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

[Suntouchable13]

To be fair, your avatar picture is pretty damning lol.

Yea, lol, I understand that. If I am more of a specific sports team fan than a fan of the sport I am watching, then so be it. There is no crime in that.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Yea, lol, I understand that. If I am more of a specific sports team fan than a fan of the sport I am watching, then so be it. There is no crime in that.

Respect, brother. Be true to your school!

 

[Danarqhy]

Dumb poll just meant to spark outrage. Who the f*** cares that your typical Canadian that never watches hockey isn't watching the Stanley Cup Finals? This is meant to make people believe that Canadian hockey watchers are tuning out these finals specificaly... A poll saying that Canadian hockey fans are watching this final less (or more) than others is really what's needed, but that's not what this is at all. Just some clickbait bullshit preying on people's ignorance about stats to create fake outrage.

 

[Habsfann]

Maybe because they’ve played two games in the last 11 days!

 

[eramosat]

I am also not watching...when my favourite teams are not involved, it's simply a boring mystery to be solved...let it unfold. In fact...I find modern NHL playoffs completely boring...what would my 20-something self think of that!

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

42 percent of people watching seems high to me?

Why are we acting like this is a low number?

 

[GreeningOil]

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

Especially considering I know a lot of people that don’t like sports, it’s pretty incredible

 

[Race Dawg]

Nobody wants to see Florida in a Cup final...

 

[Jacob]

Like 1/4th of the country was born in places where hockey is practically unheard of.

 

[abo9]

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

Right? Edmonton's population is like, 1M people.

That's a whole lot of non-edmontonians watching the Finals.

Also, realistically, what's the proportion of the population that follows hockey all year long?

 

[JP Mick]

I know a lot of people who watch it, but usually not the whole game and they watch it because it's hockey and don't care one way, or another who wins. I think some lean towards Edmonton because they want McDavid to win one, but that's mostly it.

I don't think TSN/Sportsnet/NHL realize how much these playoffs have sucked. The games are mostly boring. There's no animosity. There's no big skill plays going on like the NHL wanted.

Do you understand how the Stanley Cup is won? The players don’t give two shits about your feelings. Sorry but not sorry. Maybe find a different sport to watch.

 

[David71]

nobody likes to watch hockey in june enough said. various factors like own team not in it. going outside with nice weather. other things to do besides sitting and watching a game . end this in may. and start in september like everyone says

 

[Wateredgarden]

70% of Quebec is not paying attention, at this point we're just trolling the rest of Canada.

 

[Cant Kick On 1 Foot]

42% of the country is watching is pretty damn impressive

 

[Three On Zero]

I would say more than that aren’t watching….

Game 1 to Game 3 L2R-
CAN: 4.0M / 3.3M / 3.1M or 3.2M
U.S.: 3.1M / 3.6M / 3.4M

Smaller Canadian market is getting kicked by viewership for…….. Florida Panthers

 

[LTIR]

Not sure about this stat.. 42% Canadians watching is likely not accurate.. 42% of albertans aren't even watching.. one can safely argue that 42% of people in Edmonton aren't even watching.

 

[Bradely]

One day or another... NHL will be ONLY anAmerican thing with some additional Canadian city never winning.
Get use to it!
+350M market versus 38M. Where do you think money is?

 

[Xerloris]

Maybe the NHL should try making it easier for people to watch the f***ing games.

 

[CanePanther]

Let’s get this thing done.

GOOOOOOOOOO PANTHERS !

 

[PuckLuckCup]

I think the 42% statistic isn't true at all. People are probably just saying they are somewhat following or closely following because they are Canadian and they feel that saying they are following is the socially acceptable answer.

I have a wide social/professional network, and nobody I know watches hockey or follows hockey once the local team is eliminated. And there are so many people that don't even watch hockey or follow hockey even when their city is still playing. These people hate sports altogether.

 

[StrmSurge]

With risk of sounding racist... I aint.. That's because half of that number aren't true Canadians *cough* immigrants.

Also Barkov > McDavid. Daggers (or double edged) blades are more valuable. Barkov owns the ice. Several other skaters deserve actual credit too.. esp the defense.

In my personal opinion Bobrovsky is getting too much credit. Judge a tender by the quality of their saves, and almost never letting soft goals. Panthers defense is boosting him up. Also that's not to say Bobby isn't in the 'elite' goaltenders club.

But would you take Bob over Shisterkin? I would not.

Apologies for going off topic. The game thread is closed for some reason

 

[Ms Maggie]

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.

The network viewership numbers compare like to like. Yes people may have the TV on in the background but there is no reason to believe that is more prevalent this year than in past years.

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.

 

[Kupo]

nobody likes to watch hockey in june enough said. various factors like own team not in it. going outside with nice weather. other things to do besides sitting and watching a game . end this in may. and start in september like everyone says

I like watching hockey in June.

Also - it’s the finals. Most peoples teams are not in it. Just like in basketball. Football. Baseball. Soccer.

The weather in May is very nice so if the season started a month earlier it wouldn’t really change much.

 

[biturbo19]

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.

This is more or less why Vancouver continues to be described as a "fair weather sports market". Literally and figuratively.

 

[voxel]

This is more or less why Vancouver continues to be described as a "fair weather sports market". Literally and figuratively.

I spent the week in Vancouver for a work trip and while the weather was okay (too cold for me having lived in Florida for a decade and was grey and rainy one of the days) I can tell the city doesn’t care about any team but the Nucks. I tried to find Panthers and Oilers gear I as support both but only found Nucks gear. My sports obsessed co-workers didn’t seem to care about the SCFs either.