Yeah, instead Matthews got that he would have been a solid number three behind them if he'd been born a couple days earlier. I know hockey fandom in general has a short memory and Buffalo's a shithole, but I'm still kind of shocked how quick people are to toss Eichel away. He would be incredibly easy to market. Like, blue collar white boys proving everybody wrong is the narrative. It might be less interesting than Matthews' white upper middle class family getting him into hockey the Mexican from Arizona TM, but people eat it up time and time again. Cliche because it works, know your audience, etc.
I think that non-casual hockey fans forget that there being a small amount of players who are of color and/or from below the 40th parallel is little more than a fun fact to fans who aren't attached to indicators of the game's growth.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
Re: Hockey Media - nationally televised NHL games next year (in the US)
From: (Anonymous)Matthews' white upper middle class family getting him into hockeythe Mexican from Arizona TM, but people eat it up time and time again. Cliche because it works, know your audience, etc.I think that non-casual hockey fans forget that there being a small amount of players who are of color and/or from below the 40th parallel is little more than a fun fact to fans who aren't attached to indicators of the game's growth.