NHL experimenting with increasing tv timeouts by 30 seconds

[SEALBound]

They need to be less worried about this and more worried about pure access for people that have "cut the cable".

I have ESPN+ AND Dish with all of the channels and yet, it's STILL difficult to find all the games.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Oh f*** off, NHL.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

I find it crazy people can sit through live hockey now after watching on a PVR starting since around 2010. I guess in an arena no choice but 2.5 hours to sit through a broadcast, two 18 minute intermissions (which used to be 15 mins before 2013) is ridiculous.

I record games on an IPTV app now and takes like 70ish - 75ish minutes to get through the whole thing.

 

[Golden_Jet]

That’s a poor decision, intermissions were extended a minute or two in the past, to ensure the flood is good and frozen. I remember in the past wet spots to start a period in the odd spot, and the puck would just stop dead.

Won’t really affect me, as I PVR each game and start 30-40 minutes late, when I’m not attending the game live.

 

[ForumNamePending]

Ya, as I was reading this the first thing that popped into my head was "wait didn't the NHL extend intermissions like 20+ years ago because of some issues with flooding?"... It's probably not a problem in places like Montreal and Boston in February, but during warmer months and/or places with warmer climates?

I rather the intermissions be longer and the actual interruptions in the the middle of a period be shorter, but I dunno... Probably not a huge deal. Would anyone have even noticed if Lebrun hadn't mentioned it?

 

[Hennessy]

More time to try to convince me to gamble! How can I not approve?

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I'm guessing during the game ads are worth more since it is pretty easy to walk away for the intermission

I'm pretty sure the ad spots immediately before and after Coach's Corner when Don Cherry was around were the most lucrative ones for CBC.

Just merely saying.

 

[elmaco]

Hate that we're at the point with sports where decisions are being made based on "is the money we get out of this, worth the slight discomfort it causes?" Rather than "lets make a better product, and that should generate more money".

This isn't just in hockey, it's everywhere now.