Kukla's Korner Hockey

Kukla's Korner Hockey

Afternoon Line- Eric Francis

09/30/2016 at 5:02pm EDT

It’s tough to come down hard on hockey fans in Toronto given all they’ve gone through, but surely it wasn’t lost on NHL brass how disappointing the World Cup crowds were.

Despite millions of dollars in marketing and promotions around downtown Toronto that included an expansive and pricey fan zone, endless advertising and six-foot high pucks at hundreds of street corners, the rare chance to see hockey’s best-on-best featured thousands of empty seats most games.

Yes, the tickets were pricey and, yes, it’s hard to get too jacked about a Finland/Sweden matchup, but in a supposedly hockey-starved city with money and a population base like that, every game should have been sold out.

Clearly, the next incarnation of the world Cup needs to move to a place like Edmonton, where its fans will once again demonstrate what it’s like to be a real fan of the game.

Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun at Canoe. Francis has more on the World Cup.

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