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Originally Posted by esquire
Only because regional representation has increased... i.e., places that were barely aware of the NHL's existence in the past now pay some measure of attention because there are teams in the regions.
If you go to actual US NHL cities though, it's pretty obvious that with only a few exceptions they are mostly afterthoughts. In most US NHL cities that I've visited, the local hockey team is roughly on par with TFC or the Argonauts in Toronto in terms of how they're received... they have their own fanbase, but they are largely on the margins of the sports pages.
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Most? Maybe on the West coast and the South, but not in: Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Minneapolis, and D.C. (Caps cup win was considered to be first major championship win for the city in decades by most people, despite D.C United's dominance),