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« Reply #120 on: January 26, 2009, 09:06:16 am »
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there was a bit on hockey on npr this morning.
the guy said that while it will never beat baseball, football or basketball, it has returned to its status of the 4th major sport in the country, with the winter classic getting better rattings than any of the new years day bowl games.


I had no idea the NHL All Star game was today.
Did any of you?

The NHL does a crappy job of advertising their sport even w/ the press the Winter Classic got.

After the 3 mentioned what other Major/Pro Sport is there?

Soccer? Soccer was more popular than Hockey?
Come On.


It was heavily advertised on Versus, and on NESN (the local channel which carries hockey).

Also, it recieved press in the local paper because Worcester was hosting the AHL All-star game.

After the lock-out, tennis, areana football and soccer had, at one point or the other, better rattings than the NHL.

Point in case:
In 2007 games 1-3 of the Stanely Cup Finals were NOT broadcast nationally. Game 4, on a Saturday night, recieved the lowest rating of a potentially "clinching" title game ever.

It\'s main compitition was the network television debut of Highschool Musical.
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« Reply #121 on: January 26, 2009, 09:10:13 am »
Didn\'t watch any of the all star weekend. I knew it was on but then again I follow hockey pretty closely well sort of. Any way I find the "All Star" weekend boring. The best possible outcome is that no one on your team gets hurt. There is nothing riding on the game at all. The fan voting is sooo stupid. and the league rules about representation from every team. It is really poorly designed.

The winter classic on the other hand IMHO is quickly becoming a great showcase.. NYE day right before most of the bowl games start, out doors etc etc. It really has a nice winter / holiday charm to it and caps off a week of holiday fun. Plus the game counts so the teams have incentive as well as being center stage WAY more so then the All Star games.

Atleast Ovie made things kind of crazy from some of the clips i have seen. the league should promote him more and give Crosby a breather
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« Reply #122 on: January 26, 2009, 09:20:26 am »
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there was a bit on hockey on npr this morning.
the guy said that while it will never beat baseball, football or basketball, it has returned to its status of the 4th major sport in the country, with the winter classic getting better rattings than any of the new years day bowl games.


I had no idea the NHL All Star game was today.
Did any of you?

The NHL does a crappy job of advertising their sport even w/ the press the Winter Classic got.

After the 3 mentioned what other Major/Pro Sport is there?

Soccer? Soccer was more popular than Hockey?
Come On.


It was heavily advertised on Versus, and on NESN (the local channel which carries hockey).

Also, it recieved press in the local paper because Worcester was hosting the AHL All-star game.

After the lock-out, tennis, areana football and soccer had, at one point or the other, better rattings than the NHL.

Point in case:
In 2007 games 1-3 of the Stanely Cup Finals were NOT broadcast nationally. Game 4, on a Saturday night, recieved the lowest rating of a potentially "clinching" title game ever.

It\'s main compitition was the network television debut of Highschool Musical.


And there lies the problem.  All importan games for the sport are on this rinky dink VS. station.  Luckily, I have it, but not everyone does.  The championship game or series for any professional sport should be on one of the four national networks; if not there, it should at least be on ESPN.  Until that happens, it\'ll never be taken seriously.  The lockout should really be in the past; if fans want to continue to see this sport in North America twenty years down the road, we have to get behind it now or else we\'ll be relegated to watching it at local colleges and every 4 years in the winter olympics.
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« Reply #123 on: January 26, 2009, 09:46:34 am »
The Stanely Cups Finals are on NBC.

Last year, Pittsburg vs. Detriot, they showed all 7 games.

The previous year, Ottawa vs. Annahiem, they only showed the possible cliching games.

Same with Carolia vs. Edmonton in \'06
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« Reply #124 on: January 26, 2009, 09:56:07 am »
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The Stanely Cups Finals are on NBC.

Last year, Pittsburg vs. Detriot, they showed all 7 games.

The previous year, Ottawa vs. Annahiem, they only showed the possible cliching games.

Same with Carolia vs. Edmonton in \'06


Exactly my point.  They showed the games on network tv because it was 2 big markets.  Those games should be on regardless of who is playing.  Would they not have the SB on the networks if it had ended up being Carolina vs. Tennessee.  The same principals should apply.
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« Reply #125 on: January 26, 2009, 10:12:16 am »
i watched the allstar weekend saturday night and the game yesterday.
the skills competetion was hilarious.
kovalev did a hackeysack stylee back of the neck stall and stamkos did a frogsplash then pushed the puck from his right glove to the stick in his laft hand scoring a goal.
the highlight was alex the great(with help from malkin,of all folks)wearing a straw hat with canada flag and elvis glasses and 2 sticks to win the contest.
the hardest shot was zdeno chara,breaking an alltime record..
last nights game was pretty good but the hightlight,for me,was malkin with one of the sickest goals ive seen in awhile..
peep it.
on a sidenote,hank the tank gt ROLLED UP AND SMOKED.
strangers and b\'s this saturday at 1.

evgeni malkins goal=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiAPtJJz2sM
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« Reply #126 on: February 09, 2009, 11:50:26 am »
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=266412&lid=sublink06&lpos=headlines_main

Is anyone here going to that game/plan on go to a wolfpack game to watch avery?
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« Reply #127 on: February 09, 2009, 12:48:27 pm »
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=266412&lid=sublink06&lpos=headlines_main

Is anyone here going to that game/plan on go to a wolfpack game to watch avery?


This is just monumentally stupid on the Rangers part. Before the season started Sather and Avery were only about 500grand apart. Sather obviously didn\'t think Avery was going to be a huge loss for the Rangers so they didn\'t sign him. So now they are going to bend over backwards to give him a shot when former teammates have already made it clear that Avery wasn\'t a very well liked guy in the lockerroom. Not to mention that the Rangers are basically imploding at the moment, Avery and his 20 goals a season does nothing to address their scoring problems and his 5\'10" 190 pounds does nothing to address the size problems. Add to that the Rangers have 0 cap space to make any real changes this season or in the off season. Another bad move by Sather and the Rangers.

I think this is a "gift" to keep the heat off Renney and Sather. A do nothing signing that takes the heat off management
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« Reply #128 on: February 09, 2009, 02:45:46 pm »
This guy is the biggest dick in the league.  You just got rid of him a couple months ago; why go out of your way to bring him back?
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« Reply #129 on: February 10, 2009, 07:56:35 am »
bring avery back!
they win 70 percent of the ganes he\'s on the ice for and captain drury came out and said he\'s welcome back.
he cleared waivers yesterday.the strangers have turned into the strugglers.cant hurt,imo.
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« Reply #130 on: February 10, 2009, 08:54:17 am »
Let\'s Go Devils!!!!!
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« Reply #131 on: March 03, 2009, 01:23:41 pm »
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=269559&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main

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He\'s baaaack!

As expected, the New York Rangers claimed Sean Avery on re-entry waivers today and the super pest is back in the NHL.


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...he does make the rangers more entertaining to watch
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« Reply #132 on: March 03, 2009, 03:55:53 pm »
<<< stoked
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« Reply #133 on: March 03, 2009, 04:47:01 pm »
At this point, having Avery back can\'t hurt the Rangers anymore than they are hurting this year.  ;)   But i do have to say I was happy to see them win on Saturday.....
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« Reply #134 on: March 03, 2009, 04:48:04 pm »
I\'m mad that i was too lazy to see him in hartford.
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