I've never understood this. Mediocrity also doesn't sell tickets. Boring aging vets hockey doesn't sell tickets. I think if they can sell a rebuild with an identity as a young and fast team with some size (Gudbranson, Tryamkin, hopefully Virtanen etc) even if we are near the bottom, they will be selling hope and a future, which is what they finally laid the foundation for this year.
So the whole ownership meddling thing is either a big myth or it's in the past now.