Max Kellerman believes “ nobody cares about hockey in the US”

[JianYang]

Can I ask which neighbourhoods you are in when you hear this? I don't see the demographics in Scarborough or Brampton being keen on hockey, but I have to imagine the nicer neighbourhoods feel different.

That's essentially what I'm saying. The kids don't talk about hockey in my area either. It didn't used to be like that.

I'm in the Vancouver area.

 

[jj cale]

I still can't understand why anyone cares if hockey has mass appeal in the U.S.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Go back to bashing Tom Brady.
Never heard of the guy until this, who the hell is Max Kellerman, just looking for hits.

 

[JianYang]

Go back to bashing Tom Brady.
Never heard of the guy until this, who the hell is Max Kellerman, just looking for hits.

Aren't there better ways to get hits than to talk about hockey on national US television?

 

[gstommylee]

Also the MLS has painted itself into a corner due to the way they set up their league and the fact that they're still expanding. Unless they make a major change, I'm willing to bet that it's all downhill from here for them

The way MLS setup the league is still why we have MLS today.

 

[gstommylee]

What the heck is he thinking. College football isn't a major sports as it relates to MLB NBA NFL etc. Its all armature sports.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Kellerman is a tool but it doesn’t make him wrong here.

 

[Stephen]

And nobody in Canada cares about Max Kellerman!

 

[Iapyi]

I've still never had anyone ever explain to me why I should give a firetruck about the growth of the game.

I care 0% about what the USA, or any country for that matter, thinks or cares about hockey.

Matter of fact the NHL's complete disregard for hard core fans and their weak bummed pandering to casual fans has made the league less enjoyable for me.

 

[gstommylee]

Big 4 always has been and continue to be for the time being in order NFL NBA MLB, NHL. Armature sports aren't included as the big 4.

 

[gstommylee]

I don’t think the NHL will ever surpass the NBA in terms of product and popularity.

The NBA success in being 2nd in popularity depends on their TV viewership still have access to ESPN. What's going to hurt NBA at some point if the number of people that have ESPN/TNT continue to drop.

 

[rojac]

People on these boards say stupid nonsense about other sports all the time. So, you should logically expect people to be saying stupid nonsense about hockey.

And why do any of you care what Max Kellerman or anybody else says about hockey? Are you looking for some kind of approval for your choice in what sports you follow?

Just laugh at the stupid comments and move on.

 

[Hasbro]

More Americans care about Gritty than Max Kellerman.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Kellerman is a tool but it doesn’t make him wrong here.

He is wrong. Plenty of people care about the NHL/hockey.

 

[Kupo]

And nobody in Canada cares about Max Kellerman!

I’m not certain anyone, anywhere, really cares about him.

 

[Channelcat]

I think hes right. And I dont care.

 

[JungleBeat]

Kellerman got so many people salty with his comments.

 

[Intangir]

Right now Max Kellerman would be right. Sports just aren't important at this moment, when you've got the military and police violently putting a stop to what is for the most part peaceful protests, officers, prison guards, FBI, CIA, ICE agents, Border patrol, DEA, FTA, and more going in without credible identification and ways to tie them to their acts.

Those guys could kill you and the perpetrator would never get caught.

 

[BallPointHammer]

I've still never had anyone ever explain to me which I should give a firetruck about the growth of the game.

I care 0% about what the USA, or any country for that matter, thinks or cares about hockey.

Matter of fact the NHL's complete disregard for hard core fans and their weak bummed pandering to casual fans has made the league less enjoyable for me.

Your last paragraph says it all. I've thought and been saying the same thing for 40 years.

 

[Coinneach]

It's interesting how many people are saying here, that among young population and kids in Canada NBA is bigger than NHL.

 

[These Are The Days]

Who the hell is this guy and why the hell should I care what the hell he thinks about people not liking hockey? I don't even know him and don't take it seriously

 

[RemoAZ]

I haven't had ESPN for like a decade. I had only known this guy from watching a boxing interview here or there on the web. He seemed knowledgeable there. The first time I saw a clip of a show he was on talking about football it was like nails on a chalkboard. It's like that whenever I've heard him talking about other sports too. He's so bad you have to wonder if HE cares about any sport other than boxing. The quality of sports talk on ESPN sucks anymore so this guy fits right in.

