Then, in 2005-06, this team was VERY close to moving to Las Vegas, until Mario Lemieux stepped in to become part owner.You know the rest: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin come in, the team wins the Stanley Cup in 2009 and Pittsburgh is always in the playoffs. As for their Stanley Cup-winning year in 2007? Oh, and it’s impossible to walk through Montreal without seeing fans in Habs gear.Do we see one of these in 2015? Then there is the ongoing experiment in Arizona’s desert. Even the three Florida NFL teams, as well as the two Florida MLB teams, struggle big-time to put fans in seats.The Panthers aren't much better. At least, the first 10-or-so years when the team relocated from Quebec to the Mile High City.Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Rob Blake, and Peter Forsberg put Denver on the hockey map right away and they won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001, while making the playoffs every year until the end of the 2006-07 season.After being in the top-10 in league attendance from 2000-01 to 2003-04, they dipped to 11th in 2005-06, 17th in 2007-08, 26th in 2008-09, 28th in 2009-10 (a playoff season), and have stayed in or near the bottom-third of the barrel in the 2010s. NHL® Betting Lines powered by: Some teams have a diehard fan base that purchases every piece of merchandise that gets released while others can barely fill more than half an arena for a weekend game. With the team being in a full rebuild, the stands continue to be full for Toronto each and every night.Some say Toronto may be the biggest Canadian hockey city, but the numbers show that Montreal is the mecca of Canada hockey. The fans love their Rangers so much, that the team dedicated its goal song to the Blueshirts faithful.As an Original Six franchise, the Rangers have been crucial to New York City and times have never changed.Philadelphia sports fans seem to have a reputation for being among the most obnoxious and arrogant in the NHL. This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 10, 2018.TheSportster (the “Website”) is owned and operated by Valnet inc. (“us” or “we”), a corporation
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