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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Just cancel the season. Continuing the season 6 months from now when players and fans just don't care anymore and players are out of shape just makes no sense.
What would be awesome to see is a fun simulation tournament with some of the big stars and personalities playing online against each other. Watching Ovie and a couple of his Capitals buddies playing online against Crosby and his buddies would be great. At this time the fans would love to see their favorite players having some fun and cheering people up.
Edit: I just saw on TSN that they are broadcasting an NBA2K players tournament. Come on NHL where is your tournament?
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Many here likely happily crap on motorsports and especially Nascar, but through the online similiation platform iRacing, Nascar and IndyCar have been engaging their fans on Sunday with virtual races with almost all of their major stars participating.Last weeks virtual Nascar race was broadcast live on Fox with over 1.5 million viewers,the largest ever ratings for an eSports event and roughly half of those who would tune into the actual live race. The next race is on Sunday, check it out if you can, you will be surprised at how accurate the imaging and action is and how much the drivers,announcers and fans are engaged in this. I'm sure the NHL, NBA and MLB are taking a hard look at how they can implement a similiar strategy to engage their fans,players,TV and other partners in a similiar program.
https://www.enascar.com/