OT: HBO 24/7 Discussion
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MissNHL
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I can't wait to watch this. I will be DVR it since I will be at the game on the 14th. And the last video is funny. Love it.
Vladdy84
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This is awesome. This should have been last year dammit! LAST YEAR.
Oh well, at least now we get a couple of kids to watch!
Oh well, at least now we get a couple of kids to watch!
mindfly
Happy camper!
7r4n
Catsyuk has Dangles
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Love how the last one was 4/5 Wings players (minus Reimer). But it crossed my mind, 24/7 is pretty much trying to get American hockey fans to watch hockey and whatnot right other than die hard fans trying to get a glimpse inside the locker room. Do you think it will focus more on the Red Wings as an American team or would it be equal coverage.
I know that Burke wasn't a fan of showing what happens inside a locker room and maybe the Leafs are limiting the filming (who knows), but Nonis is basically Burke 2.0 so would that just add to more Detroit coverage (not that I'm complaining)... Just a thought, maybe I'm waaaay off the ball
I know that Burke wasn't a fan of showing what happens inside a locker room and maybe the Leafs are limiting the filming (who knows), but Nonis is basically Burke 2.0 so would that just add to more Detroit coverage (not that I'm complaining)... Just a thought, maybe I'm waaaay off the ball
mindfly
Happy camper!
Well it will be broadcasted on Rogers sportsnet in Canada if im not mistaken, that's a pretty big network so focus will be on the leafs too
7r4n
Catsyuk has Dangles
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The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
I doubt it, but I think they will spend a lot more time showing just what kind of market Toronto is to play in. Maybe not as much behind the scenes, the talk radio, the papers, the pressures of what it means to be the Maple Leafs is going to be touched on a lot, especially with them on a big losing streak when they started filming.
By the way the Wings have a notoriously brutal locker room on the press. They give out cliche comments and basically have a you're approved by the team kind of relationship with much of the press. This basically extends back to Yzerman, who really froze out certain elements of the media after what he felt was unfair treatment during the failures and success that was being glossed over in his first decade and change in Detroit.
They are not an easy team to deal with either, very closed off. When Lidstrom did his 36 (or was it 48) hours segment with NBCSports the guys avoided him like the plague. HBO has their work cut out for them, Datsyuk coming back would be huge and Howard is probably going to be a big focal point because he is quite comfortable with the media. But we have kind of a tough team for them. I think knowing how both the Leafs and Wings operate even with the mandate from the league to be extremely cooperative that HBO probably came into this with more story driven agendas. Something about the cities, highlighting the history of the clubs, discussions on the Olympic year, things that eat a little more time would be my guess.
mindfly
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I also think they will focus more on the northamerican players (more interviews, airtime etc etc), as we saw in the promos, hardly any euro's were shown, probably because northamericans can easier relate to other northamericans compared to Euros
Frozen Fiend
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The Zetterberg Era
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Well you have the Olympics and in this matchup you have some potential guys playing. Now Howard might have played his way off the team, but I really do think he entered the year as one of the three goalies for USA Hockey, Kessel will be a big story as well, a top 3 skater in terms of Team USA, he is also unintentional comedy goal so I expect to see a lot of him. Plus you have a fringe contender in JVR, DeKeyser's injury hurt him as he was kind of working his way into that discussion, plus he doesn't have the history with Team USA so that part is just too hard for him to overcome. But you do have Americans that they can hype the Olympics with for their audience.
They show the European stars quite a bit on the past 24/7 programs. A part of that is they have to be willing guys in terms of that so we shall see who is up for it in terms of these teams.
InjuredChoker
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Expectation an announcement to come that Steve Yzerman will play for Red Wings in Outdoor Alumni Game vs Leafs Alumni # TSN #ComericaPark
Expectation an announcement to come that Steve Yzerman will play for Red Wings in Outdoor Alumni Game vs Leafs Alumni # TSN #ComericaPark
mindfly
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HBO 24/7 starts on Saturday eh?
Babcock said he would hate to embarass his kids.. I'm afraid we won't hear him drop the f-bombs :/
Babcock said he would hate to embarass his kids.. I'm afraid we won't hear him drop the f-bombs :/
mindfly
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