TheDamned said:
Frickin' Canes, I HATE THEM TO DEATH. They ****ing eliminated our Montreal Habs, I hate it when a market where no one knows a crap about hockey goes to the semi-finals, some cities deserves it more
Not true my friend. A lot of people are pretty stupid about hockey here, and come out of the wordwork once the playoffs start (every playoff game after game 5 of the first round has COMPLETLEY sold out, to the point where I couldnt even find any scalpers with tickets), but remember, Hockey is a new venture down here, and its actually being supported quite well. A lot of our fans that lack knowledge will most definetly gain some knowledge the more they watch. As for me, I am not one of those hockey know-nothings of which your stereotypical beliefs about tobacco road claim. I in fact have been watching the NHL for the past 17 years, back when we were the Hartford Whalers, even though I hated the Whalers back then; my point being, I actually know about hockey, and so do a lot of people down here, and thanks to our playoff success and trip to the finals in '02, many more are catching on, and learning about the game and the ins and outs. Take a look at our market too, the market is not the po-dunk farm towns of rural NC; the market is Raleigh, and its outlying suburbs such as Cary and Apex. Raleigh is a city with over 500,000 people, hell my university alone in the city limits has 30,000 students. Cary an Apex cary the upper-class suburban demographic, many of which fuel the jobs in one the biggest technological areas in the US, Reasearch Triangle Park, this park brings in rich and smart people, and hell even some candians too
. This is the demographic the Canes play to, not the rural crowd, so before you make stereotypical assumptions about the Canes and our fanbase, do some research. :Zip2:
I wish the Habs the best of luck next year, and the Canes the best of luck this year!
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Raleigh is 3 hours from me! 
You can just see him WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOing
