I am living in a market with a very bad/poor team......

the ny team had better local ratings that the new york rangers...when they just won the cup and had Gretsky?

 

if the nhl is dying the mls is barely breathing.

nice to see you just pulled that out of your arse...1.7 million watched game 7 of the 1994 stanley cup finals...van vs NYR on MSG..I have a hard time believing anytime from 1994 to 1999 the NYR were ever out watched by the metro stars.

 

A Red Bull bashing thread from you. There's the surprise of the century.

 

I doubt the nyr ratings from 1996 until today were ever outdrawn by the ny mls team.

prove it.

I can buy the devils being passed by the ny team.
its also moot to compare tv ratings from a team that plays 30 games to a team that plays 82..plus playoff games.

the problem I had with it..is that the guy generalized and lied in the first post.

 

I seem to remember a blip in the NY Times years ago saying the Metrostars drew better numbers then the Devils and Islanders. However, the ratings were nowhere near what the Rangers pull.

 

I believe that..the devils have never had a great following..evn though they win.

and the Islanders have been bad for a long time.

 

The Rangers are the only team with a real good following in the area.

 

the nhl is praying everynight that the Rangers start making some Cup runs.

im sure the mls feel the same way with La, Chicago, and New York.

its interesting that the nhl tv ratings have plummeted with the demise of Boston, Chicago, La, and New York from the mid 90 to today.

I bet the mls ratings are much higher when LA plays