50 here, so no millennial. And you're damned right I expect a certain level of entertainment for my ticket. A night out for a hockey game is a good $100-150 when you consider tickets, parking, food, and drink. A movie might cost me $15-20 if I go to Imax.
And it def affects the league, not just the home fans. Noone else wants to pay to see Buffalo on their ice either. And if my team were neck and neck on the last day of the season and the other team was playing Buffalo in a tank year I'm pretty damned pissed.
ANd LOL at entitled. WTF felt entitled to a "generational talent" enough to sink two seasons and alienate an entire fanbase and put an entire league through multiple seasons of pitiful performance? There's your entitlement right there. everyone else, I want my star and you all can suffer for it.