A story came out yesterday afternoon, hours before Game 1 of the second round playoff series between the Rangers and Senators, that there were “plenty of seats available” for last night’s game at Canadian Tire Centre (or as our Editor, Joe Bouley, called it... The Canadian Tire Fire Centre). The official attendance was 16,744 in a 19,153-seat arena... in Canada... in the playoffs... against the New York Rangers... in (or around) the city where Erik Karlsson plays. Umm... What?
According to this second story, the Sens have had issues with attendance all season, averaging 87.