- The supporters group is usually in communication with the front office. This gives the average fan a voice with the front office.
- Jillian Fisher
I'm not really sure that the front office wants to give the average fan a voice. Have you ever heard Vito from Woodbridge call into the FAN590 after a Leafs game to give his thoughts? Hint: they aren't particularly useful.
With social media today, the front office has plenty of avenues to engage with fans already.
- Supporters groups’ message tend to include an emphasis on community involvement and charity work - both items which NHL teams love to promote.
- Jillian Fisher
If by "community involvement" you mean throwing up and urinating in the neighbourhood adjacent to the football stadiums in Europe, I'll agree with you.
If not, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree...
Call me crazy, but I go to a hockey game to watch a hockey game. I hate the PECO Power Play. I hate the Jumbotron trivia. I hate the kiss-cam. And while I understand management's desire to monetize every second of a game and every nook and cranny of an arena, it doesn't mean I have to like the distractions.
To add onto these distractions, at least to me, just takes further away from the actual game.
Then again, I'm a Leafs season ticket holder - home of the golf fans at hockey games.