Well, I think we could look to MLS to answer your question. Timbers, Sounders, Whitecaps have their rivalry the Cascade Cup and a three team rivalry, but how big of a rivalry is it? As a Timbers fan, Vancouver doesn’t feel like much of a rival.

I think he mostly means pent up as in towards basketball and hockey.

I’m in Eastern Oregon and I never see Canucks fans. When I watch hockey, I root for the Canucks, but they don’t make me want to watch hockey like the Trail Blazers make me want to watch basketball and the Mariners make me want to Baseball. Canucks don’t really even feel like our region. I see mostly Blackhawks…