Does Anybody Else Find An Effective 8:30 ET Start Time Horrendous?

[NVious]

Why in the world did the NHL decide to do this is beyond me, I guess to gain 10,000 west coast viewers or something.

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[PenguinSuitedUp]

I’m not a fan, but it’s better than a 5:30 start.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Because the NHL hates you personally, OP

 

[H3ckt1k]

Right? I don't know why its not 10:30 or even later, would prefer that

 

[Video Nasty]

Take it from a born New Englander. West Coast is the best coast.

 

[bland]

Why in the world did the NHL decide to do this is beyond me, I guess to gain 10,000 west coast viewers or something.

It sucks getting home from work and it's already three minutes into the 2nd period, but I am not gonna start a thread about it.

 

[joestevens29]

Close it up. If someone can’t figure it out they should be banned from making threads

 

[Empoleon8771]

You're right, they should make the start time at 5:30 in Edmonton's time just so OP can get to bed by 9:30. They're so inconsiderate!

 

[AM]

Looks like the Canada traitors Reinhardt and bennet are scoring.

 

[snag]

It sucks getting home from work and it's already three minutes into the 2nd period, but I am not gonna start a thread about it.

It would also suck getting home from work and you have 5 minutes to get to the game

 

[NextBigThing]

NHL doesn’t decide the start times, the networks do. They’re the ones paying the big bucks so they get the decision.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I don't like the 30 minutes of pregame nonsense, but given that a Mountain Time Zone team is in the finals, the start really does need to be at 830 or later.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

I don't care when it is but could they at least list it correctly on the website? It always says 8 pm when I look and then I sit down to watch the game, I'm treated to a bunch of poems from Ron Maclean or interviews from some oiler fan wearing a pineapple on their head.

 

[Azzuri]

lmao sweet summer East coast fans

 

[Neutrinos]

The problem with a late start time is if there ends up being multiple periods of overtime...

At a time when audience numbers should swell due to the drama that comes with OT, viewers are dropping like flies as they have to get up in 5 or 6 hours...

 

[coolboarder]

I remember the NHL used to start 9pm ET for SCF in 93 when LA host a home game. Canucks also started 9pm ET when hosting a home game during weekday. This is best you could do for Eastern base team with 8pm ET starting time for years.

 

[jkrdevil]

It is timed out to where the game usually ends right before the 11 pm local news without a 15 minute gap where viewers drop off. It is so the local affiliates get the lead in audience from the game.

It has been this way for 30+ years.

I remember the NHL used to start 9pm ET for SCF in 93 when LA host a home game. Canucks also started 9pm ET when hosting a home game during weekday. This is best you could do for Eastern base team with 8pm ET starting time for years.

1993 was before the league had a US broadcast tv contract.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

Nope.

 

[HolyGhost]

Start the game at noon then

 

[Wry n Ginger]

They should start the game once the OP is home in his chair and had time to go to the bathroom and grab a beer and then pushes the "THE GAME IS NOW ALLOWED TO START" button...anything else should be a public humiliating grandiose torture.

 

[Gnome17]

Yeah, though I find almost all NHL starting times Horrendous, these particular games start 2.30 am for me. If they start 1 am, 2.30 am or 4 am doesnt really make That big of a difference.

 

[scoopscj]

Doesn't work for me, haven't seen much of the finals. Not an NHL problem, but a me problem. Wish it was 7 or even 7:30. I'm zzzzzz.

 

[Caps8112]

probably more of a young/old thing imo. when I was young didnt matter when the games start. Now ill watch a weekday caps game starting at 7 till a little over midway through the 2nd and then peace. Late games arent a thing and really dont have interest. Superbowl is the same way. Rather sleep then stay up for sports.

 

[Number 57]

Nobody cares that Albertans need to hurry from work to watch the game. You'll still watch it. Meanwhile, you're losing millions in viewership from the east. Do you know how many people live in New York, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Ontario, etc. combined? A lot. That's how much viewership you're losing.

 

[MCR74]

OP, come Saturday night, you won't have to worry about any more 8:30 starts until next June.