05-20-2022, 03:37 PM
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#221
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Draft Pick
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Except I feel like ESPN almost certainly dictates the start times. I think they’re to blame.
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There must be the cornhole regional semi-quarter-qualifiers, or Westminister Kennel club preview show that they had to bump the meaningless hockey game for.
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05-20-2022, 03:39 PM
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#222
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Just Win!!!! GFG!!!
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05-20-2022, 03:39 PM
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#223
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The question still applies - how is this possibly in ESPN's best interests?
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I assume its due to the NBA game between the Mavs and Warriors at 7pm MT. Create a little separation between the two maybe.
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05-20-2022, 03:39 PM
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#224
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sec206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sainters7
Great job by the NHL to sell their product with the best series going that even has non-hockey U. S. fans buzzing: 11 PM Eastern start time!
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New York state has 20 million people. ESPN doesn't care about the Battle of Alberta. Rangers is what sells ad space.
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05-20-2022, 03:42 PM
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#225
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Draft Pick
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It's due to the PGA Championship being broadcast on ESPN right now. Pushed back eastern game to 6MT as well.
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05-20-2022, 03:45 PM
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#226
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Kane is a scumbag, ignore him.
As for going after top players, they only have one. The other guy is already crippled.
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05-20-2022, 03:48 PM
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#227
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
New York state has 20 million people. ESPN doesn't care about the Battle of Alberta. Rangers is what sells ad space.
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doesn't justify, or even excuse, sabotaging your own programming
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05-20-2022, 03:48 PM
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#228
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cranbrook
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Watching the game taking the ferry to NFLD tonight. Man, I feel for Atlantic flames fans having to deal with these start times all year.
Hope the ferry has good reception… go flames go!!
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05-20-2022, 03:51 PM
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#229
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sec206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
doesn't justify, or even excuse, sabotaging your own programming
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Unfortunately it does.
Battle of Alberta may be a great series, but the draw is low, really low outside of Alberta. There's 5 million people here, that's really small.
Rangers, basketball, golf... All rank ahead of Alberta. Just the way it is.
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05-20-2022, 03:54 PM
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#230
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
Unfortunately it does.
Battle of Alberta may be a great series, but the draw is low, really low outside of Alberta. There's 5 million people here, that's really small.
Rangers, basketball, golf... All rank ahead of Alberta. Just the way it is.
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You're missing the point entirely. Of course those things are bigger draws, that is not up for dispute. Nor is it relevant. The issue is: why start the game so late? They paid for the rights to show it, makes more sense to attract as many viewers as they can, not chase them away.
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05-20-2022, 03:56 PM
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#231
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Franchise Player
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Hockey fans want to watch hockey. But no one wants to watch a game at 1:00 in the morning, which is when the 3rd period will be on out east.
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05-20-2022, 03:57 PM
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#232
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sec206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You're missing the point entirely. Of course those things are bigger draws, that is not up for dispute. Nor is it relevant. The issue is: why start the game so late? They paid for the rights to show it, makes more sense to attract as many viewers as they can, not chase them away.
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Because they probably lose ad space by moving the Rags game up an hour. They know the small audience that they have for the BOA is going to tune in regardless. It's small potatoes comparatively.
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05-20-2022, 03:57 PM
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#233
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
Unfortunately it does.
Battle of Alberta may be a great series, but the draw is low, really low outside of Alberta. There's 5 million people here, that's really small.
Rangers, basketball, golf... All rank ahead of Alberta. Just the way it is.
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Yeah exactly. So since nobody else cares, and there is no close to zero crossover audience, start the game at 7pm and move on. We have to wait until 9pm in the off chance that 6 people in New York State wanna stay up until 2am watching an extra hockey game? That's dumb.
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05-20-2022, 04:01 PM
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#234
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sec206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevman
Yeah exactly. So since nobody else cares, and there is no close to zero crossover audience, start the game at 7pm and move on. We have to wait until 9pm in the off chance that 6 people in New York State wanna stay up until 2am watching an extra hockey game? That's dumb.
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The Warriors and Mavs play at 7. The NHL wants nothing to do with going up against that.
An 8:30 start is a 7:30 start on the west coast. That's your sweet spot to catch some viewers there. They know the MST fans will watch regardless.
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05-20-2022, 04:02 PM
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#235
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
The Warriors and Mavs play at 7. The NHL wants nothing to do with going up against that.
An 8:30 start is a 7:30 start on the west coast. That's your sweet spot to catch some viewers there. They know the MST fans will watch regardless.
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That's an answer.
Not 'because no one cares'
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05-20-2022, 04:09 PM
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#236
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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I'm not complaining. It's a 7:30 game over here, perfect.
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05-20-2022, 04:19 PM
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#237
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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Yikes, watching Tim and friends you would think the flames are the Russian national team out there with how much "we" (the Oilers) need to do to deal with the big baddies out there.
Did enjoy the part about Johnny, Backlund, Toffoli and Mangiapane all taking 0 hits in the last game.
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05-20-2022, 04:35 PM
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#238
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
Looking forward to Ron Maclean’s pregame diatribe tonight
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I’m not. He gets worse by the year.
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05-20-2022, 04:37 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
It was astonishing in the Oilers postgame show on Wednesday just how hard Propaganda Minister Baghdad Bob Stauffer was trying to sell the idea of inserting Hollaway into the lineup for tonight's game.
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Well, it worked for the Avs with Makar in 2019....
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05-20-2022, 04:41 PM
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#240
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by indes
Yikes, watching Tim and friends you would think the flames are the Russian national team out there with how much "we" (the Oilers) need to do to deal with the big baddies out there.
Did enjoy the part about Johnny, Backlund, Toffoli and Mangiapane all taking 0 hits in the last game.
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Thing I've noticed about shows like that today is that they're talking about what the Oilers can do to win tonight, how the goaltending needs to be better, they need to start on time, how they came back even though they were dominated and still almost won, what injuries they have.
Not a lot mentioning that Markstrom was brutal, the Flames defensive play was sloppy at times, that Tanev is out. That McDavid's big night (and yes, he is a great player obviously) was in large part to do with some very stoppable shots and frankly some good luck on his part.
The Oilers can be better. But so can the Flames.
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