@Brad604 I think that most fans in Canada are fans of their local team, for example, Toronto fans are fans of the leafs, not necessarily any other Canadian team. So when their local team loses, as Canadian teams tend to do, interest in the playoffs tends to fade away.
@TopTierPucks I think itโs part of the trend now because of the Americans, under Donald Trump, being more xenophobic and jingoistic. It happened at the PGA tournament on the weekend where they were shouting USA and booing the English player.