For the Vancouver Canucks, losing games seems like the best plan for the rest of the season and probably for next year as well. In the long term, that will lead to high draft picks and a stronger prospect pool. For fans, however, losing hockey is totally unattractive.
Thankfully, there is a way to get a little bit of both: losing games, but playing exciting hockey in the process.
Season Tickets a Tough Sell
Derrick Penner (Vancouver Sun) — Canucks season tickets a tough sell as NHL team struggles
In the halcyon days, when they finished first in the NHL regular season two years in a row and went to the Cup final in 2011, the team had to cap season tickets at about 17,000, with a waiting list that stretched to 6,000.