Lanny MacDonald*
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Weary said:Thank goodness we all realize that without players there would be leagues. Just throw the sweaters out on the ice. There many people who will pay $50 for a ticket in order to "root for the laundry."
Put anyone in those sweaters and charge a fair price and you will get attendance. You don't need big name mega-stars to draw fans, you just need a winner. Put a winner on the ice and (in most markets) you will have a packed building. But put a mega-star on the ice, and lose games, and attendance will drop off. So in essence, winning laundry sells better than big egos.
Quick questions for you. How many NHL jerseys do you own? How many of them have player names? How many of those players still play for the team in question?
For me I own 15-20 jerseys from teams all over the world. All of them are numbered (24) and not a single one of them has a player name on them. I cheer for the jersey (the laundry) not the replaceable body skating around in it. The jersey remains the same forever, the player fades away into oblivion a decade after he plays his last game for the most part.