 

[Faterson]

I’m not that’s true when considering Boxing is a worldwide sport and hockey is pretty much only popular in Canada.

You must be one of those who believe this planet only consists of America. Hockey is known worldwide, whereas this Kellerman, whoever he may be, is a zero nebody has ever heard about.

 

[CCSantini]

Look at the search trends.

The heavy populated GTA regions for the most part have more search results about the Raptors the past 5 years according to Google Trends.

City	Leafs: (6/6/15 - 6/6/20)	Raptors: (6/6/15 - 6/6/20)
Ajax	36%	64%
Pickering	41%	59%
Innisfil
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Markham	31%	69%
Courtice
Kawartha Lakes	72%	28%
Wasaga Beach
Gravenhurst
Port Hope
Brampton	29%	71%
New Tecumseth
Vaughan	39%	61%
East Gwillimbury
Bowmanville
Midland
Huntsville
Cobourg
Orangeville
Georgina
Richmond Hill	35%	65%
Milton	40%	60%
Toronto	38%	62%
Bracebridge
Orillia
Collingwood
Mississauga	36%	64%
Halton Hills	57%	43%
Bradford West Gwillimbury
Whitby	50%	50%
Brant
Aurora	48%	52%
Caledon	51%	49%
Oakville	44%	56%
Oshawa	54%	46%
Peterborough	64%	36%
Barrie	62%	38%
Newmarket	51%	49%
Woodstock
Quinte West
Prince Edward
Cambridge	57%	43%
Burlington	50%	50%
Saint Thomas
Grimsby
Fort Erie
Thorold
Stratford
Belleville	67%	33%
Owen Sound
Brantford	59%	41%
Chatham-Kent	73%	27%
Welland
Niagara Falls	58%	42%
Sarnia	71%	29%
Guelph	54%	46%
Hamilton	52%	48%
Saint Catharines	57%	43%
North Bay	71%	29%
Mount Pearl
London	58%	42%
Sudbury	65%	35%
Timmins
Kitchener	50%	50%
Waterloo	49%	51%
Kingston	56%	44%
Sault Ste. Marie	70%	30%
St. John's	67%	33%
Thunder Bay	66%	34%
Windsor	62%	38%
Cornwall
Saint John
Charlottetown
Halifax	55%	45%
Dartmouth
Fort McMurray
Moncton
Ottawa	42%	58%
Fredericton
Saskatoon	41%	59%
Calgary	36%	64%
Vancouver	30%	70%
Regina	45%	55%
Victoria
Edmonton	32%	68%
Winnipeg	34%	66%
Surrey
Burnaby
Gatineau
Montreal	39%	61%
Laval

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Visually speaking as a person who has worked in the GTA region (worked at different offices near Yonge & Dundas aka Mecca of Canada) for the past 3 years, I definitely see more casual Raptors gear even before the Championship run they had last year. I was surrounded in environments with younger people of all backgrounds though. I'm sure it'll be different if I found work in Peterbrough.

So as expected; nicer areas watch the Leafs, the others don't

That's essentially what I'm saying. The kids don't talk about hockey in my area either. It didn't used to be like that.

I'm in the Vancouver area.

I think if you play a sport, you're more likely to be a fan of a pro team in that sport, rather than of a sport you don't play. And lets be honest, basketball doesn't take much skill to play, so it is always going to be the go to for the non-athletic people. Furthermore, at least in Toronto, if you're not playing the game, why would you want to be a fan of a team like the Leafs, who haven't won anything for nearly 60 years?​

 

[Number8]

I for one will applaud anything Max Kellerman says. Anything.

That’s because any second of airtime he is taking up is a second of airtime that his silly partner Stephen Smith isn’t able to talk. If there is a bigger fool on television than Smith (any genre), I’d like to avoid the experience of seeing it.