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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 12, 2011 21:53:47 GMT -5
Ovechkin is a "cool heel" who turned face based on crowd reactions. By the by, Puck Daddy had a REALLY interesting (to me, at least) article on media coverage of hockey in a number of markets, with a focus on the Devils' AHL affiliate in Albany. Check this out: sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Albany-radio-boss-tells-griping-hockey-fans-to-?urn=nhl-wp14665&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterBasically, a hockey blogger who works for an Albany paper and happens to be a big A-Devs and NJ Devils fan asked the local ESPN affiliate if they'd expand their sparse hockey coverage at all this season. After all, the Albany Devils are one of the only active professional teams in the entire region up there. The response from one of the hosts on the network on Twitter? "#getahobby" This is bugging me; not only is it yet another chapter in the "the media refuses to give hockey any coverage" narrative so many of us are familiar with, it's also part of what I see as a growing, ESPN-driven trend, to basically look down on sports fans. Maybe I'm going nuts, but I'm starting to feel that if you're not a part of ESPN sports culture, which revolves around "NFL, celebrities, or it doesn't matter", then you're now looked down on as a nerd or something. Colin Cowherd, to me, personifies this; he's a big time ESPN personality, he's only concerned with megastars, he constantly talks about how rich, successful people are superior to us peons (Cowherd, of course, counts himself as one such successful person), etc. etc. Don't get me wrong: I have an issue with a person who can't distinguish sports from more serious issues. But, really...what is being a sports fan if not "a hobby"?!
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Post by Princess Kendall on Oct 12, 2011 21:57:17 GMT -5
John Cena no sells injuries or heals in super human speeds. Plus Cena isn't a whiner Is it just me or is it every single week there has to be a story on this horrible concussion that put crosby out so long? Even Jeremy Roenik is sick of hearing it I've got to be honest, I'm tired of hearing about the concussion. I've seen the clip of the hit over a dozen times, there has been an article about it in the past two issues of Sports Illustrated, and you know, I'm glad everyone is so interested in concussions and how they really effect the player, but at the same time, I'm upset that it took Sidney getting a concussion for people to start really noticing and speaking up about it. It shouldn't be like that.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Oct 12, 2011 22:46:19 GMT -5
Elliotte Friedman confirms that Kyle Turris has no intentions of ever playing for the Coyotes again.
To be fair, Kyle, asking for $4 mill. a year after 40 points in your first three seasons is a pretty good way to get the door shown to you.
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Post by Ace Baretta on Oct 13, 2011 1:16:55 GMT -5
Is it just me or is it every single week there has to be a story on this horrible concussion that put crosby out so long? Even Jeremy Roenik is sick of hearing it I've got to be honest, I'm tired of hearing about the concussion. I've seen the clip of the hit over a dozen times, there has been an article about it in the past two issues of Sports Illustrated, and you know, I'm glad everyone is so interested in concussions and how they really effect the player, but at the same time, I'm upset that it took Sidney getting a concussion for people to start really noticing and speaking up about it. It shouldn't be like that. It's been almost 5 whole minutes since someone has last talked about Crosby-Watch 2011. Quick, someone mention Crosby so that the hockey gods may be appeased and things may continue. Yeah that sums up my opinion. I like Sid the Kid, but this is a bit freaking much. There ARE other teams out there besides Pens, Caps, Wings. No, really, there are. Like that young, in your face, upstart team in Nashville that the league seems to continually forget about.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 13, 2011 9:44:18 GMT -5
I've got to be honest, I'm tired of hearing about the concussion. I've seen the clip of the hit over a dozen times, there has been an article about it in the past two issues of Sports Illustrated, and you know, I'm glad everyone is so interested in concussions and how they really effect the player, but at the same time, I'm upset that it took Sidney getting a concussion for people to start really noticing and speaking up about it. It shouldn't be like that. It's been almost 5 whole minutes since someone has last talked about Crosby-Watch 2011. Quick, someone mention Crosby so that the hockey gods may be appeased and things may continue. Yeah that sums up my opinion. I like Sid the Kid, but this is a bit freaking much. There ARE other teams out there besides Pens, Caps, Wings. No, really, there are. Like that young, in your face, upstart team in Nashville that the league seems to continually forget about. Better get used to it: the league hasn't shown any inclination to advertise or promote any US teams besides the "Bettman Six". Now, in some fairness, those six teams (Boston, NYR, Philly, Pitt, Detroit, Chicago) do draw the top local ratings of all US teams. The grouping behind them, which includes the Devils, Caps, and Sharks, aren't far off, but due to Ovi only the Caps get any kind of extra attention. Hockey is getting dangerously close to running into the same problem that baseball has found itself confronted with: if the small number of teams you promote the hell out of don't make it to a later playoff round, the ratings will tank because you've done too little to promote the other teams. Nothing is more indicative of this than the fact that we only see the same handful of teams playing each Sunday on NBC, and the same teams are going to be involved in the Winter Classic at least twice before most of the rest of the league even get to sniff at it. It's idiotic, and it doesn't grow the sport. In fact, it's a NBA mindset; promote just a couple teams with big stars, and let the stars' name value get you ratings. Go figure, this is a big reason why the Lakers and Celtics are the only two basketball teams in big cities who draw strong local ratings.
