Polls for the Non-Fans

So who should the NHL listen to, the actual paying customers who go to games, watch on TV and buy jerseys, or the people with no interest or flat-out disdain for the game? A radical change like completely banning fighting is likely to drive off a lot more of the game’s current fans than it would attract anyone not following the game just because of fighting.

Let’s be realistic here. Does anyone really believe that eliminating fighting is going to convince any of those detractors to suddenly start following the league?