Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 12, 2013 Share #151 Posted January 12, 2013 If Bettman and his NHL TV execs were smart, they would have their "Center Ice" Pay Per View package for free for at least the entire regular season. I know it wont happen but that would be a great public relations idea to get back fans ticked off from this work stoppage. Plus ticket prices as low as $10 for 'nose bleed seats" (hello NY Islanders)for couple of games as well. That would be help alot. Yeah I can tell you right now... If it's too high I will cancel it for this season... I expect to get some sort of the deal this year... I've been watching re-runs beyond belief now on NHL Network and I've had enough. They had a WHL game on last night.. The quality and speed was so subpar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share #152 Posted January 13, 2013 Well in honor of the lockout ending and new nhl season starting next weekend here Rangers "All world" Goalie Henrik Lundqvist on NBC's Jimmy Fallon show on Friday 1/11/13. Mr. Lundqvist doing a Bernie Williams(former Yankee all star Centerfielder of their late '90's/early 2000's championship era) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share #153 Posted January 17, 2013 So just 48 hours to start of the shortned 2012-2013 season. NBC and NBC sports net will show 70-plus games during the regular season in US. Plus during the Cup playoffs for 2nd straight year, all games will be on "National TV" in US (i.e NBC sports Net, CNBC and of course NBC-TV) So something to look foward to. A question for VG8 or any NHL fans? How much is the league offering their "Center Ice" PPV package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 17, 2013 Share #154 Posted January 17, 2013 So just 48 hours to start of the shortned 2012-2013 season. NBC and NBC sports net will show 70-plus games during the regular season in US. Plus during the Cup playoffs for 2nd straight year, all games will be on "National TV" in US (i.e NBC sports Net, CNBC and of course NBC-TV) So something to look foward to. A question for VG8 or any NHL fans? How much is the league offering their "Center Ice" PPV package? lol... I called DirecTV the other day... Not too bad... $14.99 for 4 months, so I kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted January 22, 2013 Share #155 Posted January 22, 2013 Sports Illustrated has the Penguins and Canucks meeting in the Finals. What's y'all picks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted January 22, 2013 Share #156 Posted January 22, 2013 Woot! Go Canucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 22, 2013 Share #157 Posted January 22, 2013 Let's hope this time if Vancover loses, the people there don't have another riot. It's bad enough with LA and the Lakers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 22, 2013 Share #158 Posted January 22, 2013 Woot! Go Canucks! LOL... 0-2-1 so far... Blown out in game one by the Ducks and then they lose in a shootout to the "rebuilding" Oilers... Think they'd better re-think trading Luongo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted January 22, 2013 Share #159 Posted January 22, 2013 And the guys haven't been playing for 9 months. No one's playing their best hockey right now. Wait until we're a dozen games into the season before criticizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 22, 2013 Share #160 Posted January 22, 2013 And the guys haven't been playing for 9 months. No one's playing their best hockey right now. Wait until we're a dozen games into the season before criticizing. Hey listen there's only 48 games so every game counts, especially since a lot of these games will be against division rivals. It's only going to get worse as time goes with the grueling schedule and tons of back-to-back games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 22, 2013 Share #161 Posted January 22, 2013 Sports Illustrated has the Penguins and Canucks meeting in the Finals. What's y'all picks? Not too sure I agree with that... I think it's a bit too early to say... One thing I will say is if Detroit doesn't get their act together, I can see them missing the playoffs this year... I watched them against Columbus last night and while Columbus is a pesky team these days, Detroit usually takes care of them with no problem but they had to go to shootouts just to win. The Wild look really so far.... If they can stay healthy I think they can go deep.. Watched a bit of the Stars vs Wild game and all of the Avs vs Wild game and they're solid defensively with some scoring finally up front. With Suter they've got a quarterback on the blue line which they haven't really had before even with Burns back there. I watched the Predators last night and they clearly miss Suter. They looked quite disorganized last night and Rinne looked overaggressive to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted January 24, 2013 Share #162 Posted January 24, 2013 Typical Gaborik coming out of the shadows to score the GW goal in OT last night.... About time the Rangers win a game......... Glad that actual hockey is being played now, but still - Typically, I don't like strike-shortened seasons (any sport)... Usually some team ends up winning it all that no one expects to, that most likely wouldn't have (made the playoffs) if it were a full season in that given year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted January 24, 2013 Share #163 Posted January 24, 2013 A hat trick at that!!!!! Gabby started out with the games first two goals! and :27 into overtime, the hats at the Garden went flying! I missed hockey so much! And i bleed Blueshirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 24, 2013 Share #164 Posted January 24, 2013 Well for all that I've said, I've been watching like the addict that I am... