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Why do puck drops happen at 7:10

Beau Knows said:
You don't see how it would be better to just say on nhl.com that it starts at 7:08, instead of going to cappertek.com?
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The NHL is listing the event time for those who are going to watch and tune in. When you hear a commercial for a game on the radio, they give the event time, and a puck drop time both.
 
It's extremely embarassing and costing the NHL viewers. The NFL has their kickoffs timed, down to the second, but the NHL is routinely 15 minutes late.
 
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Lots of lame excuses in this thread. In Europe, the puck drops on schedule. That doesn't stop us from having pre-game ceremonies. And if it's longer/more important ceremony (for example a number getting retired) usually puck-drop will just be scheduled later.
 
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Beau Knows said:
I don't know why he feels the need to even announce this, everyone should have seen this when they were already on cappertek.com that day. :sarcasm:
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Sure, make it more readily available, but I was just pointing out it IS available and not hard to actually find.
 
Elvs said:
In Europe, the puck drops on schedule. That doesn't stop us from having pre-game ceremonies.
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It drops on schedule in the US too... I just pointed out that the Wild game tomorrow is SCHEDULED for puck drop at 4:08pm CT. Event time is 4pm.
 
TaLoN said:
It drops on schedule in the US too... I just pointed out that the Wild game tomorrow is SCHEDULED for puck drop at 4:08pm CT. Event time is 4pm.
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Are you that site is even accurate? It lists every game tomorrow as :08/:38, even the game in Edmonton where they are well known for starting games later than that.
 
jbeck5 said:
Jesus lol what time do you have to be up at? The 7pm games are done at 930. 930+8=530 lol ouch
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Pacific games finish often near 1am for thoses living in the East. Every second counts.

I start working at 7, I need to wake at 6.

Yea... There a reason why I am grumpy.
 
Beau Knows said:
You don't find it annoying to tune in for a game at 7:08 expecting the puck to drop, only to eventually find that puck doesn't drop until 7:15, 7:20, 7:30 with no mention of when it will actually happen?
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That's just not a very common circumstance. The vast, vast majority of games start right around 8 minutes after the hour, enough time for an introductory sequence and quick commercial break.

Starting half an hour after the listed time would only happen when there's some sort of major thing going on like a number retirement or 100 year anniversary.
 
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tarheelhockey said:
That's just not a very common circumstance. The vast, vast majority of games start right around 8 minutes after the hour, enough time for an introductory sequence and quick commercial break.

Starting half an hour after the listed time would only happen when there's some sort of major thing going on like a number retirement or 100 year anniversary.
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Top of this very page, this was two night ago:

 
Beau Knows said:
Top of this very page, this was two night ago:

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Right, but that doesn't make this a common scenario. In this case there was a specific scheduling situation on TNT where they were running a national broadcast doubleheader. If they followed the usual convention, they would have to either miss the end of one game or the beginning of the other. So they pushed puck drop back 15 minutes to be sure they could catch the entirety of both games.

This is a very rare scenario and I'm guessing it's the only time this season either of those teams has anything remotely resembling an 8:52 game start.
 
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tarheelhockey said:
Right, but that doesn't make this a common scenario. In this case there was a specific scheduling situation on TNT where they were running a national broadcast doubleheader. If they followed the usual convention, they would have to either miss the end of one game or the beginning of the other. So they pushed puck drop back 15 minutes to be sure they could catch the entirety of both games.

This is a very rare scenario and I'm guessing it's the only time this season either of those teams has anything remotely resembling an 8:52 game start.
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Sure, but the replies even mention the Oilers often dropping the puck late, not 8:52 late, but often not at 8:38 either.
 
TV will want time to do a commercial break anyways. 7:00 broadcast game preview, 7:03 commercials, that's 7:05 puckdrop at the absolute latest.

But getting rid of the anthems and land acknowledgements would be amazing. I just feel embarrassed to be there through them.
 
Some people are such uptight dillweeds about "Time".

Like cool your jets, it's 5-10 minutes. Relax, enjoy life for a second. It's not a race.
 
Beau Knows said:
Sure, but the replies even mention the Oilers often dropping the puck late, not 8:52 late, but often not at 8:38 either.
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It's quite possible that the Oilers are in a unique situation with McDavid being such a major national attraction, and Edmonton playing on Mountain time. I can imagine that TSN would routinely schedule them as the back half of a doubleheader.

That would mean if you start the Leafs/Habs/Sens at 7pm Eastern, you can schedule the Oilers at 7:30pm Mountain and you've got a really nice segue into showcasing McDavid as the late game. Except games usually run just a little over 2.5 hours, so that 7:30 television start really needs to be more like 7:45. Add 8 minutes for pregame and you're at 8:53.

As a whole separate issue, even 8:38pm is a ludicrously late start. I didn't know anyone was starting games that late except as a one-off.
 
I think if they want to keep the anthems just play the home teams until the playoffs. Small change but puck drops a bit earlier
 
Beau Knows said:
Are you that site is even accurate? It lists every game tomorrow as :08/:38, even the game in Edmonton where they are well known for starting games later than that.
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It's accurate based on what is scheduled. Like I said, whenever a Wild game is coming up in the next week, they even advertise a separate puck drop time on the radio... "Broadcast starts at 6pm, game scheduled for 6:30pm with puck drop at 6:37" was what they were saying earlier in the week for yesterday's Wild/Flyers game.
 
Beau Knows said:
You don't find it annoying to tune in for a game at 7:08 expecting the puck to drop, only to eventually find that puck doesn't drop until 7:15, 7:20, 7:30 with no mention of when it will actually happen?
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Never EVER does the puck drop at 7:30 for a 7:00 game. And no, I do not care that the puck drops a few minutes after 7:00. I know what time the broadcast starts and I know how long it runs and they’ve never change that in my lifetime.
 
I suppose it’s for people who don’t turn in for pre game Who want some brief introduction before the puck drops. and of course get some commercials on how to lose money gambling.

FWIW the national anthem generally wasn’t played before sporting events until World War II. Actually the “Star Spangled Banner” is hard to sing because of its range . Its melody comes from an 18th drinking song “To Anacreon in Heaven” and you can imagined how those liquored up singers must have sounded when they belted out a few choruses. “O Canada” is much easier although I wish American teams would use the bi-lingual version.

Some broadcast during the pregame will have a clock counting down minutes/seconds until the puck is dropped.
 
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