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Nicky Santoro said:
i am really worried this 4 nation cup will be a big flop and will draw 0 interest in U.S.

No U.S sports shows are even talking about it, and it starts tomorrow. i've heard many MTL'ers here calling this a joke of a tournament and most not interested in this gimmick. And MTL loves its hockey. Imagine ur avg US fan?? I bet 98% of americans don't even know this exists. Tons of great players not even there. No Russians (it's like the NHL is punishing them, what a joke).. no kucherov, no panarin, no Ovi, no Vasilevsky). it's not a real tournament. it's not getting the exposure at all in US right now. Hopefully it changes

I hate the scheduling. SAT 1pm in BOS. Finland/Sweden. will boston even fill the arena for that?? No bruins in this game either. Will they even watch?? Will there be 6,433 fans at the game??? And the SAT night matchup of CAN/US, is going head to head against the NBA all star skills challenge.

I just pray this won't turn out to be a flop in the US and everyone ignores this and makes NHL look like a joke. So far, it's leaning that way, BIG TIME.
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lol, you don’t care that game is on at 1 pm, as all you do in your post history is look for ways to shoot down the league.
Just read the tv ratings thread for proof of that.

1 pm is the perfect time for the 2 countries represented.
 
I understand that the 1pm game is to cater FIN and SWE, but who gives a crap about them. they are 4,000 miles away from us in a different country. Look at trump, we are his neighbors in CANADA and he doesn't give a crap about us. he wants to take our country. so now we care about FIN and SWE??? now ppl in BOS have to wake up early on SAT go watch 2 meaningless teams for them with no rooting interest. Who's going to dish out money for that in BOS??

Speaking of not buying tickets. I am in MTL and i live 3 min walk from Bell Centre. i just came back and the streets are deserted. There is no buzz at all. Usually for habs games, the buzz around Bell 2 hrs to puck drop is unimaginable. NOTHING for this game. There's nobody out there. In fact, 2 scalpers came up to me and offered me 2 center ice tix in the whites, not the bottom reds, but not all the way up. About 35 rows from the ice.. They told me they'd give the 2 tix for 180 for the pair. I can't even get that for a habs/ducks game on a MON night.

They are having so much trouble getting rid of them. What do u expect for this silly tournament that means nothing.
 
Nicky Santoro said:
I understand that the 1pm game is to cater FIN and SWE, but who gives a crap about them.
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I don’t think you do understand.

Nicky Santoro said:
now ppl in BOS have to wake up early on SAT go watch 2 meaningless teams for them with no rooting interest. Who's going to dish out money for that in
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Not everyone gets up at noon. Not like you’ll be watching any games anyways.
All you do is complain in the TV hockey ratings thread.
 
Nicky Santoro said:
Sorry Wayne, didn't realize u r from there. It was nothing against u, it was why the NHL would care about tv viewers in Europe.
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Its ok, you are free to think and feel whatever you like, i dont take it personally.
It could be money involved, i dont know how big the TV contract is in Sweden and Finland but it is probably more than one think. As I wrote in "TV contract thread" reagarding SHL league

This was a 6 year contract

it was approximately equivalant to 580 million US dollars at the time article was written, since then the swedish krona has lost much and is now 455 million.

SHL has 364 games in regular season, playoff has play in for 4 teams best of 3
and the rest QF SF and Finals best of 7, and some regulation games also

oh and the cost is 499 swedish krona per month, ca 45 dollar todays exchange rate or ca 60 dollar back in 2020, with this you also get 2nd tier Hockey and more sports, but the 2nd tier had a separate TV contract, hope i didnt went to off topic and put this in the wrong place

So it could be quite some cash for hockey in sweden, how it is in finland i dont know, except they are fanatics, espacially against swedes, they hate our guts, they used to have a Radio show named
all Swedes are gay, back in the 90s :)
 
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Greatzsky 99 said:
Its ok, you are free to think and feel whatever you like, i dont take it personally.
It could be money involved, i dont know how big the TV contract is in Sweden and Finland but it is probably more than one think. As I wrote in "TV contract thread" reagarding SHL league

This was a 6 year contract

it was approximately equivalant to 580 million US dollars at the time article was written, since then the swedish krona has lost much and is now 455 million.