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS CNG Command Posted February 2, 2013 Share #165 Posted February 2, 2013 Bad news for Phoenix Coyote fans. Greg Jamison, the person in line to purchase the team, failed to acquire enough money or investors to buy it by the deadline. Hope for the team to stay in Phoenix/Glendale is now dashed, and the NHL is back to square one. For a franchise like the Coyotes, this is royally bad. Since relocating from Winnipeg in 1996, they've operated at losses every single year. The ownership issues and arena worsened the financial woes. Jamison, however, isn't out of the picture. He can still purchase the Coyotes, but the deal won't be as sweet as it originally was. But with the original deal off the table, there's speculation where the team might relocate to next season or the year after that. Three options are Seattle; Quebec City; and Markham, Ontario: Each of these cities are building arenas large enough to host hockey teams. Quebec City may be the leading candidate because it has a hockey-ready arena already (Colisée Pepsi/Pepsi Coliseum), while the other two don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 2, 2013 Share #166 Posted February 2, 2013 If the nba kings are relocated to Seattle, then the coyotes would be a perfect co tenant there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share #167 Posted February 9, 2013 About a month into the rapid short season some interesting points. The Blackhawks are off to an amazing start not yet losing a game as they are looking the best team so far. While closer to home the Islanders have done little bit better than expected currently in 9th place in the NHL East Division. While Rangers are off to a slow start but playing better recently. And the Devils are in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. As a whole the NHL tv ratings are in a bit of a surprise higher than during this point a year ago in a full 2011-2012 regular season. This shows IMO that the NHL 80-plus game regular season is too long and should be around 70-plus games starting around the first week of November. (Same could be said for NBA but that for chat in the pro basketball thread) reactions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share #168 Posted February 23, 2013 About a month into the rapid short season some interesting points. The Blackhawks are off to an amazing start not yet losing a game as they are looking the best team so far. While closer to home the Islanders have done little bit better than expected currently in 9th place in the NHL East Division. While Rangers are off to a slow start but playing better recently. And the Devils are in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. As a whole the NHL tv ratings are in a bit of a surprise higher than during this point a year ago in a full 2011-2012 regular season. This shows IMO that the NHL 80-plus game regular season is too long and should be around 70-plus games starting around the first week of November. (Same could be said for NBA but that for chat in the pro basketball thread) reactions? Wow no hockey talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted February 23, 2013 Share #169 Posted February 23, 2013 Please, for the love of the Pope, move the Coyotes to Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share #170 Posted February 23, 2013 Please, for the love of the Pope, move the Coyotes to Seattle. Or Portland, Org. Or Milawukee here in US. Or North of the border in Hamilton, Ontario or Quebec City. IMO the Sun Belt/Southern US has more than enough teams. If they did not have a building they owned I would have also move the Fla. Panthers out of the Miami area as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted February 23, 2013 Share #171 Posted February 23, 2013 Or Portland, Org. Or Milawukee here in US. Or North of the border in Hamilton, Ontario or Quebec City. IMO the Sun Belt/Southern US has more than enough teams. If they did not have a building they owned I would have also move the Fla. Panthers out of the Miami area as well. Please, for the love of the Pope, move the Coyotes to Seattle. Not this crap again... What's happening with Phoenix is the same thing that happened with the Devils... It has to do with the ownership and nothing more. If the owernship can't afford to keep running the team then the NHL steps in to assist. The Devil's ownership have money issues as well as had to borrow money from the NHL to pay its bills. Apparently you two forgot what happened in Winnipeg and Québec. Both cities had strong fan bases but were in small markets with struggling owners, hence why both teams left. With Atlanta, it was the issue of disinterested fans with with slumping ticket revenues, ownership was losing millions every year and the NHL was forced to step in and relocate team to a place where there was a new area, with a strong fan base, but also stable owners, which is what the current Winnipeg Jets have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share #172 Posted February 24, 2013 Well last night (2/23/13) on Hockey Night in Canada, it was leaked for a possible new rumored (and IMO) much better realignment plan that could start as early as next season. (2013-'14 season) In new plan the Red Wings and Blue Jackets would shift (both in Eastern Time Zone)to the Eastern Conference. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/02/24/nhl-realignment-proposal-report/1942539/ The reported new proposal Western Conference A: Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver B: Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg Eastern Conference C: Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto D: Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted February 25, 2013 Share #173 Posted February 25, 2013 Well last night (2/23/13) on Hockey Night in Canada, it was leaked for a possible new rumored (and IMO) much better realignment plan that could start as early as next season. (2013-'14 season) In new plan the Red Wings and Blue Jackets would shift (both in Eastern Time Zone)to the Eastern Conference. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/02/24/nhl-realignment-proposal-report/1942539/ The reported new proposal Western Conference A: Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver B: Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg Eastern Conference C: Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto D: Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington lol... Yeah this is old news... I heard about this weeks ago... The only thing they have to work out is how to deal with the imbalance in the East and West since the West has fewer clubs. The NHLPA wants the playoff scenario to be even for both conferences. In other words, it shouldn't be easier in the West because they are fewer teams and be a dog fight in the East because there are more teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 25, 2013 Share #174 Posted February 25, 2013 At least it's more geographically correct, save for Chicago in the Western Conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted February 26, 2013 Share #175 Posted February 26, 2013 At least it's more geographically correct, save for Chicago in the Western Conference Chicago is in the Mid West though so it makes sense. I would keep Detroit in the Western Conference too this way things are even and you keep the rivalry between Chicago and Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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