Nikishin Go Boom
Russian Bulldozer Consultent
- Jul 31, 2017
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I don’t think there is anything that says having charlotte as our affiliate improved the canes market share in Charlotte. Charlotte generally doesn’t care about the canes.Disagree, it doesn't saturate the market at all, from my experience it actually strengthens it because you have fans who get to see that development and can feasibly go to both. You get Canes fans in Charlotte who want to see the youngsters/prospects, and vice versa in Raleigh. I promise that no Checkers fans currently give 2 shits about Florida Panthers other than who they're providing us...nobody is going to bandwagon another NHL team because they feed the AHL team...at least not more than a negligible amount.
Canes fans in Charlotte are going to watch the games anyways. Checkers, while not caring about Florida, still has a good attendance percentage. Making the players canes prospects can’t have a huge impact on the high attendance numbers.
We need to find the best situation of likely attendance numbers coupled with low business costs (i.e travel to opponents). A player or two being able to drive to Raleigh vs flying is peanuts comparing to moving an entire team and its equipment for games