Another Saturday with zero matinee games. The NHL and its TV contracts are so friggin stupid. Six games starting at the exact same time competing against each other.
Another Saturday with zero matinee games. The NHL and its TV contracts are so friggin stupid. Six games starting at the exact same time competing against each other.
This is a huge college football rivalry weekend. I don't think NBC or the NHL Network are stupid to not want to go up against the Michigan/Ohio State or Alabama/Auburn games.
Can the CBJ get a little love from the Atlantic Division teams tonight? K? Thanks.
We sent out a scouting party last night and you guys got all nasty with em, help yourselves from now on.This is a huge college football rivalry weekend. I don't think NBC or the NHL Network are stupid to not want to go up against the Michigan/Ohio State or Alabama/Auburn games.
Can the CBJ get a little love from the Atlantic Division teams tonight? K? Thanks.
Look, they've been doing this bull**** of not going up against football forever, it hasn't worked. It's a niche sport either way. You lose viewership if you put all your games at 7 and you lose viewership if you put your game on at 2 or 4 but at least it gives people an option. And truthfully, fans of those teams will watch either way. Plus you have to make your product visible, why give the NFL or friggin college football a free pass? And as for the Alabama game, exactly why does the NHL care about viewership in Alabama or that region, they aren't getting it to begin with. Put a game on between two pacific teams, two Canadian teams, etc you have so many options.
I understand your points and respect them. Hockey is a niche sport. I agree and empathize with your passion for watching multiple games throughout the day. It is my favorite sport. But I like football as well and the Michigan/Ohio State game is a game I'm going to watch every time over any hockey game. It's just the way it is. Sponsors surely want their ads to be viewed as it pays the bills. A Canadian team vs. another Canadian team would work for those folks north of the border and those who don't care about football. But in the USA football is king, no two ways about it. I still don't think they are stupid for not doing it.
"Gotta look and fix those little details."The Bolts could win a game 100-0, and Cooper would probably say "they could be better."
I would watch a pre-season hockey game between the Ducks and the Coyotes before I watched a football game of any kind.
Football: Play, next play flag, next play penalty, play, next play injured player, commercial break, rinse cycle repeat. To each their own I suppose.
and those who don't care about football.
Last Anaheim/LA game was one of the best regular season games I've seen in a long time.
I have dampened hopes for tonight because the Kings have been abysmal lately, but maybe the raised emotions will fill that void.
I would watch two homeless guys fighting over an English muffin if they called it Hockey.I would watch a pre-season hockey game between the Ducks and the Coyotes before I watched a football game of any kind.
Football: Play, next play flag, next play penalty, play, next play injured player, commercial break, rinse cycle repeat. To each their own I suppose.