(1/) The claim by @RJTheRevelator is in response to a tweet by the @NHLJets of a 3-2 regulation loss of their March game to the @Senators (x.com/NHLJets/status…). In an interim response (x.com/davwain1/statu…) to the tweet below I mentioned an intent, "ASAP via a related
(1/) The claim by @RJTheRevelator is in response to a tweet by the @NHLJets of a 3-2 regulation loss of their March game to the @Senators (x.com/NHLJets/status…). In an interim response (x.com/davwain1/statu…) to the tweet below I mentioned an intent, "ASAP via a related
(2/) thread," to discuss more on why, in stark contrast to the @MapleLeafs, the @Canucks, @NHLFlames, @NHLJets & @Senators had struggled for so long to sell tickets. In this thread I plan to go from Western to Eastern Canada to discuss the 4 non-#Leafs' teams in question. From
(3/) the 1989-90 @NHL season onward, 2 Canadian teams (the @EdmontonOilers [1990 {en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S…}] and @CanadiensMTL [1993 {en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Stan…}]) have won #stanleycup|s while the: - pre-2010 2000s featured @NHLflames (2004), @EdmontonOilers (2006) & @Senators (2007)
(4/) appear in Cup finals (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N…) - 2009-10 @NHL season onward has featured just 2 Cup appearances by Canadian @NHL teams (the @Canucks [2011] & @CanadiensMTL [2021]), but appearances in conference finals, other than by Cup finalists, by the @NHLjets (2018) &
(5/) @EdmontonOilers (2022) It was understandable, after so many seasons of no #postseason games, that last October the @KempnerCanucks' man had claimed the @Canucks had been "irrelevant" (x.com/davwain1/statu…), with unsold tickets galore to the regular-season opener vs
(5/) @EdmontonOilers (2022) It was understandable, after so many seasons of no #postseason games, that last October the @KempnerCanucks' man had claimed the @Canucks had been "irrelevant" (x.com/davwain1/statu…), with unsold tickets galore to the regular-season opener vs
(6/) @cmcdavid97 & the @EdmontonOilers. IMO the lack of #playoff success the @Canucks had, going into the 2023-24 regular season, had, had been why they'd at times struggled to sell tickets and only this weekend clinched just their 2nd post-2019 #playoff appearance, with:
(7/) - reaction videos from the: -- @LR99Gaming @YouTube man (x.com/LR99Gaming/sta…) -- @Canucks via: --- #RickTocchet: x.com/Canucks/status… --- @Canucksreporter (preview of home game vs @AnaheimDucks): x.com/Canucks/status… - livestream hosted by @CanuckClay
(7/) - reaction videos from the: -- @LR99Gaming @YouTube man (x.com/LR99Gaming/sta…) -- @Canucks via: --- #RickTocchet: x.com/Canucks/status… --- @Canucksreporter (preview of home game vs @AnaheimDucks): x.com/Canucks/status… - livestream hosted by @CanuckClay
(8/) (youtube.com/live/4hxdABhAZ…) Working my way further east, the @NHLFlames haven't had, following their 1989 Cup, #playoff success in consecutive seasons (x.com/davwain1/statu…) &, with the @TKACHUKycheese_-@JonnyHuby11 trade with the @FlaPanthers having not worked out for
(8/) (youtube.com/live/4hxdABhAZ…) Working my way further east, the @NHLFlames haven't had, following their 1989 Cup, #playoff success in consecutive seasons (x.com/davwain1/statu…) &, with the @TKACHUKycheese_-@JonnyHuby11 trade with the @FlaPanthers having not worked out for
(9/) the @NHLFlames, are likely to miss a 2nd straight #postseason (14 points back of the @LAKings for a 2024 #playoff spot [nhl.com/standings/2024…] going into the Sunday Central Time @AnaheimDucks-@Canucks game [the only @NHL game scheduled on that very day
(10/) {espn.com/nhl/scoreboard… (@espn), nhl.com/scores/2024-03… (@NHL), sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sco… (@Sportsnet)}]). Perhaps the retooling that #craigconroy, who become @NHLflames' GM last May (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C…) after Brad #Treliving had resigned from that role
(11/) (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Trel…). Of Canadian @NHL team GMs: - #SteveStaios (@Senators [x.com/davwain1/statu…]), #Treliving (@MapleLeafs, ex-@calgaryflames) & #Conroy (@NHLflames), were hired last May or last November (x.com/davwain1/statu…) - Patrik #Allvin (@Canucks) &
(11/) (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Trel…). Of Canadian @NHL team GMs: - #SteveStaios (@Senators [x.com/davwain1/statu…]), #Treliving (@MapleLeafs, ex-@calgaryflames) & #Conroy (@NHLflames), were hired last May or last November (x.com/davwain1/statu…) - Patrik #Allvin (@Canucks) &
(12/) #kenthughes (@CanadiensMTL) were hired in January 2022 - #KenHolland (@EdmontonOilers) & Kevin #Cheveldayoff (@NHLJets), having respectively been hired in May 2019 & June 2011 (x.com/davwain1/statu…) I have to wonder, with limited #gojetsgo #playoff success under
(12/) #kenthughes (@CanadiensMTL) were hired in January 2022 - #KenHolland (@EdmontonOilers) & Kevin #Cheveldayoff (@NHLJets), having respectively been hired in May 2019 & June 2011 (x.com/davwain1/statu…) I have to wonder, with limited #gojetsgo #playoff success under