Levizk
Registered User
You also forget about how much money is pumped into the US hockey program from the NHL because of how sad it was in the 90s.
The NHL pumping that money in goes directly to the fact that the sport is 4th on the totem pole. The NHL needs customers, to get those customers they need to make them care about the sport. The best way to do that is to get people playing it which isn't cheap as everyone knows.