Camera angle from behind the net during live play

[93gilmour93]

Don't like it at all. It would be fine for showing angles on a replay but during the play it's annoying

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I like it on the PP , no need for it in other situations

 

[MrKabukiman]

Its great for power plays. If you are a student of the game, you can see things develop and get a sense of how time and space are used.

 

[umma gumma]

Only for replays. Hate it live.

 

[banks]

Like it for replays. Love it for a powerplay/penalty kill. The rest of the time I really don't like it.

The play can come into and out of the zone too fast/often to make a cut to that angle and back. That makes it disorienting. But for a PP situation you know there will probably be sustained pressure, and nothing much to see if the puck comes out. So it works.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

I'm with the "love it for PPs" crowd.

 

[CTHabsfan]

Am I the only one who hates when a broadcast uses the camera angle that's behind the net during live play and not a replay? 85% of the time it's rarely a sequence that improves the viewing experience and sometimes you can hardly tell WTF is going on.

Let me know if I'm the minority here

 

[Nerowoy nora tolad]

Honestly I like the idea, although the execution is often kind of blah when the camera is too low and the goal obscures things.

In general though, how on earth we are still stuck with the bland sideview as default in 2025 is a crime. There should be cameras all over the ice in configurations like sliding rails just above the end zone glass, and the broadcast should use puck tracking to switch smoothly between views as the play develops.

Even 50 f***ing years ago broadcasts used to do more innovative things like tighter zooms on faceoffs, goals, and an inset view of a player jumping out of the penalty box. (I think I remember seeing inset views of goalies going to the bench for an extra skater as well)

The entire point of why new fans find it hard to enjoy hockey on tv is because the puck is hard to follow without instinctively recognizing context clues from the players. Giving them more angles to see the game from will make that easier

 

[hangman005]

You're not alone. I hate it too. I can only speak for myself however.

I can speak for myself and my 12 other personalities... the 13th though, that guys a dick, don't listen to anything he says, its' all lie.

 

[Toby91ca]

I absolutely love it on the PowerPlay

Honestly, I’m trying to figure out if I could disagree anymore and I’m reaching the conclusion that, no, I can’t.

 

[Opus]

You are not alone. I'm not a fan...at all. Not even a lilbit...

 

[Guy Larose]

Hate it, but not as much as the stupid circles and player names they sometimes put. So distracting and useless.