Last night the NHL held their annual skills completion at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. The annual event, which features the NHL's most talented players, is supposed to highlight the league's most skilled players. Showcasing their talents for the hockey world to see.
This year's game in Florida was supposed to highlight the success of the NHL's Florida markets, but instead it just highlighted the lack of interest. This season the Panthers attendance has sat around 82%, or 27th in the league in average attendance. Last night that attendance issue was on full display during the skills competition, which left large segments of seats empty.