CS85 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, Unocal said: What say you? If two expansion teams meet in the playoffs and nobody watches, did the series actually happen? 1 2 Quote Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 6 hours ago, the admiral said: The culture at Turner and Time Warner had never been "well, let's just churn out some acceptable crap," Well, with one notable exception - their Champions League coverage for the 1.5 years that they had it between 2018-pandemic beginning was absolutely abysmal. Worse than anything ESPN's done that I know of. It was Kate Abdo, Steve Nash (really), and a rotating cast of former USMNT players dressed in street clothes operating in a studio that looked like it was in somebody's basement with lighting to match and absolutely no substance whatsoever to their commentary. I would also dock points theoretically for just using world feed commentary, but soccer is the exception in this country where international commentary is almost always better than domestic commentary, so less was more on that count (for the sake of discussion, hiring British commentators to broadcast to a USA audience still qualifies as "international" in this case; fair or not, American accents calling European soccer games just doesn't work, and I'm very much guilty of this bias). In any case, thank goodness they bailed on that the moment they lost the coverage rights for the next cycle, even if the next cycle wasn't set to begin until 2021-'22. The pandemic happened, they told CBS "here, take it" and CBS has done an outstanding job with it ever since. When I think about it, it does seem kinda vexing to me how they do the NBA so well, they would later prove to do the NHL very well, but they got every single thing wrong with soccer. Probably just hired the wrong people in the wrong positions and put too much trust in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 From a reddit thread on NHL's lack of marketing (evergreen content), someone posted this in the comments. If you go to this Edmonton/Vegas highlight video and scroll to 2:50ish, there's a clip from 90s TGIF staple Step By Step inserted in the replay: https://www.nhl.com/video/second-round-gm5-edm--vgk/t-277350912/c-17159021 And sure enough, as of this moment, there is. The reason is likely a broadcast running long, which makes sense, but to upload it to the official NHL website? And not fix it, even a day later? 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 11 hours ago, CS85 said: If two expansion teams meet in the playoffs and nobody watches, did the series actually happen? Dunno but Canadians will definitely whine about it on the internet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj882000 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 2 hours ago, ManillaToad said: Dunno but Canadians will definitely whine about it on the internet try and stop us 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Will Connor McDavid ever make a Cup Final with the Oilers? I'm starting to have doubts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiK Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Doesn't seem like it, does it? And what's up with Draisaitl? He just looks... tired. Quote 73, 77, 81, 83, 90, 06 29, 30, 31, 36, 39, 44, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 96, 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, MiK said: And what's up with Draisaitl? He just looks... tired. I can't blame him for running out of gas. McDrai carried this team on their backs. Edmonton couldn't even get a win, after Draisaitl scored 4 for his team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Well, this is what Bettman wanted. The only way it could've been better is if Arizona was hosting in their matchbox rink. Sure, Seattle isn't 'southern', but they're expansion. If Dallas wins game 7... every team remaining would be south of Kentucky.... 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, Sykotyk said: Well, this is what Bettman wanted I highly doubt it. You think Bettman wants a conference finals with no star players? Last year- McDavid, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Shesterkin, Tampa, Vasilevsky This year................ Matthew Tkachuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Sykotyk said: Well, this is what Bettman wanted So you're suggesting Bettman rigged a 30 year Cup run for the US? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 TNT has had so much good fortune with the NBA Playoffs. NHL? Not so much 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj882000 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 The "Bettman hates Canada!" stuff always cracks me up; if that was the case he wouldn't be NHL commish at all, he wouldn't have joined the league with the biggest Canadian presence in the first place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 12 hours ago, Unocal said: TNT has had so much good fortune with the NBA Playoffs. NHL? Not so much An 8th-seed rocking the bracket? A second-year franchise potentially making it all the way to the Conference Finals after getting the reigning champion in the first round? A team with a legendary drought breaking it? The top team in the league being upset in absolutely stunning fashion? The fact that the only remaining teams with a Cup title (Dallas and Carolina) won it 23 and 16 years ago, respectively? There's been plenty of good fortune in the playoffs this year, you're just being butthurt that it's not the teams you wanted to have that good fortune. People love tuning into playoffs for the drama and upsets, and these Cup Playoffs have had a bunch of that. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Ridleylash said: An 8th-seed rocking the bracket? A second-year franchise potentially making it all the way to the Conference Finals after getting the reigning champion in the first round? A team with a legendary drought breaking it? The top team in the league being upset in absolutely stunning fashion? The fact that the only remaining teams with a Cup title (Dallas and Carolina) won it 23 and 16 years ago, respectively? There's been plenty of good fortune in the playoffs this year, you're just being butthurt that it's not the teams you wanted to have that good fortune. People love tuning into playoffs for the drama and upsets, and these Cup Playoffs have had a bunch of that. He will complain no matter what, he’s upset in the NBA thread that it’s the same teams every year, yet is upset here that it’s all new teams. He will never be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Ridleylash said: An 8th-seed rocking the bracket? A second-year franchise potentially making it all the way to the Conference Finals after getting the reigning champion in the first round? A team with a legendary drought breaking it? The top team in the league being upset in absolutely stunning fashion? The fact that the only remaining teams with a Cup title (Dallas and Carolina) won it 23 and 16 years ago, respectively? There's been plenty of good fortune in the playoffs this year, you're just being butthurt that it's not the teams you wanted to have that good fortune. People love tuning into playoffs for the drama and upsets, and these Cup Playoffs have had a bunch of that. There's been good storylines for fans, but networks always just want the QB and head cheerleader to be homecoming king and queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 History on the line tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 18 hours ago, Cujo said: So you're suggesting Bettman rigged a 30 year Cup run for the US? Who said rigged? It's just what he wanted. His southern strategy has been a thing since TB and FLA started, and the relocation of the Jets and Whalers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Sun Belt taking over hockey. Less than 5 minutes until an all Sunbelt Final Four. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Sykotyk said: Who said rigged? It's just what he wanted. His southern strategy has been a thing since TB and FLA started, and the relocation of the Jets and Whalers. Where the heck else is he suppose to place expansion teams? Canada and the Northeast US only have so many major cities. To add, Canada stole from the US last time a team relocated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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