DuckyGirard
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- May 23, 2021
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I'm a jets fan, been following them all season. Nate Thompson is literally one of the least interesting players on the team. He's a fourth liner, barely played in the McDavid elimination match.
On paper there's no reason for any new fan to know who he is.
Yet a simple addiction-redemption story and this veteran players becomes one of the most interesting players on the team.
Why did I figure this out in the post season?
Why doesn't the league do more to highlight what a depth sport looks like?
The beauty of selling depth is you get to cherry pick, You can pick the guy with the most interesting story and worry about his play after the fact.
Why does a league focus so much on "stars" when they don't sell and they don't explain what a depth sport looks like? In my opinion stars are boring, they've been on top their whole lives, they are singularly obsessed with hockey. The depth guys are the ones that make the stakes feel real.
So why do they do things so backwards?