You can't please everyone. Someone around the world is going to get ****ed if they're trying to watch the game. Parts of Europe are 5-6+ hours ahead of the US. So a game at 8 PM is going to be at what 1-2AM?
Of course you can't please everyone. But I'm quite positive there are more Europeans following the NHL than let's say Japanese or Chinese people-
And yes, Middle Europe is 6 hours ahead of you guys which translates to an 2 AM start over here. And this again translates to a 2:20 AM puck drop or so.
I myself have no problem staying up Saturday night / Sunday morning until 6 AM.
But it's kinda hard if you have to work the next day. Or in some cases you can't even finish the game, because of some OT's.
Regardless of your location ... the NHL could have definitely pleased more people had they started the Final on Saturday. Having games 1 and 4 on Mondays is just bullshit.