut the grass after 8:10pm EST
and agree not a hockey fan, just a leaf fan.

 

[Legend123]

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.

Canada is a community??

 

[Boy Hedican]

Crazy. Here in SJ, and my hockey friends / beer league teammates, most of us always watch playoffs regardless of the Sharks our out.

Guess we just love the game more…

 

[admiralcadillac]

Honestly this is what happens when you have too many teams like the Panthers that no one cares about. Great team, players love it there but who the f*** cares.

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.

How does that work...

 

[Three On Zero]

Many of those Canadians are also just watching purely to watch hockey because it’s something we do in Canada. Viewership would likely be higher with a bigger Canadian market

 

[MXD]

42% watching/paying attention to hockey during what's in many places the first two weeks of a 3 months and a half summer is an incredibly high number.

 

[Leafs87]

Really curious how they came up with this stat. Also it’s Edmonton. Who gaf if they win or lose lol

 

[BlueSeal]

Canada is a community??

I wrote country. My spellchecker keeps fking with me lol.

 

[Javaman]

This isn't new, I don't why people are acting like it's a new thing. The Canada's team bullshit happens every time a Canadian team makes a final. I don't remember it as strong with Montreal though and I think thats a covid thing, but when the flames made it in 04 we got that Canada's team thing shoved down our throats by CBC, red mile this, red mile that. Same with the Oilers, Ottawa and Vancouver.

That completely conflicts with my recollection of 2011. The rest of Canada were pretty open about their dislike of the Canucks that year. Except Montreal... but that was more of an anti-Bruins stance than a pro-Canucks one.

Anyways. I haven't watched a single game since the Canucks got eliminated. I pay attention to the final results only because I want Edmonton to lose. So far, so good.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

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...

www.tsn.ca

This thread is not the burn you thought it was. 42% is actually a pretty big number in this case.

 

[Seanaconda]

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

Alberta doesn't have the population lol.

 

[MisterY]

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

I’m from Québec and I watch every game.

 

[flashy]

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

source:

dude trust me

 

[Ratsreign]

No one there cares about hockey!!

(am I doing this right?)