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On 5/30/2023 at 5:21 PM, adsarebad said:

I concur:

 

"Gary and the NHL have destroyed the viewing experience with ads on the jerseys, all over the ice, and moving digital board ads.

 

Long time fan here, i have migrated to the NBA.

 

Sad, but NHL on TV is now just way too distracting.

Destroying the jerseys and cup patches as well."

During the regular season during a casual game, they are extremely annoying. But when the game becomes a lot more fast-paced during the playoffs, I barely notice the moving ads because I'm too intensely focused on the action on the ice.

I hope Gary Bettman doesn't find out because he'll just ad more ads.

Yikes. 

Vegas played like they didn't want to get humiliated. Everytime they scored, they relentlessly kept battling to score another and another. Dallas got obliterated.

Too bad. Celtics could have made history tonight.

Heat and Golden Knights all blowing their 3-0 leads, while their opponents continue to wait.

I thought we'd get sweeps across the board, with Championship games that will end the seasons early.

Adam Fox, Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau, and Sam Bennett all left Calgary.

It's crazy thinking of the team they could have had.

Matthew Tkachuk is doing quite well for a 6th overall pick. Same for Jack Eichel at number 2.

If the Penguins didn't blow their final game of the season, the Panthers wouldn't have made the playoffs and the Blackhawks wouldn't have gotten Bedard.

One single game affected a lot.

I have difficulty deciding who should get the Conn Smythe...Bobrovski or Tkachuk....

Did the Vegas Golden Knight's Twitter admin take over the Coyotes Twitter?

Bobrovski is playing very well, without a doubt.

He'll need to play his best games in the Finals (assuming Florida doesn't blow an 3-0 series lead) and he'll need a strong performance from the team in front of him. 2003 Giguere came up short against New Jersey in Game 7.

5 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Still think Vegas should have stuck with the home uniforms from a few years ago. The gold feels more alternate than primary

It makes sense for the Golden Knights to have a gold jersey. Their minor league affiliate Henderson Silver Knights have a silver jersey. They got the colors right, to match the team names.

I think their new look improved a bit, with the addition of the white gloves and the ditching of those awful Tron-like chrome helmets.

12 hours ago, tBBP said:

Okay, so...first off, WOW what an experience. I went to that game 2 yesterday and...well, Vegas has truly done a number with the in-arena entertainment. (Which, I mean, being Vegas, it's kinda in their wheelhouse, no?) I also know if I go again to go for the Allegiant Flight deck...sure it's SRO, but I could see just about everything from there. Not bad for 70 bucks on a last-minute deal!

Vegas went out of their way to make the Golden Knights team as attractive as possible:

- Top-tier logo, uniforms, and a unique color scheme

- Amazing visual pre-game on-ice graphics, a fortress as part of the arena's atmospheric decor, and hanging medieval flags with the logos of all NHL teams

- Excellent expansion draft advantages

- Witty social media person running VGK's Twitter

Remember that the Coyotes are just visitors. They were given an empty area of space in the back that could fit 2 dozen people, separated only by black curtains. The building belongs to another team from another league who already have a fully constructed locker room.

Inside the same Mullet Arena, this is what the Sun Devils players have.

2 hours ago, the admiral said:

I don't see an accent aigu on "résilience." I'm calling the police. 

It was previously "Passion, Respect, Tradition". It translated exactly the same.

On 5/18/2023 at 6:11 PM, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Imagine being a superstar kid in youth and junior hockey your whole childhood, get drafted to the pinnacle of your profession, only to end up in a smaller arena than you've ever played in

Indeed.

Junior locker room:

"Pro" locker room:

A Panthers/Golden Knights Stanley Cup Final is looking more and more likely.

At least we'll be guarenteed a 1st time Cup winner.

Dallas & Vegas is off to OT.

Here we go again. 

Both teams are going to need that day off, to recharge for Game 2.

The hockey gods aren't finished causing chaos.

To think this game could have ended hours ago, if that OT winner didn't get the call reversed.

16 minutes ago, Sport said:

I’m telling you Bettman has no interest in actually solving this situation. Maybe he did 10, 5, 3 years ago, but now he’s just going to keep delaying and stretching things out with the Coyotes until he retires and then they’re the next guy’s problem. I know checked out senioritis when I see it. I’ve left jobs before. 

When he spoke to the media this year, he also completely disregarded the thousands of criticisms of the digital board ads that have been and continue to be heavily crapped on for being annoyingly distracting. It's as if he's sabotaging the league on his way out.

Every player who gets drafted by the Arizona Coyotes will go from playing in a Junior arena to playing in another Junior arena. Not quite the NHL standard.

Gary Bettman's making that corporate buck. It's the players that are forced to settle for less.

12 minutes ago, Dilbert said:

I said it before and Ill say it again, Bettman wont stop until the Coyotes have tried every suburb of Phoenix. Mesa is actually further out than Glendale.

Even if it means they have to play here and only 5 people show up...