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Post by BR329 on Oct 13, 2011 10:25:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 10:30:40 GMT -5
I'm familiar with failures on the minor league level (Cincinnati RailRoaders and the Gulf Coast Swords), but an NHL team in Hampton Roads? Indianapolis and Portland are much larger markets.
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Post by Ace Baretta on Oct 13, 2011 11:17:20 GMT -5
I'm originally from Hampton Roads area. They have a minor league franchise. The Norfolk Admirals. They can't draw at the Scope. What in the WORLD thinks that they could support a pro team there?
Face it, the expansion teams...only Nashville really has found success. That's not me being a homer, that's just stone cold fact.
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Post by Princess Kendall on Oct 13, 2011 11:33:08 GMT -5
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Post by BR329 on Oct 13, 2011 12:12:33 GMT -5
I'm originally from Hampton Roads area. They have a minor league franchise. The Norfolk Admirals. They can't draw at the Scope. What in the WORLD thinks that they could support a pro team there? Face it, the expansion teams...only Nashville really has found success. That's not me being a homer, that's just stone cold fact. The Wild have done quite well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 12:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 13, 2011 13:26:43 GMT -5
Now I really hate Philly fans but I think this is over blown. Its not like they were booing cancer patients at the game. Also I never heard did they start booing and stop once they knew what it was with the simple few idiots that continued a bit or was it just loud and constant through the ad
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Post by BearDogg-X on Oct 13, 2011 14:19:50 GMT -5
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Post by BRV on Oct 13, 2011 14:33:43 GMT -5
How is that fair for the balance of power? You take one of the worst teams in the league (Winnipeg) and swap them for one of the best (Detroit). Why not swap Winnipeg for Nashville, which would be more geographically appropriate? Or how about Winnipeg for Minnesota, which would be a wash in terms of overall team talent?
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Post by BR329 on Oct 13, 2011 14:42:31 GMT -5
How is that fair for the balance of power? You take one of the worst teams in the league (Winnipeg) and swap them for one of the best (Detroit). Why not swap Winnipeg for Nashville, which would be more geographically appropriate? Or how about Winnipeg for Minnesota, which would be a wash in terms of overall team talent? I'd pick Columbus over all of them. Maybe they can get a rivalry with Pittsburgh started that way. However I read Detroit wants to go to the east to lower the travel costs.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 13, 2011 16:31:45 GMT -5
Eh, I say go for a more radical realignment.
While we're at it, bring back divisions named for famous hockey figures.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 16:59:50 GMT -5
How about Winnipeg to the northwest, Nashville to the Southeast and Minnesota or Colorado to Central.
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Post by slasher911 on Oct 13, 2011 18:55:25 GMT -5
Well, Bruins are off to a bad start, but that wasn't supposed to be a shock. Honestly, the season doesn't really start until they play Montreal, and then it's full speed ahead.
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Post by slasher911 on Oct 13, 2011 20:04:45 GMT -5
Asham just knocked Beagle the f*** out. Phenomenal punch. I don't give a shit what the anti-fighting guys think, that crowd was dead until that happened. They're men, they can fight if they want.
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