Miscellaneous NHL Discussion: "The March is On" edition

[LegionOfDoom91]

NBC has also proven that they f***ing suck. Then again, so has ESPN. Meh. Hockey is stupid anyway.

They now gotta bring back the Whale & Nordiques.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[kudymen]

They now gotta bring back the Whale & Nordiques.

All I hear you saying is "glowing puck"

 

[DancingPanther]

25 nationally televised games now THAT is what I call exposure!! Kek

It'll be the same 6 teams too probably

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Rebels57]

25 nationally televised games now THAT is what I call exposure!! Kek

It'll be the same 6 teams too probably

ESPN is only airing 25 games? LMFAO

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

ESPN is only airing 25 games? LMFAO

It will be a miracle if they air NHL highlights 25 times on Sportscenter.

 

[Rebels57]

It will be a miracle if they air NHL highlights 25 times on Sportscenter.

I havent watched Sportscenter in at least 10 years.

 

[Tripod]

 

[Cody Webster]

ESPN is only airing 25 games? LMFAO

It definitely would have been a lot nice to get more than 25 games, that's pretty much nothing, but they'll be streaming 1,000+ games, which will be nice.

I'm interested to see what this does to ESPN+ and the cost. No way it stays at $5/month

 

[ajgoal]

It definitely would have been a lot nice to get more than 25 games, that's pretty much nothing, but they'll be streaming 1,000+ games, which will be nice.

I'm interested to see what this does to ESPN+ and the cost. No way it stays at $5/month

I thought the announcement said it would be a package on ESPN+, which suggests to me that it's some sort of add-on.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Did not expect to get chills on a sunny Wednesday afternoon! And holy shit that highlight package!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That’s not a bad deal for the NHL. It’s a niche sport in the US so they weren’t going to walk in there & get a bigger piece for that type of money like the widely more popular sports leagues get on there.

The NHL obviously wanted their visibility & promotion back in the US to squeeze a little more out of viewers than they were getting solely with NBC.

Obviously ESPN sees it as cheaper live sports content filler compared to the other leagues. They’ll probably do what NBC did with tapping into the big market games during the regular season & probably squeeze a bit more ratings out of it compared to them.

Then you obviously have the streaming component.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Who do you think the other network will be? Fox? NBC?

 

[CutOnDime97]

Playoffs and Cup final on ESPN/ABC is big

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Isn't it 25 exclusive games?

Also, do they get this summer's draft?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Probably one of the more bizarre things in Flyers’ history.

 

[GKJ]

NBC has also proven that they f***ing suck. Then again, so has ESPN. Meh. Hockey is stupid anyway.

This may shock people but no one has ever enjoyed the network coverage of hockey no matter who it’s been.

Probably one of the more bizarre things in Flyers’ history.

And this was the next game after the 5OT game. Delmore had 2 goals and the OT winner in game 3

 

[Beef Invictus]

 

[CutOnDime97]

Never seen this before. Ngl I lol'd

 

[Domino666]

I don’t understand this, there’s got to be more to this story, like was he fleeced by his family or agent?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I don’t understand this, there’s got to be more to this story, like was he fleeced by his family or agent?

He followed the Jaromir Jagr school of money management.

 

[wankstifier]

“Build a strong team”

 

[Audible Velvet]

I

This may shock people but no one has ever enjoyed the network coverage of hockey no matter who it’s been.


And this was the next game after the 5OT game. Delmore had 2 goals and the OT winner in game 3

It's going back a bit, but I used to love coverage on the Prism channel.