Friedman - NHL looking at changing the NHL awards

[Breakers]

Looks like the NHL is getting rid of the Award Show according to Friedman

I’m guessing it loses money as nobody watches that thing

Looking at doing it the way the NBA does it which I guess is announcing awards during the playoffs by various TV Panels

I’m assuming most winners will be on playoff teams.

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[Dolemite]

I saw this segment on HNIC just now. When the show was consistently in Vegas, there wasn’t anything wrong with it. The problem with it was that brain dead people put on a brain dead show with brain dead guest presenters and musical guests.

The other thing was that the fans really never got to interact with the nominees.

After attending NHL Award media availabilities the attending media never understood that the players and coaches aren’t holding their cards close to their chest and are in vacation mode as are the media…kind of (my best memory is seeing Bob McKenzie show up to media day in shorts and flip flops). I always wanted to ask all the players there tips for kids who want to be pro hockey players and things like that.

Chose talented people to put on the shows and not people who will half ass it. Also put $$$ into it as well for guests.

 

[coolboarder]

Simply put, put the show in Canadian location, not Vegas where we care more about putting a good quality show. I think it has to do with the late finish and not enough time between the Cup celebration and the NHL award show. It felt rushed. Have it finish on May then having a NHL award show two-three weeks between the final game and the award show, it would allow us to see our fasvorite star players again for one final time before the summer. If it's two-three days between the final and the celebration, it is like we don't really miss them too much and would not care for it and the rating suffers.

 

[Barrie22]

Doesn't help that most years the awards are all but near unanimous decisions or already decided because they are based on actual stats like goals or points.

 

[God]

i don't hate the awards but you could easily have the ceremony take place 1 hour before the draft. plus it would be neat having the newly drafted players have the opportunity to meet some of the current stars.

 

[Fantomas]

i don't hate the awards but you could easily have the ceremony take place 1 hour before the draft. plus it would be neat having the newly drafted players have the opportunity to meet some of the current stars.

Bettman just isn't interested in doing anything good or creative.

 

[ViD]

The last awards show was the absolute cringe fest with some dumb jokes, not caring players and horrible boring atmosphere.

It needs to be replaced for sure

 

[the valiant effort]

I look forward to the future of the NHL Awards.

 

[Realgud]

i don't hate the awards but you could easily have the ceremony take place 1 hour before the draft. plus it would be neat having the newly drafted players have the opportunity to meet some of the current stars.

This seems like a good idea

 

[End of Line]

Can’t help but think of think of the presenters who announced Martin St Louis as the city in Missouri

They announced the award winners during the 2013 playoffs perfectly imo

 

[Jumptheshark]

NHL is just realizing how little the award show in general means.

Also, a few years ago I read a report on line on how expensive it was getting. Nearly all the non-hockey famous people who attended the show were paid to be there. I think it was the New York Times that had an article on it years ago where they did not just talk about the NHL but all sport leagues paying celebs and influencers $$$ to either attend their events or talk about their events and how it was getting expensive.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Well they could start with not handing out half the awards before the actual ceremony

 

[tarheelhockey]

NHL is just realizing how little the award show in general means.

Also, a few years ago I read a report on line on how expensive it was getting. Nearly all the non-hockey famous people who attended the show were paid to be there. I think it was the New York Times that had an article on it years ago where they did not just talk about the NHL but all sport leagues paying celebs and influencers $$$ to either attend their events or talk about their events and how it was getting expensive.

There’s a reason for doing that, though. The NHL has a visibility problem and influencers are by definition paid to bring eyeballs to a product. If they don’t have the money to get it done, they’ll just fall farther behind.

 

[GKJ]

The calendar is too condensed with the draft and July 1. They pushed the season back a week and never accounted for it in the off-season.

That said, the Awards show was always skippable. It makes more sense what they're going to do if they want visibility on the winners. Have them in their markets, let the home fans be a part of it.

 

[SML2]

FFS, get rid of the musical guest . I don't need another irrelevant 80s band to come out and embarrass everyone to know who the best defenseman was this season.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Get Ricky Gervais to do it.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Don't we know who wins these nowadays before the show? It's like watching a bad movie knowing the ending.

 

[wolfgaze]

Bettman just isn't interested in doing anything good or creative.