SHL has 364 games in regular season, playoff has play in for 4 teams best of 3
and the rest QF SF and Finals best of 7, and some regulation games also

oh and the cost is 499 swedish krona per month, ca 45 dollar todays exchange rate or ca 60 dollar back in 2020, with this you also get 2nd tier Hockey and more sports, but the 2nd tier had a separate TV contract, hope i didnt went to off topic and put this in the wrong place

So it could be quite some cash for hockey in sweden, how it is in finland i dont know, except they are fanatics, espacially against swedes, they hate our guts, they used to have a Radio show named
all Swedes are gay, back in the 90s :)
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I like to hear the costs in other countries, thanks
 
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GKJ said:
The ratings and tickets won’t be good because it’s an unestablished tournament. Very much like when the World Baseball Classic started. There was zero investment in international baseball at the major league level, and at times it showed after the USA did so poorly and people bandied about that it should only be minor leaguers, which defeated the entire purpose. With the last tournament, people were talking about it being some of the best baseball we’ve ever seen.

International hockey is much more like an investment, and it’s exactly how they see it. The only bet they can make is that the hockey delivers and the people who do watch are impressed by it.
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Except the wbc tapped into the Latin and Asian diaspora in North America which is s huge reason for it success. That why they put wbc games in Miami and Arizona. How big of diaspora does Finland and Sweden still have here?
 
-CANADA (French Lang)-

Canada-Sweden: 572k (TVA Sports)

edit: TVAS updated their prelimary # to "up to 757k"
 
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varsaku said:
Seems fairly close to World Junior numbers. So essentially it is only reaching the hard core hockey fans.
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Comp to make would seem to be the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Here's the (English-language only) numbers for Team Canada in Canada then:

Semifinal v. Russia: 3.09M (CBC/SN/SN360)
Final G2 v. Europe: 2.27M (CBC/SN360)
Final G1 v. Europe: 2.07M (CBC/SNO)
Group v. USA: 2.05M (SN)
Group v. Europe: 1.75M (SN)
Group v. Czech Republic: 1.57M (SN)

So 1.79M for round-robin is in line with the SN-only Group games from 2016. Would beat all but v. USA, of course.
 
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Reaser said:
-Four Nations on TNT Wednesday-

Canada-Sweden: 1.04M (TNT/truTV)

Most-viewed hockey game on TNT Sports this season, obviously.
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Oh man we could be looking at 1.5M plus for USA-Finland and potentially 2M plus for USA-Canada on ABC

I will add that if Finland-Sweden can get 1M at 1pm on Saturday, that would be a great showing for this tournament
 
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ok, i bashed this thing, but maybe i was wrong. IMO, the only reason this is getting the big buzz now is CAN won in an OT thriller. IF Swe win 5-1, 99% of CDN's are calling this a gimmick and it means nothing.

SAT night on ABC is going to be EPIC for US/CAN.. i can see 4.5M, if not more.. especially if it's a thriller like yesterday or very close all game. No 3-0 end of 1.. (NO BLOWOUT please)

Also, for this to be a big success and promote our great sport and have all eyes on it, we need a CAN/US final. no swe/fin, or us/swe, or even can/fin.. we need a US/CAN final for the americans to enjoy our sport. In fact, US sports shows today talked alot about this tourny and complimented it.

My only complaint is on for thurs night final, why is it on TNT and not on ABC. if it is indeed US/CAN final, this can easily beat last yrs gm 7 edm/fla final on ABC.. we cannot waste this game on TNT..

Thurs final US/CAN on TNT.... 5.73M
Thurs final US/CAN on ABC.. 11.62M

BTW, thurs night, NO sports on at all. No NBA except 2 games at 7pm that'll both be over by the start of 2nd period. So NHL has the whole audience to them.. Pls GOD, let switch it to ABC if we get US/CAN.

any chance this can be done, or impossible?? I doubt it. too bad.
 
Nicky Santoro said:
ok, i bashed this thing, but maybe i was wrong. IMO, the only reason this is getting the big buzz now is CAN won in an OT thriller. IF Swe win 5-1, 99% of CDN's are calling this a gimmick and it means nothing.

SAT night on ABC is going to be EPIC for US/CAN.. i can see 4.5M, if not more.. especially if it's a thriller like yesterday or very close all game. No 3-0 end of 1.. (NO BLOWOUT please)

Also, for this to be a big success and promote our great sport and have all eyes on it, we need a CAN/US final. no swe/fin, or us/swe, or even can/fin.. we need a US/CAN final for the americans to enjoy our sport. In fact, US sports shows today talked alot about this tourny and complimented it.

