@thick80: I'm not sure we should embrace the demise of hockey but sadly your views match mine. I made a similar comment about 10 years ago and got badly flamed for doing so. Take a look at the state of the CFL in Toronto.  Once they were Toronto's second team.  They could attract 50,000 rabid fans to a dingy windblown second rate stadium. Now they are hanging on for dear life. That will be the state of Maple Leafs in twenty years as their traditional fan base ages and dies out.  There are a lot reasons for this but as you say the introduction of new groups into the country will be a large factor.