The biggest hurdle will be making exceptions for international travel. There are 2 countries that have teams and there are players from 18 different nationalities, most of whom went home.
The biggest hurdle will be making exceptions for international travel. There are 2 countries that have teams and there are players from 18 different nationalities, most of whom went home.
I actually don't think that's a hurdle at all.
There are many people still flying internationally. If your business makes enough $$, rules are different.
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There is no need for games to be shown live. Tape delay makes a lot of sense (at least until the later rounds of the playoffs). Spoilers unlikely to be an issue - everyone in the building has a vested interest in things working out.
Games could easily fit into a perfect 2 hour broadcast window (maybe 90 mins; more likely 3 hrs for 2 games). Add an extra commercial break or two during periods (more valuable ad space - doesn't have to be a 'tv timeout' in the game), and cut the intermissions down by 10 mins (probably retain a brief player interview and talking head commentary with commercial break on either side).
Also gives lots of time to work out any quirks of adding crowd noise if they choose to do that. They can attempt to do it live for each game (giving the sound guys lots of time to develop the skill for doing it live in the playoffs), but tweak it before it hits the air at first.
NHL please don't add fake crowd noise. That sounds awful. I've seen pre-recorded wrestling events with fake crowd noise and it sounds super hokey... And that's on a program where let's be honest, you are expected to go along with a lot of hokey ####.
The UFC events without crowds have been fine. I think the sounds of hockey will lend themselves surprisingly well to an empty arena.
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Yeah they just cant go completely unfiltered sound....hockey is a family sport but what is said on the ice certainly can go way beyond whats acceptable family language.
They have to do something to muffle player talk on the ice. Its still a kids product.
I caught the beginning of one of the Bundesliga games and the commentators mentioned that right off the bat and apologized in advance to the audience watching. First thing that came to my mind was Versteeg and Elliot.
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Yeah they just cant go completely unfiltered sound....hockey is a family sport but what is said on the ice certainly can go way beyond whats acceptable family language.
Yup, and then add some hot heads on the ice and something completely out of hand get said and you can hear it clear as a bell cancel culture will find their white whale.
We all know how harsh chirping can be. Definitely something you can't really as a player keep a lid on in the heat of competition either.
My greatest concern is some hot headed racist, misogynistic chirps start flying and then bam, NHL is in a heap of hot water
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Players these days will do a pretty good job of policing themselves vis a vis misogyny, race etc....but when it comes down to swearing at others....there are no real limits. Hell, between players and officials not much is off the table. Just never go Roger Millions on an official though...that will get you 10 minutes or a gamer every time.
Yeah they just cant go completely unfiltered sound....hockey is a family sport but what is said on the ice certainly can go way beyond whats acceptable family language.
The Stanley Cup celebration has broken that barrier, plus Green Day at the ASG.
There was talk of having music in the arena during play like they do in lacrosse to help cover some of the more-colourful language and to pump some energy into the empty arenas.
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No crowd noise. And they should turn out the lights around the rest of the stadium - the surface should be the only thing lit up. Like the way they shoot good hockey scenes in movies these days.
I’m sure it would be impossible to pick up a shot higher than 4 feet, but it would look so cool.
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The current discussion that Craig Button was breaking down on the radio is interesting. 2 Hubs, 24 teams. Top 8 teams play for seeding, and the bottom 16 immediately begin a round robin to get in. Bottom 8 are eliminated.
I think that 3 Hubs would make more sense. The clubs vying for seeding in one temporary Hub that is abandoned going into the second round in favour of the other two Hubs. That puts 8 teams in each city at all times, instead of 12.
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There was talk of having music in the arena during play like they do in lacrosse to help cover some of the more-colourful language and to pump some energy into the empty arenas.