My only complaint is on for thurs night final, why is it on TNT and not on ABC. if it is indeed US/CAN final, this can easily beat last yrs gm 7 edm/fla final on ABC.. we cannot waste this game on TNT..

Thurs final US/CAN on TNT.... 5.73M
Thurs final US/CAN on ABC.. 11.62M

BTW, thurs night, NO sports on at all. No NBA except 2 games at 7pm that'll both be over by the start of 2nd period. So NHL has the whole audience to them.. Pls GOD, let switch it to ABC if we get US/CAN.

any chance this can be done, or impossible?? I doubt it. too bad.
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Friday, February 21​

2:00 am

Championship Game | ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS​


Final is not on TNT
Edit: This is my timezone in Sweden FYI, sorry, didnt see it.
 
Greatzsky 99 said:

Friday, February 21​

2:00 am

Championship Game | ESPN+, ESPN, SN, TVAS​


Final is not on TNT
Edit: This is my timezone in Sweden FYI, sorry, didnt see it.
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Thx wayne...

but to me, ESPN, ESPN+ or TNT is all the same to me.. It's not ABC.. and we need ABC for this if it's US/CAN final. This would be one for the books. We can't afford to have this game on cable. This is the biggest game for americans to watch since Sid's Golden Goal in 2010. it's been 15 yrs. What a chance for NHL to have the stage.

They have Extreme Home Edition on next Thurs at 8pm on ABC. i doubt that show will get 9M+
 
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NHL on ABC:

January:

Rangers-Capitals: 1.1M
Rangers-Blackhawks: 454k
Bruins - Panthers 1,05M
Lightning-Red Wings: 934k
Golden Knights-Bruins: 1.27M

February:

Blackhawks-Panthers: 723k
Rangers-Bruins: 1.1M
Red Wings-Lightning ???
Golden Knights-Bruins 1.3M


Cable:

October:

Blues-Kraken: 348k (ESPN)
Bruins-Panthers: 790k (ESPN, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Utah: 522k (ESPN)
Rangers-Penguins: 467k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Golden Knights 315k (TNT+truTV)
Wild-Blues: 417k (ESPN)
Flyers-Oilers: 333k (ESPN)
Sabres-Penguins: 512k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Avalanche: 340k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Flyers: 477k (ESPN)
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k (ESPN)
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k (ESPN)
Flyers-Capitals: 410k (TNT+truTV)
Rangers-Capitals: 412k (ESPN)
Kings-Sharks: 186k (ESPN)
Golden Knights-Kings: 109k (TNT+truTV)

November:

Red Wings-Blackhawks: 411k (TNT+truTV)
Red Wings-Penguins: 354k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Kings-Avalanche 231k (TNT+truTV)
Hurricanes-Flyers: 237k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Predators-Kraken: 155k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Lightning: 268k (TNT)
Golden Knights-Avalanche: 207k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Penguins-Bruins: 483k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Stars: 177k (TNT+truTV)

December:

Bruins-Blackhawks: 487k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Stars-Kings: 232k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Rangers-Sabres 478k (TNT+truTV)
Flyers-Red Wings 418k (TNT+truTV)
Panthers-Wild 161k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Sabres: 245k (ESPN2)
Avalanche-Utah: 258k (ESPN2)
Stars-Blackhawks: 217k (ESPN)
Blues-Blackhawks: 920k (Winter Classic, TNT+truTV)

January:

Avalanche-Blackhawks 283k (TNT, non-exclusive)
Panthers - Utah 183k (TNT)
Red Wings-Panthers: 507k (ESPN)
Oilers-Avalanche 389k (ESPN)
Hurricanes-Sabres: 259k (TNT+truTV)
Oilers-Wild: 324k (TNT+truTV)
Panthers-Kings: 151k (TNT+truTV)
Golden Knights-Stars: 424k (ESPN)
Flyers-Devils: 253k (TNT+truTV)
Penguins-Utah: 138k (TNT+truTV, non-exclusive)

February:

Sharks-Kraken: 175k (ESPN)
Bruins-Rangers: 537k (TNT+truTV)
Oilers-Blackhawks: 217k (TNT+truTV)
 
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NHL on ABC:

January:

Rangers-Capitals: 1.1M
Rangers-Blackhawks: 454k
Bruins - Panthers 1,05M
Lightning-Red Wings: 934k
Golden Knights-Bruins: 1.27M

February:

Blackhawks-Panthers: 723k
Rangers-Bruins: 1.1M
Red Wings-Lightning ???
Golden Knights-Bruins 1.3M

There is some mistake here.
 
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