Pre-Game Talk: Official Home Opener attendance Thread

[NJDevs26]

And the hand-wringing was all for nothing. The place was loud, packed, and clearly the fanbase is really excited for Nico and the young guns.

And pretty much a legit sellout too, aside from the random 2-3 empty rows in one of the corner lower and upper sections. Many of the fans clearly got there early enough for the red carpet intro.

 

[The 29th Pick]

The scoreboard is incredible.

You mean 4-1 NJ

 

[Colin226]

The scoreboard is incredible.

This. Everyone around me, and myself included, were just blown away by it.

 

[NJDevs26]

I was worried the big scoreboard would be overdoing it tbh, but honestly it had the right amount of WOW factor without being a nuisance.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Unfortunately it was so amazing I could see Palms scream when he got hit...

 

[Colin226]

I was worried the big scoreboard would be overdoing it tbh, but honestly it had the right amount of WOW factor without being a nuisance.

I felt like they used it perfectly. They showed a ton of replays, which was great because in years past they would rarely show replays. And the quality of the video is just ridiculous!

I'll say that the penalty timing was a bit small, but as one person pointed out, it was probably as large as on the old screen hahaha

 

[Patrik26]

Here's a sample of the scoreboard. Be sure to select HD when watching

 

[Devils Dominion]

Was packed and loud.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Were they selling I love to hockey shirts?

 

[CKPLAYA]

And pretty much a legit sellout too, aside from the random 2-3 empty rows in one of the corner lower and upper sections. Many of the fans clearly got there early enough for the red carpet intro.

Was a great crowd. A lot of energy and excitement. One thing though, it was heavily papered. Team offered tons of freebies to local youth hockey orgs and high school teams. One number I heard was over 700 tickets.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Best crowd since Marty night

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'll say that the penalty timing was a bit small

I made the same comment. Definitely too small.

The only other negative is whoever runs the "Players on Ice" thing needs to be replaced, it was wrong more often than it was right.

Everything else about it is fantastic though.

Were they selling I love to hockey shirts?

After the game I did a walk-through of the Devils Den and I didn't see it. I didn't look through any of the concourse stores.

One thing though, it was heavily papered. Team offered tons of freebies to local youth hockey orgs and high school teams. One number I heard was over 700 tickets.

That explains it.

 

[NjDevsRR]

I didn't care about the penalty time being small on the scoreboard when it is in large font on tbe ribbons

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Were they selling I love to hockey shirts?

I checked literally everywhere. Couldn't find one. It's a shame for the team because I was willing to pay quite a bit for one.

 

[SETHROLLINS]

I checked literally everywhere. Couldn't find one. It's a shame for the team because I was willing to pay quite a bit for one.

I do remember seeing them during the pre-season both in the arena and at the Den.

 

[Its a Trap]

Tremendous atmosphere. You know it was an exciting, action packed crowd when they're hooting and hollering all the way out the building.

 

[mtnet]

I checked literally everywhere. Couldn't find one. It's a shame for the team because I was willing to pay quite a bit for one.

That's really odd, they're missing out if they have a bunch available at all. I bought one over the summer at the small store outside of where they played the red/white scrimmage so I'd expect them to be displayed prominently at this point.

 

[Patrik26]

I made the same comment. Definitely too small.

The only other negative is whoever runs the "Players on Ice" thing needs to be replaced, it was wrong more often than it was right.

Everything else about it is fantastic though.



After the game I did a walk-through of the Devils Den and I didn't see it. I didn't look through any of the concourse stores.



That explains it.

The players pictures next to their names when on ice were useless. They looked like really small, identical emoticons.

 

[Emperoreddy]

That's really odd, they're missing out if they have a bunch available at all. I bought one over the summer at the small store outside of where they played the red/white scrimmage so I'd expect them to be displayed prominently at this point.

We need those. Some BRATTwortz, Taylor Hall's Pork Rolls.

Merchandising!!!!

 

[TheSituation]

The lack of replays was really annoying. Everyone in my section wanted to see more of the Bernier robbery and they only replayed it once during the call to Toronto.

 

[Satans Hockey]

The lack of replays was really annoying. Everyone in my section wanted to see more of the Bernier robbery and they only replayed it once during the call to Toronto.

.....they showed it a bunch of times from different angles.

 

[TheSituation]

.....they showed it a bunch of times from different angles.

I should have said relevant replays. They showed the top view twice and once was after the review. A bunch of my people were in my section waiting to watch it during the review.

They were also pretty late with a bunch of the penalties if they were shown at all.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Tremendous atmosphere. You know it was an exciting, action packed crowd when they're hooting and hollering all the way out the building.

Let's make it another fun atmosphere on Friday night Vs Wash.

Tix available on TM and SH.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I should have said relevant replays.
They were also pretty late with a bunch of the penalties if they were shown at all.

I mentioned that during the game. Some exciting pays they didn't even replay, and then they'd replay a soft shot into Schenieider's chest.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

At one point that "players on ice" graphic had Wood, Prout and Lovejoy on it They need a new operator for that thing.