Just looked at the Penguins schedule, noSunday games until January.
To be fair though the Penguins don't also have to schedule their games around the NBA by having a team in the same arena.
or msgs concert schedule.
MSG does not have THAT many concerts. Relative to the arena in Pittsburgh it might seem like a lot, but it is not that many.
concerts do not have to be on saturday and knicks do not play at home every friday. Looked up the Bruins, they have 2 Sunday home games from Oct-Dec. Both at 1pm. Pats play at 4 for one and 8:30 on the other. They also share with a basketball team. The league as a whole plays a very light schedule on Sundays, but somehow the Rangers have 7 home games on Sundays in Oct, Nov, and Dec. Flat out dumb. These guys do get some say in the schedule. If Dolan had any brains, he would say he doesn't want Sunday home games until after the Super Bowl except for maybe the Super Bowl Sunday matinee.right. but between knicks on friday and concerts on saturday.. when do you think they'll play?
I hate early week home games. They have 12 Sunday's and 11 Tuesday's if I counted right. Sunday's aren't bad if they're 5 PM starts or earlier but the 7-7:30 starts are miserable to get home. Makes those easy to sell. And for some reason they have like no Thursday home games either. Only 3 on the entire season.
Yup. 22 games on Tuesday or Sunday. Terrible.
4 Friday Night games, which is more than usual. Last year, there were 2. In many years there were only 1 or even none.
its not terrible at all. sunday games, yes even the ones during football season are easy sells. sold a couple games already on stubhub
I refuse to sell on stubhub nowadays. Secondly, I'll never agree with you on this. Teams try to avoid going up against their local NFL team. The Rangers with 2 NFL teams in the market doesn't. Then people wonder why the Rangers do not get attention. Not as if I was looking at teams like Arizona and Florida. I checked teams that have huge local followings.
sold a game on vivid seats too, whats your opinion on them? both sites are just fine to sell on. the rangers and MSG are a different animal, the garden is sold out whether the jets are playing or the giants, it doesnt matter.
I'm surprised on the Thursdays. That was always a big night for them and they have slowly dwindled over the past few years. Last year, I think there were 5. Know that only because a guy took all my Thursday games as he was off on Fridays. Could be to accommodate for the Wednesday Night Rivalry games, as Wednesday was generally not a big night for them in the past.Yeah, the Rangers don't care about the NFL because they're selling out regardless. I'm just more annoyed about the lack of games on good dates in terms of going. 2 Saturday nights the entire year, and only 3 Thursday's. 4 Friday's is a nice bonus. Then we have the horrendous 8 PM Wednesday Night Rivalry games which are again, easy to sell just because of the start time.
Yes on sundays and I would agree about saturdays forvteams like Carolina, Nashville, Columbus, to a lesser extent Dallas. Tampa and Florida can get away with it as they are not near the Gators or Noles.Or in other words, there should be no sunday hockey for 2 3rds the season? Maybe there shouldn't be any baseball or basketball games on sundays either. And teams near big college campuses shouldn't have saturday games either.
I was being facetious. Should the rangers, islanders, devils, knicks and nets simply never play on sundays? Really? It's one thing to avoid scheduling a game against the superbowl but regular season? It's a very selfish pov.
Not that I care about the Knicks and Nets, but yes. Until after the Super Bowl. If they want to play on Sunday, do so when one is playing on Monday Night or has a bye and schedule the time so you are not overlapping the local NFL team. For example, Giants bye is Oct 30th and the Jets play at 1. So, NHL teams should only take the late start (which the Rangers did). Jets bye is Nov 20th, Giants play at 1. Same deal (although a little harder due to flex scheduling that time of the year). Jets play monday, oct. 17th. Giants play that sunday at 1, so a night game wouldn't be so bad.
I just showed how other teams play very few games on Sunday and often avoid going up against the local NFL team. Go look at the league schedule and see how light sundays are for games. Last few years I have been in one of those silly yahoo fantasy leagues with daily changes and I usually only have 1 or 2 players with a game on sunday. Not sure how it is a "selfish" pov. It is just bad business to play on Sundays during the NFL season.
The hawks have 13 home sundays and they only have 1 nfl, nba and nhl team to worry about.
clearly going against the NFL on sundays isnt a concern for MSG and the NHL and it shouldnt be.