Atmosphere these Playoffs has been Pathetic

[Xerloris]

St.Louis seemed pretty rowdy last night. Meanwhile the crowd sounded dead in the Peg and we all know that's not true. So the TV Broadcast is f***ing things up IMO.

 

[Tanknomore]

Bell center will always the best and continue to be. Even the players agree.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

LA has been absolutely electric, loudest we've seen since 2014, and the other night had some of the loudest moments since Dustin Brown scored an empty netter to seal the series over the Blues, I have never experienced anything that loud in my life

it's probably perspective too vs. expectations. And then I watched the Lakers in between games and comparatively whoa, it was absolutely dead.

 

[Tanknomore]

Jersey?

Lol, not even sure Jersey would sell out a game 7 finals. Unless tickets continued to be standard issued $30- 40 bucks a pop.

 

[1specter]

Enterprise Center was going crazy last night, Jets fans looked like they were going crazy the first two games. Maybe it’s just the fair weather fans in Toronto

Toronto was very loud through the first two, there are plenty of videos showing this. I even know a Sens fan who has been to his fair share of games at Scotia and has repeatedly referred to it as a 'library' during the season, but he even admitted that it was very loud and electric in the playoff game he attended.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Some of this is definitely the fact fans are getting priced out and corporations own tickets.

Games in Edmonton tonight. I expect that fan base to get loud.

 

[hamzarocks]

toronto has been f***ing pathetic for sure

The fans have been a let down in terms of energy and passion.

Mind you there are 000s of fans standing outside the arean and cheering passionately but these fans can't be affording the crazy ticket prices for home playoff games so you don't see then in the games

The team is playing some kick ass hoceky so its a shame the energy hasnt matched as much

Hopefully assuming leafs win 1 more game, the energy in a tougher R2 matchup vs Panthers/Bolts picks up

 

[Jason316]

Fans barely waving towels, some half-assed chants, and crowd only gets loud after a goal or big save. This has been my experience watching almost every series so far.

Far cry from the 2000s or even 2010s where you couldn't hear a whistle for large portions of the game in many arenas.

Nope in the 80's and 90' s it was much louder.

The Crosby/Ovie era was the worst!!!

 

[93gilmour93]

Wait for tomorrow night in hockey mecca

Bell Centre is by far the loudest building I've ever been in for hockey. Always a party in Montreal.....

 

[Hotsam Batcho]

The fans have been a let down in terms of energy and passion.

Mind you there are 000s of fans standing outside the arean and cheering passionately but these fans can't be affording the crazy ticket prices for home playoff games so you don't see then in the games

The team is playing some kick ass hoceky so its a shame the energy hasnt matched as much

Hopefully assuming leafs win 1 more game, the energy in a tougher R2 matchup vs Panthers/Bolts picks up

If you get rid of the corporate smell in that arena I'm sure the atmosphere would be amazing. Replace corporate fans in Scotiabank bank arena with fans in Maple Leafs square and you'll get a more raucous crowd.

 

[zegrassyknoll]

Most broadcasts just seem to have completely awful production and sound mixing. Probably not getting the full picture.

I actually think it's the opposite and that camera/mic technology has progressed to the point that they are able to isolate/target specific areas and not just a shotgun mic that is picking up everything in the arena.

 

[majormajor]

I've been watching sketchy online feeds and switching between them, and you get some weird pre-mixed audio versions and can switch between them. On some the fan noise is so loud you can barely hear the play by play and then you change the feed and the fans are oddly quiet. I suspect the broadcast audio choices are maybe feeding the OP's perception. It's hard to imagine a significant sudden drop in passion for playoff hockey.

 

[Edmonton East]

Fans barely waving towels, some half-assed chants, and crowd only gets loud after a goal or big save. This has been my experience watching almost every series so far.

Far cry from the 2000s or even 2010s where you couldn't hear a whistle for large portions of the game in many arenas.

Smartphones were the beginning of the end of the true gameday experience. Then the ever increasing adoption of social media on said devices was the nail in the coffin. Will never be the same.

I always think back to when I was a kid at then Continental Airlines Arena (Devils)....going to playoff games, especially in the deep playoff runs, was deafening. It was amazing. You'd be vibrating in your seat. Your souvenir cup would move across the floor the place was rocking so much.

 

[Spurgeon]

I’ve been to pretty much every single Wild playoff game for the last 6-7 years and yesterday was the loudest it’s ever been. From the start, it was an electric atmosphere. I guess one of the benefits of the later start times is it gives the fans a little time to get loosened (liquored) up.

 

[rynryn]

I actually think it's the opposite and that camera/mic technology has progressed to the point that they are able to isolate/target specific areas and not just a shotgun mic that is picking up everything in the arena.

I think you're on it. the tech has advanced to the point where it's too perfect at doing what it's supposed to. instead of going back or mixing in old-school sound tech i expect we will get some sort of weird artificial arena white noise playing in the background. like cars have that artificial exhaust note setting that plays through the speakers.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

please don't encourage TV production teams to play fake crowd noise

 

[End of Line]

Most broadcasts just seem to have completely awful production and sound mixing. Probably not getting the full picture.

Bingo. NBC had much more crowd noise incorporated into broadcasts. Just watch playoffs games from 16-17-18. TNT pretty much mutes the crowd entirely to the point it sounds like the game is occurring inside a morgue. ESPN is hit and miss but having Sean McDonough as your lead commentator leads to a boring game even if it’s exciting.

 

[Hunter368]

Some teams barns are worse then others this playoffs…….surprised bc some of the biggest barns with a good history are the quietest ones this year

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Off-topic but this thread kinda brought it home. It's very confusing to me that the arena in Toronto is named after Scotiabank now when that used to be the Senators' arena name during their best years with the Alfredsson/Heatley/Spezza core. It feels like Canada basically has like a handful of companies big enough to sponsor arenas and so they are all kinda rotating through them.

 

[Canadian Finn]

i've noticed (from my cheap kid brother) that stolen feeds sound like garbage.

and with all the cool cord cutters on this board I'm sure this has a large part to do with it.

 

[miscs75]

I miss the Nassau Coliseum during playoffs. Place was just electric. If anyone wants examples, look up the Pulock save, Tavares OT winner vs Florida, Beauvillier OT game 6 winner or the Shawn Bates penalty shot.

 

[Summer Rose]

I miss the Nassau Coliseum during playoffs. Place was just electric. If anyone wants examples, look up the Pulock save, Tavares OT winner vs Florida, Beauvillier OT game 6 winner or the Shawn Bates penalty shot.

I'm not sure, was the Bob Nystrom cup winning overtime goal at the Nassau Coliseum? It was before I was born, but the crowd in the video clips I've seen of it was tremendously electric.

 

[miscs75]

I'm not sure, was the Bob Nystrom cup winning overtime goal at the Nassau Coliseum? It was before I was born, but the crowd in the video clips I've seen of it was tremendously electric.

It was and it was before my time as well. I was at the Bates and Pulock games. The building was shaking during both. The Pulock one I I didn’t even realize what happened until after when I saw the replay. The building was set up perfectly for hockey with the lower ceiling and everyone basically being on top of eachother.

 

[Bandit]

I’m sure the op has been to every game so far in person and is therefore an indisputable expert on this topic.

All kneel before Zod.

 

[Rafafouille]

FWIW, the Sportsnet broadcast is on point at the Bell centre tonight. Sounds absolutely electric.