Golden_Jet
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Lmao, brutal take, ya let’s make a rule those teams can’t win, possibly think before submitting post or smoke another one.
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NHL TV ratings 2023/2024
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i like that rule.... Every yr we have to sweat it out to see if CAR, NSH, OTT, CLG, WIN, ANA, CMB will be in the SCF.. it's stressful.
We need to always make sure NYR, BOS, CHI, PHI, DET, PIT are alwys there til the end.
BTW, i dont know why ppl are all saying EDM/FLA will get better ratings in US than DAL/FLA.
I don't think americans care about the no personality McDavid.. IF Dal gets there, maybe Texas will come up with massive #s and start paying attention. I'd rather have the #5 biggest US market there than EDM, where 98.47% of americans don't even know where EDM is.
Am i wrong to think DAL would do better in US ratings than EDM?
Golden_Jet
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Lmao, another ridiculous take, real fans cheer for the best teams to make the finals,
Name one sports league that says only certain teams can advance to win a championship, HFB will wait for your answer, but the the website won’t exist before you ever find one to post lol.
Really appreciate the laugh though for the suggestion, at least you have a sense of humour.
College football thinks multi million dollar coaches is amateurism. It’s hard to take them seriously
You lot seriously care too much about which teams make the progressing series. Yes a Final of Chicago vs New York would probably set rating records, but we have zero power behind who makes the games. We don't play them, we are just third-party people using the power of observation. I would not be so worried, stressed, or angry when some teams lose. That's just sports, all I want is progression in ratings, for how little or big it may be, 2% increase in progression is still progression as a random example. No sport isn't going to get a 15% increase in ratings over a couple of seasons, you see more of 3% one season, then 2% the next, and then 4% the other after that.
Golden_Jet
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lol, ok how about a pro sports league, which is what was meant.
It’s just an idea, that’s laughable at best.
I’m done responding, to something, that would never happen.
98.47% of hockey fans don’t even care about this argument.
I agree this is going to be a relatively low rated series, but ESPN will find a way to hype up the possibility of the best player in the league bringing the Cup back to Canada and without the Heat in the finals, there is always the opportunity for some bandwagon eyeballs from the Miami area. Ultimately, as long as it’s not Florida versus Anaheim every single year, this is an aberration and it’s fine.
I know it’s BOH, but some of you worry way more about the ratings than the actual hockey being played on the ice and I think you are way losing touch with what normal sports fans think and talk about at this point
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Anisimovs AK
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First paragraph is the dumbest thing Ive ever read in my entire life
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Why would that be? They have 4 more years on their contract, and people in the industry still think they are being underpaid for their american tv contract. They just spent the last 3 years setting ratings records for Rogers in Canada, and will re-up for a raise in that country as well.
So tell me, why would the league be worried?
Thats not a "sports league" but good try
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I always find it best to look at post histories before responding. This is this particular poster's schtick everytime he contributes.
"Imagine if New York and LA went to the finals and it went to a game 7?"
Like, is a game 7 between the two biggest media markets really an accurate portrayal of how popular the sport is in this country?
boys, it happens in every sport where the league wants its biggest teams to go far. Just look at the NBA this yr. When IND beat NYK in gm7, the whole panel were actually crying real tears. That cost ABC big ratings seeing IND instead of NYK.. and NBA is so popular in US too.. u'd think they shouldn't care, but they did. It was so obvious.
U guys don't think ABC is so happy the celtics are in the finals? Imagine if IND beat them and MIN beat DAL. we'd have a MIN/IND nba final and they'd be miserable now..
So this is normal for some of us to be upset. Hockey needs all the help it can get and coming so close to getting NYR/BOS conf final. It would've had close to 7M viewers in a game 7..
we almost had it. It looked so promising. 2 weeks ago with 3 of the 4 CDN teams out and Nash and Car out. and bos was up 2-1 over florida. and then it all fell apart.
U guys don't think ABC is so happy the celtics are in the finals? Imagine if IND beat them and MIN beat DAL. we'd have a MIN/IND nba final and they'd be miserable now..
So this is normal for some of us to be upset. Hockey needs all the help it can get and coming so close to getting NYR/BOS conf final. It would've had close to 7M viewers in a game 7..
we almost had it. It looked so promising. 2 weeks ago with 3 of the 4 CDN teams out and Nash and Car out. and bos was up 2-1 over florida. and then it all fell apart.
Considering this year WCF is outrating last year’s is a good sign imo that the SCF rating will be better. Also, ABC>TNT in terms of reach and also promotion with NBA Finals also on ABC. So if it averages 3 million viewers that’s a decent number.
I think more American casual hockey fans care about the idea of a Canadian team winning than any of you give them credit for. I think everyone is scarred by ratings disasters in the mid 2000s, but that was before Canada‘s losing streak hit 30+ years.
Also, Edmonton might be a small market with relatively low name recognition but anyone who knows anything about hockey knows what the Oilers are because of Gretzky. They aren’t the Winnipeg Jets or the Ottawa Senators.
Also, Edmonton might be a small market with relatively low name recognition but anyone who knows anything about hockey knows what the Oilers are because of Gretzky. They aren’t the Winnipeg Jets or the Ottawa Senators.
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Edmonton-Carolina was a very poorly rated series. 3rd lowest rated game 5 of all time, second lowest rated game 6 of all time, lowest rated game 7 on broadcast of all time (apparently Oilers-Flyers game 7 in 87 was the worst ever, but that was on ESPN. It also involves the Oilers, so not completely irrelevant to the argument)
If the series goes 6 games I am predicting (guessing) an average of 3.5 million viewers. If it goes 7 game 7 will be in the 7.5 to 8 million range and will bump up the average to close to 4 million. The Avalanche/Lightning Stanley Cup final averaged 4.6 million on ABC as a comparison.
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I mean the NHL itself was probably at its nadir of popularity after the lockout.
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I going with close to 4M avg for the whole series. Hoping for 7 game of pure chaos should be fun.
Knowing some of the stuff that has been considered "Trolling" on HF, it's amazing to me how certain posters in this thread can continuously troll for pages and pages over an entire season and get away with it.
I mean, they have the best player since Gretzky finally in an SCF and have to worry about ratings because of they shitty job they have done promoting him.
That's their fault.
EDIT: This reply has nothing to do with my comment above. That had nothing to do with you. They both just got merged.
I mean, they have the best player since Gretzky finally in an SCF and have to worry about ratings because of they shitty job they have done promoting him.
That's their fault.
EDIT: This reply has nothing to do with my comment above. That had nothing to do with you. They both just got merged.
Back to back Wings/Pens SCFs really brought it out of the gutter. Then Chicago/LA/NYR/BOS all heating up allowed it to take flight.
Been cooling off the last few years because the NHL has no idea how to promote teams or players and just relies on the market to drive the rating.
if you were born the day that series ended, congratulations on your high school graduation and your upcoming 18th birthday. We are talking about datapoints old enough to start college in the fall.
