Of 30 nhl clubs only Oilers and Devils respond to "Why should I cheer for your team"

[Jumptheshark]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=375788559271636&id=100005214843783

looks legit and if you click on the pages you will see the letter responses

Oilers sent a signed photo as well

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[The Bored Man]

We will be posting more as each team gets back to us! We are anxious to see what they all have to say!

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[SEALBound]

Both organizations had the spare time.

 

[Sinistril]

Oilers are trying too hard. Root for the Devils. Gotta love Lou.

 

[skeena1]

If 20 teams reply we don't hear a thing about this...

 

[hockeyfanOU812]

Oilers are trying too hard. Root for the Devils. Gotta love Lou.

That's exactly what I got from this lol.

Lou teaching a very important life lesson about making your own choices and finding your own way.

 

[Marshal Rochambeau]

Both organizations had the spare time.

So did 28 other teams guy.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Is the same kid who did this with the nba teams? The Minnesota Timberwolves were the only one to respond. I guess only rebuilding teams have the time for this kinda nonsense.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Oilers are trying too hard. Root for the Devils. Gotta love Lou.

The Oilers HAVE to try hard here. The guy writing is in Alberta. I expect Calgary will also "try too hard"

 

[Bathcat]

Didn't someone do this with the NBA, and the Timberwolves responded?

edit: ^^

I should read all posts.

 

[Congo Jack]

Didn't some kid write to all the NFL teams a few months back and only Carolina responded and gave him a Luke Kuechly signed helmet? Are kids just trying this on every league?

 

[dahrougem2]

Pretty cool of these organizations to write back to the guy.

 

[Flamer12]

Why should they respond to this guy? What is the point? So he can have his 15 minutes of fame on Facebook.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Oilers didn't have a spare jersey to mail?

 

[Helistin]

Oilers didn't have a spare jersey to mail?

No. Only available jerseys left were Justin 'Norris' Schultz and Nikita 'top pair dman' Nikitin jerseys but they are currently been converted to McJesus jerseys.

 

[eyetest is useless]

Why should they respond to this guy? What is the point? So he can have his 15 minutes of fame on Facebook.

I know north american sports culture is more customer-like than elsewhere, but in other countries there's been tests like this conducted several times and usually they get responses from almost all teams in a particular league. Standard fan relations.

I think most pro sports clubs in europe employ people that take care of all things fans, including fan representatives. I guess this guy wanted to know how NA sports franchises compare.

 

[tokyoite]

Nobody cares about the Oilers outside of Edmonton

 

[tony d]

Nobody cares about the Oilers outside of Edmonton

I do but then again I have family in Edmonton.

I did this in 2000 and heard back from 16 teams. Chicago was the best 1, sent me a Hat, keychain and a few other items. Back then Edmonton was the only Canadian team to not respond to me.

 

[OilTastic]

No. Only available jerseys left were Justin 'Norris' Schultz and Nikita 'top pair dman' Nikitin jerseys but they are currently been converted to McJesus jerseys.

^just 2 of the thousands of reasons why MacT is no longer GM !

good on the Oil and Devs for responding though.

 

[OilTastic]

Nobody cares about the Oilers outside of Edmonton

U still mad about McDavid?

 

[Colin226]

Very proud to see that my team responded. Though I'm not surprised, there are many stories of people writing Lou and getting a personal response. I've always felt that the Devils treat fans more like family than the larger market teams in the area.

 

[cgf]

I know north american sports culture is more customer-like than elsewhere, but in other countries there's been tests like this conducted several times and usually they get responses from almost all teams in a particular league. Standard fan relations.

I think most pro sports clubs in europe employ people that take care of all things fans, including fan representatives. I guess this guy wanted to know how NA sports franchises compare.

Sports are just different on the two sides of the atlantic. In North America sports are just another form of entertainment, while in europe football clubs are a part of the community.

 

[OilTastic]

^please explain.

 

[oobga]

Tells me Oilers have way too many people on the payroll. Or it's a preprepared response that they send to people asking about the waiting lists or something like that.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Tells me Oilers have way too many people on the payroll. Or it's a preprepared response that they send to people asking about the waiting lists or something like that.

They had to keep MacT busy some how.

In regards to OP. Pretty cool.

Cheer for the Devils.