I have no doubt they could sell more tickets in a place like Seattle - at half the price.
All Canadian teams are in the top 10 for the cost of an evening at a game.

I have read a few US articles in last couple weeks about Ottawa not selling out and "it would not be a problem in Honolulu or wherever"..yeah, all kidding aside, even playoff tickets in most Southern cities are a fraction of the cost of the same seats in Canada...

Doesn't mean that other aspects of the economics are not different (value of the dollar, free stadiums in US cities, etc..) but as a value proposition for a "fan", the US is an entirely different place, when it comes to hockey..