06-08-2025, 01:49 PM
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#1701
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by midniteowl
Does it really matter if Nuge play or not? His name is Nothing-Happen after all.
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Probably forces them to split up 97 and 29. They’ve mostly played together in this series.
RNH is underwhelming at evens but is a good special teams player for them, and with him and Hyman out it means more minutes for Kane and Perry. Depth starts to get quite thin after that.
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06-08-2025, 01:56 PM
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#1702
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Any update on Ekblad? I saw he took an optional practice but not sure what if anything else was mentioned
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06-08-2025, 02:00 PM
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#1703
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Toonage
Any update on Ekblad? I saw he took an optional practice but not sure what if anything else was mentioned
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Good to go
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06-08-2025, 02:05 PM
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#1704
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Hope Bettman is paying close attention the ratings are in the toilet in the US. Down almost 30% and that is with the new expanded rating system that includes streaming. So the numbers might be even worse. One of the least watched finals of all time and it’s all because of Edmonton and having the least marketable superstar in the 3 pro leagues.
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That's not Edmonton's or McDavid's problem.
The issue is that the finals don't involve teams from the markets where they care about hockey in US. Add that with being a repeat of last year.
And it's not just an NHL problem.
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Predictably, the national TV audience for Game 1 wasn’t commensurate with the sheer entertainment value on display. (There’s no accounting for taste.) Per Nielsen, ABC’s broadcast served up an average audience of 8.91 million viewers, down 19% from the analogous Mavericks-Celtics game in 2024 (10.99 million), while earning the dubious distinction of being the least-watched NBA Finals opener this side of the pandemic-blighted series in 2020 and 2021. (Prior to Thursday’s broadcast, the lowest delivery for a regularly-scheduled Game 1 was the 9.21 million viewers ABC managed with the 2007 Spurs-Cavaliers title tilt, a quick four-night set that remains the least-watched complete NBA Finals on record.)
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https://www.sportico.com/business/me...-1-1234855478/
Finals involving teams that aren't from big US markets for their respective leagues aren't gonna be big draws. Water is also wet.
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06-08-2025, 02:05 PM
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#1705
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by blender
Hockey will never be more than a fringe sport in the US. Ratings are poor when it's as good of a final as you can get from a quality of play standpoint. Close games, scoring, animosity. Best hockey played this year outside of 4 nations. You can lead an American to hockey, but you can't make them like it.
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I think Hockey is growing in the states. The report specifically said it was because of Edmonton lol.
LeBron James played got Cleveland and drew ratings. You need a star you can market.
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06-08-2025, 02:16 PM
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#1706
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vedder
Probably forces them to split up 97 and 29. They’ve mostly played together in this series.
RNH is underwhelming at evens but is a good special teams player for them, and with him and Hyman out it means more minutes for Kane and Perry. Depth starts to get quite thin after that.
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They won't split up 97 and 29. Even if they tried it to start the game they are always back together by the middle of the first or if they get down a goal.
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06-08-2025, 03:17 PM
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#1707
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First Line Centre
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Saturday - No Game
Sunday - No Game
Monday - Game 3
Tuesday - No Game
Wednesday - No Game
Genius.
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06-08-2025, 03:18 PM
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#1708
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigThief
Saturday - No Game
Sunday - No Game
Monday - Game 3
Tuesday - No Game
Wednesday - No Game
Genius.
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They have to let the Oilers rest up.
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06-08-2025, 03:20 PM
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#1709
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by BigThief
Saturday - No Game
Sunday - No Game
Monday - Game 3
Tuesday - No Game
Wednesday - No Game
Genius.
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They screwed up starting early so they had to give up Wednesday. NBA finals on Wednesday and Friday.
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06-08-2025, 03:52 PM
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#1710
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
They screwed up starting early so they had to give up Wednesday. NBA finals on Wednesday and Friday.
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They could've done Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
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06-08-2025, 03:54 PM
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#1711
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by indes
They could've done Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
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NBA today. Plus they are in between travel now so the 2 day rest.
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06-08-2025, 04:09 PM
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#1712
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by BigThief
Saturday - No Game
Sunday - No Game
Monday - Game 3
Tuesday - No Game
Wednesday - No Game
Genius.
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Really dumb. People who casually might have watched will forget about hockey, this is dragging too long. Rather have them play back-to-back then have a two day break twice.
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06-08-2025, 04:14 PM
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#1713
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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Imagine making us wait a week to watch the finals, then make us wait 2 days in between games. It’s no wonder the ratings are down.
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06-08-2025, 04:17 PM
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#1714
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saqe
Really dumb. People who casually might have watched will forget about hockey, this is dragging too long. Rather have them play back-to-back then have a two day break twice.
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They did the same thing last year. I think a lot of people, even those that were a little more dialed in than casual fans, just wanted it to end.
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06-08-2025, 04:24 PM
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#1715
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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There needs to be time between games for the Moss pit fans to get out of jail or the hospital.
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06-08-2025, 06:38 PM
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#1716
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Do they seriously not play tonight? How many days off?!
I see Nugent Hopkins is a game time decision.
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06-08-2025, 07:04 PM
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#1717
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Franchise Player
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It’s been 1-2-1-2-2 for days off. The NHL had a fixed schedule they moved away from to start the series early so now they are playing second fiddle to the NBA.
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06-08-2025, 07:36 PM
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#1718
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhett44
Do they seriously not play tonight? How many days off?!
I see Nugent Hopkins is a game time decision.
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Heard the same. How many excuses does a team need ? Flames were missing players in 04 too but we didnt make excuses
Missing McCammond , Gauthier, Lydman, off the top of my head. I know there were more but we werent feeling sorry for ourselves. And just playing the victim for fhe whole playoffs.
Hardest path to a cup ill ever remember. It was in. The league knows it.
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06-08-2025, 07:44 PM
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#1719
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Turner Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EVERLAST
Heard the same. How many excuses does a team need ? Flames were missing players in 04 too but we didnt make excuses
Missing McCammond , Gauthier, Lydman, off the top of my head. I know there were more but we werent feeling sorry for ourselves. And just playing the victim for fhe whole playoffs.
Hardest path to a cup ill ever remember. It was in. The league knows it.
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Reinprecht for all of the playoffs and Lombardi after the second round as well. I think Lydman came back for a few games in the finals.
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06-08-2025, 07:48 PM
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#1720
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joborule
That's not Edmonton's or McDavid's problem.
The issue is that the finals don't involve teams from the markets where they care about hockey in US. Add that with being a repeat of last year.
And it's not just an NHL problem.
https://www.sportico.com/business/me...-1-1234855478/
Finals involving teams that aren't from big US markets for their respective leagues aren't gonna be big draws. Water is also wet. |
This is why the notion that the League is helping the Oilers is so ridiculous, McDavid has zero impact in America.
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