question of a nhl article

A mere 30 miles of freeway is all that separates the Los Angeles Kings from the Anaheim Ducks. The two Southern California neighbors will draw even closer when they endeavor to co-exist on a European excursion in the fall.
The Kings and Ducks have shared America’s second largest market since 1993, and soon they will share the spotlight in London when they open the regular season with a pair of games in the United Kingdom, Sept. 29-30.

Like high school pals touring Europe before the enroll in different colleges, these old acquaintances share less and less in common, aside from their neighboring addresses. As their respective summers come to a conclusion, the two teams look, again, to be headed in different directions.

I think that there are bigger market than socal
detriot
chicago
new york

does anyone consider the kings-ducks a true rivalry? it's not like rob blake came to the ducks or paul kariya went to the kings

any thoughts

They are referring to the size of the media market. New York is number one followed by LA and I think Chicago and Toronto.

They aren't referring to the size of the market as it pertains to hockey.

They are referring to the size of the media market. New York is number one followed by LA and I think Chicago and Toronto.

They aren't referring to the size of the market as it pertains to hockey.

so their tricking us by using another measure

I think they're using the most common measure, actually.

TV is where the money comes from (in the major sports anyways, hockey a little less so), so that's not tricking. That's business.

Furthermore, So Cal likely has the 2nd biggest market in terms of attendance too... if only by default because we have two teams and rougly 30,000 people attending home games. 3 areans (NY)> 2 arenas (LA) > 1 arena (everywhere else).

I think that there are bigger market than socal
detriot
chicago
new york

does anyone consider the kings-ducks a true rivalry? it's not like rob blake came to the ducks or paul kariya went to the kings

any thoughts

The Kings and Ducks won't have, in my opinion, a true rivalry until they meet each other in the playoffs.

I think they're using the most common measure, actually.

Yeah, like 99% of the time the media references "markets" it's in relation to it's TV household ranking done by Nielsen. It's the media's way of looking at population...the way that matters most to the advertisers.

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