It is crazy how in the PNW hockey is not bigger then it should be, we have the WHL, "The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada."
Which WA host many of the hockey teams locally.
It just says how much a sport or team whom is able to market there team through live-stream or TV are able to gain a massive advantage in fan base and marketability. As much as we dont like NHL since we dont have a team so therefore, we dont follow NHL. But once Kraken make its debut, and correlating it with other sports, especially teams that have depth, tend to go far.
Now we all know VGK did well its first year and continues to sustain it, and thats because they have way more depth and able to do many side deals that got them NHL ready players and traded prospects for em thru the expansion draft.
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Small channel, but very in-depth of whom we may pick from each team and he seems like a hockey fan, and a local insight.