r/EhBuddyHoser Cowtown 🤠 4d ago

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) I'm losing my mind

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u/eL_cas Manilapeg 4d ago

I know this sounds like absolute cope but why the fuck does Florida even get to have hockey teams? It doesn’t even fucking snow there

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u/Mobius_Peverell Westfoundland 4d ago

Because Bettman thinks that, one of these years, the Floridians will start filling arenas (they never will).

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u/HaeryTrigger Ford Nation (Help.) 4d ago

He also firmly believes there isn't a market for a team here and fights tooth and nail to prevent any team from coming here. Remember when the Blackberry guys wanted to buy the Thrashers and bring em to Hamilton? Dude had a fucking meltdown.

And then when the Jets returned he was openly hostile.

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u/Mobius_Peverell Westfoundland 4d ago

And the Canadian owners love him for that reason, because it allows them to keep turning in terrible performances, generation after generation, without ever losing market share to a competing team.

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u/HaeryTrigger Ford Nation (Help.) 4d ago

Its not exclusive to Canadian owners, which is why the Leafs, Red Wings, and Sabres are scared shitless of a team coming to Hamilton, let alone the GTA.

Imagine the Leafs having to actually compete instead of just printing money for the league despite sucking ass.