Nothing against southern teams or their fans, but hockey in places like Nashville, Phoenix, Atlanta just seems... unnatural.
At one point hockey anywhere was unnatural, because it was a new sport. That’s why I’ve always scoffed at the “traditional market” argument. If the Moose continue the lack of winning tradition the Thrashers have had they won’t be getting much support from Winnipeg either, nobody really wants to start cheering for losers, they’ll stay with a losing team they’ve already built loyalty to, but they won’t build loyalty to losers. That was part of the problem the Jets had, and the Thrashers are much worse than the Jets ever were, 1 playoff series, no playoff wins (I mean games), it’s hard to imagine any audience beating down the doors to watch that team.