Can ESPN stop covering hockey?

[Filthy Dangles]

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=23238701



I use ESPN as I follow other major sports but they continually do stuff like this and it's actually embarrassing as a hockey fan.

They actually took audio from the Kucherov goal but used the disallowed Conacher goal in the video. Been uploaded for over a day and still hasn't been fixed.

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[WarriorOfGandhi]

they stopped covering hockey 14 years ago

 

[Paperbagofglory]

Maybe the NHL should stop being boring. Then maybe a big US network will actually cover the game.

Nevermind. i said ESPN and big network, that's insulting to actual networks.

 

[heynowbababooey]

f*** ESPN.

 

[tony d]

Yeah, if they're going to cover it cover it don't just 1/2 way do it the way they do it now.

 

[BrokenFace]

They're not invested in it. NBC has the US rights and still only does a mediocre job covering hockey. Would love for the NHL to give more than one broadcaster the US rights and would be perfectly fine if ESPN was included, despite this error

 

[axecrew]

They cover hockey?? When....Where?

 

[LordNeverLose]

I stopped following ESPN about a year ago.

They only report heavily about sports they own the rights to (hence why WNBA gets more attention than NHL) and focus way too much on politics.

 

[rent free]

sure

 

[karnige]

I haven't gone to ESPN for hockey except for the finals. just to see how the largest American sports company reacts to it. imo tho the NHL needs to go back to ESPN.

 

[ricky0034]

no

I like the way the scoreboard on their website looks

 

[Reality Check]

ESPN pretty much has. Yahoo Sports pretty much wiped the NHL off the entire map in regards to coverage during the entire NCAA Baskbetball tournament.



If the NHL were an actual draw, it would draw more acclaim. Simple as that.

 

[Spazkat]

If the NHL were an actual draw, it would draw more acclaim. Simple as that.

Eh.... I'm good with ESPN just staying out of it. Once they get involved they generally manage to take over and turn everything into a damn circus (see NCAA football)

 

[spring29]

Maybe the NHL should stop being boring. Then maybe a big US network will actually cover

Is it actually boring?

Been following hockey for 25 years and I've never been more entertained watching the NHL

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Can you stop making threads?

 

[RalphKing]

People still watch ESPN? It's basically CNN with a bit of sports.

 

[Gnashville]

Hockey should take up left wing social justice causes to get ESPN’s attention. Maybe the Panthers can have “Fidel Castro lovefest night”, the Hurricanes can have “surrender your constitutional rights night” and so fort the ESPN will have 2 weeks of how heroic these teams are.

 

[izzy]

that video is hilarious

 

[valet]

can you teach an elephant to fly?

 

[McRpro]

can you teach an elephant to fly?

Don't be dumb. Of course you can. Ever see Dumbo?

 

[57special]

"Kucherov is a great player...the puck likes him. You could say that's lucky(the goal? the shot?), but the shot wasn't." Color guy, who sounds like an idiot.

 

[Zippy316]

"Kucherov is a great player...the puck likes him. You could say that's lucky(the goal? the shot?), but the shot wasn't." Color guy, who sounds like an idiot.

The commentary is of the actual goal Kucherov scored to make it 2-1. The video being shown is Conacher's disallowed goal.

 

[jbobell98]

The NHL really messed up when they went with NBC over ESPN. ESPN has by far the largest following if they really wanted to grow the game ESPN was the way to go. ESPN doesn't bother posting anything about hockey on twitter, insta or facebook because they don't own any of the tv rights.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I stopped following ESPN about a year ago.

They only report heavily about sports they own the rights to (hence why WNBA gets more attention than NHL) and focus way too much on politics.

They don't focus on politics! They fired Curt Schilling for making political remarks!

... Granted they have no problem when it's Liberal favored political remarks, but f*** Schilling!

 

[Newsworthy]

People still watch ESPN? It's basically CNN with a bit of sports.

I guarantee people watch ESPN more than they watch hockey. If ESPN covered the NHL as much as many on this thread would like ratings for Sports Center and similar programs would continue to sink.
The USA just doesn't get the game of hockey and I don't believe the NHL can do a whole lot to change that.