Puck drop time should be the same as scheduled game time

[CuriousGeorge]

Anyone else get tired when see the game time is 7:00 pm and then they have to wait another 5-10 minutes for the anthems and introductions for them to finally drop the puck? I sure am. Why not make the introductions and anthems prior to the game scheduled game time, let's say around 6:50 pm and then drop the puck right at 7:00 pm? This would work as they can shift the warmups 10 minutes before, and gates usually open 1 hour prior to the game time, so that won't matter.

Thoughts?

 

[agent082]

I agree. This is cheating.

 

[Mike Hasselhoffman]

Yeah, I like how in baseball, when first pitch is scheduled for say 1:07PM, the pitch is thrown at 1:07PM

 

[Neuf]

People wouldn't watch the opening stuff on TV or live if they did it before scheduled time.

 

[Canada4Gold]

If you believe the solution to this would be moving the ceremonies and intros to 6:50 you'd be quite wrong, they'd long change the listed start times to 7:10 before they would start at exactly 7:00

 

[jc17]

Yeah I think its just a way to sneak more commercials in, and get people into their seats if they are running late to the game.

A few games ago the sabres played detroit with like a 7:30 scheduled game, which didn't start until about 8:00 because of a ceremony.

 

[StupidityKills]

It's definitely annoying. I don't even turn the channel on til 8 after at the earliest. The home opener or any other ceremony night you wait damn near half an hour.

I really like in the BPL how they always start right on the scheduled start time barring a major incident.

 

[Machinehead]

Yeah, I like how in baseball, when first pitch is scheduled for say 1:07PM, the pitch is thrown at 1:07PM

Yeah same thing in soccer. Kickoff means kickoff.

Hockey is nowhere near as bad as the NFL, though. 4:00 in the NFL means 4:30...

...the next day.

 

[Flamer12]

If you are a hockey fan, you know the game won't start until 7:10 so why not just tune in at 7:10 or leave 10 minutes later to get to the arena. What is your rush anyway?

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Because nobody would watch the lame, boring pregame ceremonies/intros/whatever

 

[I Like Foolish Posts]

Yeah same thing in soccer. Kickoff means kickoff.

Hockey is nowhere near as bad as the NFL, though. 4:00 in the NFL means 4:30...

...the next day.

wut?

NFL kickoff is always the time it is scheduled for... At least the time I look at on NFL.com. Though games lasting 3+ hours are the norm for sure.

 

[agent082]

If you are a hockey fan, you know the game won't start until 7:10 so why not just tune in at 7:10 or leave 10 minutes later to get to the arena. What is your rush anyway?

Well we are the customers and the product is sold 10 minutes later than advertised.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Yeah same thing in soccer. Kickoff means kickoff.

Hockey is nowhere near as bad as the NFL, though. 4:00 in the NFL means 4:30...

...the next day.

Huh? The NFL's late games are always schedule for either 4:05 or 4:25 and start on time always.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Yeah same thing in soccer. Kickoff means kickoff.

Hockey is nowhere near as bad as the NFL, though. 4:00 in the NFL means 4:30...

...the next day.

I regularly tune in a minute or two late to an NFL game's scheduled time and miss the kickoff.

 

[Quarter]

After all this time wouldn't you just learn to tune in five or ten minutes after the scheduled start time? Pavlov?

 

[Muston Atthews]

If the game is scheduled for 7, tune in at 7:13 if you want to see puck drop. For leafs anyways. It's either 7:07 or 7:13

 

[idiroft]

People wouldn't watch the opening stuff on TV or live if they did it before scheduled time.

Who cares about that anyway?

 

[Ducks DVM]

This seems like an odd thing to get worked up about. It's not enough of a time variance to screw up a DVR (assuming it isn't some special presentation, which are rare), and it's not like you get shorted game time. The pregame ceremonies typically start at 7. People in the arena thus know when to show up to catch the pregame ceremonies, which, in a gate driven sport, is where they should be putting their attention.

 

[Lshap]

I think it's something else entirely:

Game-times are meant to accommodate the beginning of the broadcast, not the hockey. Networks need the opening intro, the announcers, the previews, etc.

Networks would never begin a 7:00pm broadcast with an immediate puck-drop.

 

[FlaPanthers11]

Panthers are 8 after. So either 7:08 or 7:38. Those minutes don't matter to me.

 

[StupidityKills]

Huh? The NFL's late games are always schedule for either 4:05 or 4:25 and start on time always.

Yeah, the networks just have a ridiculous amount of pre-game coverage. The times do lineup with the official listed start time.

 

[suddeninterest]

The gf and I have sexy times every Saturday at precisely 7pm so the ~8 minute delay until puck drop is perfect. It even allows me 5 minutes to get snacks ready.

 

[Rayzorexe]

Just cut the anthem. Maybe leave it for special occasions like the playoffs.

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

didnt 711 sponser the nhl at one point and all games the puck was dropped at 7:11

 

[Holocene]

If you are a hockey fan, you know the game won't start until 7:10 so why not just tune in at 7:10 or leave 10 minutes later to get to the arena. What is your rush anyway?

Basically this. It doesn't bother me because I know the game is starting at 7:08. If it's an NBC game I know it's starting about 20-25 minutes into the hour because they don't do a real, full pre-game show.