I don't think the increased ratings for Olympic hockey really translate into more interest for the NHL in the United States, but it's fun to watch and we get the same regular season regardless. This is contingent on the Olympics being in a reasonable time zone - the NHL should not stop its season to go to Beijing or Tokyo or whatever.
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JimEIV
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We still would want to showcase the leagues best players though. That's really what the AllStar game is about.
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"Most analyses attribute the growing interest in hockey among Americans to three main themes: 1) the Miracle on Ice in the 1980 Olympics, 2) Wayne Gretzky being traded to the LA Kings, and 3) NHL expansion. While the first two are challenging to validate definitively, the impact of NHL expansion aligns with the growth in USA Hockey memberships by state over the years."
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The number of US born NHL players doubled 10 years after the 1980 Olympics.... that's before new wave expansion.
Data Dump: The rise of US NHL players - Sound Of Hockey
The US hockey players continue to make up a larger and larger percentage of the NHL players in the league. Here is a deep dive on the topic.
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The number of US born NHL players doubled 10 years after the 1980 Olympics.... that's before new wave expansion.
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I think the Miracle on ice was such a singular event in such a specific time that I wonder if it's impact could ever be duplicated in modern day.
We'd get just as many youtube video and blogger articles tearing the team down for every little thing as we would people embracing them. And then after they won, it'd just be a bunch of people talking about how they weren't really good and were just lucky, etc etc etc.
We'd get just as many youtube video and blogger articles tearing the team down for every little thing as we would people embracing them. And then after they won, it'd just be a bunch of people talking about how they weren't really good and were just lucky, etc etc etc.
Emperoreddy
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The issue is no one watches the all star game. They stopped doing it the old way because it was such a ratings drag and they hoped making it a gimmick would spark interest.
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The only worthwhile All-Star Game is baseball because they treat it like a regular game. The Pro Bowl and the NBA and NHL games are games where they play no defense and not with much care because they don't want to get hurt. I can't blame them, but it makes for a poor watch.
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JimEIV
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Definitely could never be duplicated.
But that doesn't lessen the fact that everyone loves to watch and celebrate big global competitions.
It's fun. And people who never give a second thought to certain events/sports become interested. I mean they made a damn movie about Eddie the Eagle and Jamaican bobsledding.
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All of us over 30 crowd dream for the Scott Stevens/ Theo Fluery All Star game days.
DerekDevils30
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You’ve seen the evolution in real time. He was on the struggle bus early in the season. He’s cut out the BS in his game. There will be the odd turnover but that’s to be expected when you have the puck so much. He’s being much more responsible with and without the puck. Huge development.
ask Ottawa about that Boucher kid they picked
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I'd argue definitely worse than Quenneville and Matteau, who were picked 30th and 29th I think? As it stands, Stillman may wind up appearing in fewer games for our NHL team than those guys did for us.
Lance Ward at 10th overall in 1996 is definitely worse than Stillman, but he's maybe the worst of the modern era.
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hard to play defense (or even offense) in the pro bowl seeing as it doesn't exist anymore
*it was changed in 2023 to a non-contact flag football game so minimal chance at injury
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The only reason I don't think it's as bad as Quenneville is we should've never even made that selection. It should've just been forfeited and we would've had a mid teen pick the next year I believe. No reason to have even made that pick.
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Should I be happy about the 4 Nations?!
F*ck! Of course, when the Devils are playing well…
Just, don’t get burnt out or injured!!!
F*ck! Of course, when the Devils are playing well…
Just, don’t get burnt out or injured!!!
The 80s were just a sluttier time. Fine Young Canibals were panty droppers.
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It has been enjoyable watching the Rangers spiral out of control. I also love the idea that Chris Drury really kicked things off, and otherewise they would have figured things out on their own.
Having said that - i've seen this Rangers film before. They have too many good players to not make the playoffs. Having a stud goalie and great Dman starts it. Panarin is still a [regular season] star. They have enough of a roster to make it there.
Jack had that moment in his sophomore year lol. Also Kovy never actually had that moment. He turned into a great PKer. He still sucked defensively at 5v5.
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The east bubble is mid enough that making the playoffs shouldn't be a problem for them.
Who is pushing them out? The Isles? Philly? Columbus? Buffalo?
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Keefe has been a god send. Hot take, I know.
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