GDT: Flames vs Senators | Wednesday March 24th, 5PM | TSN5 and TVAS

[L'Aveuglette]

CALGARY FLAMES (15-15-3) @ OTTAWA SENATORS (11-20-3)
TV: TVAS, TSN5 | Radio: TSN 1200, 94.5 Unique-FM

Game 35 Hub: Senators vs Flames

After an exciting game on Monday that ended with Filip Gustavsson grabbing his first NHL win, the Ottawa Senators and Calgary Flames are back at it again. This will be the first of a back to back for the Sens, where they’ll play the Toronto Maple Leafs tomorrow. Playing two of our favourite teams back to back? What did we ever do to deserve this?

Ok so Tierney back in between Jimi and Bathman

Dzingel White and Paul .. should be interesting.

Connor Brown on the 4th line. Say it aint so.

Connor Brown - Losing Watson is massive. Great guy, great teammate, great leader. He lifts the standard of work ethic. We will miss him on and off the ice. Its a blow to our PK.

Note the 5PM start. I have no idea why we have an afternoon game on a weekday, but here it is.

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[Back in Black]

5 pm??????

Crazy!

 

[SensontheRush]

Weird lines

 

[Micklebot]

5 pm??????

Crazy!

It's kind of odd... Not sure why they did it that way, is there some other TV event they are trying to avoid? 5 is early for us but who's watching this game in Calgary at 3:00 local time?

 

[Flamingo]

It's kind of odd... Not sure why they did it that way, is there some other TV event they are trying to avoid? 5 is early for us but who's watching this game in Calgary at 3:00 local time?

Is the Wednesday Oilers-Montreal game a rescheduled one based on the Montreal COVID positives? Maybe they're trying to satisfy SN broadcasting rights for both games.

 

[Micklebot]

If we want to get more out of Dadonov, i think swaping Paul and Tkachuk (i assume Abramov is just a placeholder for Tkachuk)

Tkachuk is a better playmker than Paul and might work well there.

 

[Korpse]

It's kind of odd... Not sure why they did it that way, is there some other TV event they are trying to avoid? 5 is early for us but who's watching this game in Calgary at 3:00 local time?

Probably because the game would draw viewers away from Wednesday night hockey. We have two more 5pm starts in April, both also on Wednesday. Last season our only Wednesday night games that were not a national broadcast, were in Edmonton and Los Angeles so later starts.

 

[Chabot84]

Another W

playoffs still on the table

let’s go!!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

It's kind of odd... Not sure why they did it that way, is there some other TV event they are trying to avoid? 5 is early for us but who's watching this game in Calgary at 3:00 local time?

I saw something about avoiding the Sportsnet National Broadcast in favor of TSN which would provide more revenue.. I could be wrong and I certainly don't know the ins and outs of it

 

[Back in Black]

GARRIOCH: Injured Sens forward Austin Watson may be out for a while | Ottawa Sun

 

[JD1]

Probably because the game would draw viewers away from Wednesday night hockey. We have two more 5pm starts in April, both also on Wednesday. Last season our only Wednesday night games that were not a national broadcast, were in Edmonton and Los Angeles so later starts.

So I read this quickly yesterday but think i got the jist of it

Wednesday is a designated night for the Sportsnet TV deal. By playing at 5, the game is on TSN and doesn't violate Sportsnet's exclusivity. End result for us is more regional TV money.

They did this years back with matinee Saturday games. Increases the regional TV money but doesn't impact the slice of the national broadcast. I remember talking to a Sens rep about it. I bailed on a ticket package because there were so few Saturday night options.

 

[Micklebot]

So I read this quickly yesterday but think i got the jist of it

Wednesday is a designated night for the Sportsnet TV deal. By playing at 5, the game is on TSN and doesn't violate Sportsnet's exclusivity. End result for us is more regional TV money.

They did this years back with matinee Saturday games. Increases the regional TV money but doesn't impact the slice of the national broadcast. I remember talking to a Sens rep about it. I bailed on a ticket package because there were so few Saturday night options.

That makes sense, the old regional deal was on a per game basis, the new one to my knowledge isn't, but I imagine due to the shortened season they won't meet the contractual number of games on the regional deal (I think it's set at around 50 to 56 per year), so this minimizes whatever "penalty" there might be. Semantics I guess, the end result though is what you suggested, more money for the team by doing it this way.

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

Gonna be weird wrapping up work just in time for the game to start.

 

[SpezDispenser]

That sucks about Watson. One of the few bright spot acquisitions of the summer.

Excited to see Formenton though.

 

[supsens]

That sucks about Watson. One of the few bright spot acquisitions of the summer.

Excited to see Formenton though.

I hope he does well he hasn't looked good so far in the A

 

[Icelevel]

Yay 5pm
Formenton at 5!

Sounds like tkachuk will be good to go and replaces Abramov but I’d love to see Abe in a game too. I think he’s as ready as he’s going to get.

 

[robsenz]

That's a fast 4th line, could be suprisingly effective

 

[cudi]

So I read this quickly yesterday but think i got the jist of it

Wednesday is a designated night for the Sportsnet TV deal. By playing at 5, the game is on TSN and doesn't violate Sportsnet's exclusivity. End result for us is more regional TV money.

They did this years back with matinee Saturday games. Increases the regional TV money but doesn't impact the slice of the national broadcast. I remember talking to a Sens rep about it. I bailed on a ticket package because there were so few Saturday night options.

Whatever it takes to watch the game on TSN over SportsNet i'm good with

 

[Back in Black]

8 hours to g0

 

[Sensinitis]

That's a fast 4th line, could be suprisingly effective

Yeah I really like what Watson brings but with Formenton replacing him on that line it becomes much more of a threat offensively and it has already been pretty solid in that regard for a 4th line

 

[SensFactor]

Formenton going to light up the flames. I expect another win tonight.

 

[SpezDispenser]

I hope he does well he hasn't looked good so far in the A

Hasn't looked good or isn't finishing chances?

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Well we will definitely have pinto and jbd for the make up games with MTL

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Hasn't looked good or isn't finishing chances?

He’s been okay. Troy Mann was just on 1200 last week being candid about giving formenton a little bit of tough love over his game. I didn’t expect him to get called up honestly

 

[Micklebot]

Hasn't looked good or isn't finishing chances?

Well from the little I've seen and what I've read he's good for a breakaway or two every game and takes some undisciplined penalties.