The most important thing to remember about the National Hockey League is that it’s a business.
What’s the most important thing to a business?
Making a lot of it.
And how can you make a lot of money?
There’s this little thing called advertising.
The only issue is if the numbers go down, so does the money.
And everywhere you look right now, numbers are down in the NHL.
Local broadcast ratings are down.
National broadcast ratings are down.
This is coming at a particularly brutal time when players are making more money than ever before.
Eventually the league and these teams aren’t going to be making enough money to actually pay the players.
Obviously the easiest solution would just be to market the players better to get more people into hockey.
They need a quicker fix.
And it’s staring them right in the face tonight at the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery.
A good Philadelphia Flyers team is a crucial for the NHL.
Hard to blame the City of Brotherly Love considering the team has been complete and utter dog shit.
And during the 2021-22 season, Philadelphia saw a 39% drop in ratings.
You just need to give them a decent team to support.
They dropped 39% and were still top 10.
Can you imagine what the numbers would be if they picked up 15-20% instead?
The NHL needs Philadelphia.
But right now, Philadelphia doesn’t need the Flyers.
So the league needs to do everything in their power to change that.
The quickest solution would be this fella right here.
Improbable, but not impossible.
However, look at some of the other teams ahead of the Flyers in the lottery odds.
Columbus is fine but I mean…fuck off.
After all the shit they’ve pulled over the years?
Didn’t think so.
San Jose doesn’t give a shit about hockey.
Moving the Flyers up to the 1st pick is the only way.
Like I said at the beginning, the NHL is a business.
Then so be it.
That’s how you save hockey in America.
– Only took me 3 tries.
The NHL can easily get away with this one.
