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Originally Posted by esquire
^ I've been to Texas and in terms of a sport with mass appeal, hockey is a bit of a sideshow there. It takes a distant backseat to NFL football, NCAA football, MLB, the NBA, NCAA basketball and NASCAR. I mean, it's great that kids play it there but the Stars still don't really have the cultural resonance that, say, the Oilers do in Edmonton.
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Obviously not, and nobody here is implying otherwise. My point was that twenty years ago hockey had little to no presence in Texas, Dallas, and Houston at all. In 2016, in a state consisting of 27 million people, hockey at least has some presence and is played at all levels. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this and speaks to the magnitude of success that growing that game has created. The first overall pick in 2016 is going to be from Arizona, and the US National Teams are being represented by more and more states every year. It's great.
It's why the KHL's expansion into China is a good idea, as well. Even if you only get 0.1% market share it's still 0.1% in a country of over a billion, and it's a completely untapped market for the sport (Northern China/Harbin/Qiqihar not withstanding)
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