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Post by Fugazi on Mar 14, 2021 9:48:32 GMT -8
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
Spare me the nostalgia over a theme song that probably not one of the big-money folks over at ESPN, who have spent years on air without mentioning the NHL, could identify even if LeBron James and Tom Brady were humming it.
Don’t preach to me about how much the NHL will benefit from the exposure of having its games televised on one or another of Disney’s platforms, streaming or otherwise. Here’s what I have always wanted to know: What would possess a grown-up outside of Bristol, Conn., to ever refer to a television network as “the mothership” or “the worldwide leader?”
There is one thing and one thing alone of importance attached to the NHL’s media-rights deal with Disney, ESPN and their affiliated brands that include the Hulu streaming service, and that is the money.
This is Slap Shots’ Rod Tidwell moment: Show me the money and tell me how quickly its introduction into league revenue will be able to erase the NHL Players’ Association’s escrow debt that threatens to strangle the league beyond the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.
That’s all that counts.
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 14, 2021 9:49:17 GMT -8
So let’s see how this is supposed to work:
Gary Bettman and NHL team owners plan to further grow their sport by diminishing their games’ appearances on mass access regional TV. In the near future, one can anticipate attractive games in large TV markets, such as Rangers-Bruins and Rangers-Islanders, will be dangled for purchase exclusively on those streaming networks. The NHL soon will become the exclusive property of extra-pay streaming enterprises as sold to ESPN and Hulu for a reported $2.8 billion over seven years, and then marked up.
Now you see it, now you don’t! Brilliant strategy! And if we didn’t know better we’d think that untreated greed, and not the good of the sport, was the determinant factor.
-Phil Mushnick of the New York Post.
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 14, 2021 14:34:42 GMT -8
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 14, 2021 14:41:40 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 15, 2021 9:25:25 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 15, 2021 12:56:26 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 15, 2021 13:12:16 GMT -8
LOS ANGELES — The St. Louis Blues have had another game this season postponed, but this time COVID-19 has nothing to do with it.
The National Hockey League announced the Blues’ game set for Monday night against the Kings in Los Angeles is being put on hold because the Kings aren’t able to fly out of Denver due to blizzard conditions. The Kings played the Colorado Avalanche Sunday.
More than 27 inches fell at Denver International Airport (DIA) by early Monday, making it the fourth largest on record in Denver since 1881 and the second-largest snowstorm ever in the city during the month of March. The heavy snow and high winds closed all of the runways and airline operations at the airport Sunday into Monday as crews worked to clear snow and de-ice runways.
The NHL hasn’t announced when the Blues-Kings game will be rescheduled.
The Blues were set to play two games against the Kings in Los Angeles, first on Monday night and again on Wednesday. The league didn’t give an update on Wednesday’s game.
The Note are set to continue their West Coast tour with two games against the San Jose Sharks Friday and Saturday night. They’re then off to Las Vegas for a game against the Golden Knights followed by a trip to Minnesota to take on the Wild.
The next home game for the Blues isn’t scheduled until Friday, March 26 against the Anaheim Ducks.
The St. Louis Blues are currently fourth in the West Division, behind the Golden Knights, Wild and Avalanche.
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 16, 2021 10:14:10 GMT -8
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 16, 2021 10:16:14 GMT -8
This is what led to the scrap:
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Post by HOOCH2173 on Mar 16, 2021 10:19:44 GMT -8
I saw this headline from the Sharks NBCS twitter: "Doug Wilson explains why he won't trade the Sharks' first-round draft pick this year and his mindset going forward" and my response is:  |
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Post by John96 on Mar 17, 2021 5:19:08 GMT -8
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Post by HOOCH2173 on Mar 17, 2021 6:55:45 GMT -8
12 Losses in a row and 18 losses overall in one season, might have that affect. |
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Post by John96 on Mar 17, 2021 8:03:59 GMT -8
Standing up for your teammate 101.
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 17, 2021 8:12:26 GMT -8
Standing up for your teammate 101. Yep and Minny teammates watched it happen. |
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 17, 2021 10:24:06 GMT -8
Standing up for your teammate 101. |
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Post by John96 on Mar 17, 2021 17:40:44 GMT -8
Did Philly lose both their goalies to covid? I check scores and they’re down 9-0?
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 17, 2021 22:08:56 GMT -8
Did Philly lose both their goalies to covid? I check scores and they’re down 9-0? Ouch! |
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 18, 2021 10:18:31 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 18, 2021 10:20:36 GMT -8
Did Philly lose both their goalies to covid? I check scores and they’re down 9-0? from Sam Carchidi of the Phiadelphia Inquirer, The defense had more breakdowns Wednesday night than rush hour on the Schuylkill. Goalie Brian Elliott, who could have sued for nonsupport, allowed five goals and was pulled for the second straight game as the Flyers were embarrassed on national TV. The New York Rangers, feeding off repeated odd-man rushes, erupted for seven second-period goals and thrashed the Flyers, 9-0, at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers set a dubious franchise record by allowing seven goals in a period. Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists in the second period as the Blueshirts ended the Flyers’ string of five straight wins at the Garden. Zibanejad tied an NHL record with six points in a period, matching the Islanders’ Bryan Trottier in a 9-4 win over the visiting Rangers on Dec. 23, 1978. |
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Post by John96 on Mar 18, 2021 10:22:56 GMT -8
Did Philly lose both their goalies to covid? I check scores and they’re down 9-0? from Sam Carchidi of the Phiadelphia Inquirer, The defense had more breakdowns Wednesday night than rush hour on the Schuylkill. Goalie Brian Elliott, who could have sued for nonsupport, allowed five goals and was pulled for the second straight game as the Flyers were embarrassed on national TV. The New York Rangers, feeding off repeated odd-man rushes, erupted for seven second-period goals and thrashed the Flyers, 9-0, at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers set a dubious franchise record by allowing seven goals in a period. Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists in the second period as the Blueshirts ended the Flyers’ string of five straight wins at the Garden. Zibanejad tied an NHL record with six points in a period, matching the Islanders’ Bryan Trottier in a 9-4 win over the visiting Rangers on Dec. 23, 1978. Wow. Rangers had so much time and space. Goalies probably could've had a few but that's a total team break down defensively. |
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 18, 2021 10:35:54 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 18, 2021 10:37:07 GMT -8
from Sam Carchidi of the Phiadelphia Inquirer, The defense had more breakdowns Wednesday night than rush hour on the Schuylkill. Goalie Brian Elliott, who could have sued for nonsupport, allowed five goals and was pulled for the second straight game as the Flyers were embarrassed on national TV. The New York Rangers, feeding off repeated odd-man rushes, erupted for seven second-period goals and thrashed the Flyers, 9-0, at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers set a dubious franchise record by allowing seven goals in a period. Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists in the second period as the Blueshirts ended the Flyers’ string of five straight wins at the Garden. Zibanejad tied an NHL record with six points in a period, matching the Islanders’ Bryan Trottier in a 9-4 win over the visiting Rangers on Dec. 23, 1978. Wow. Rangers had so much time and space. Goalies probably could've had a few but that's a total team break down defensively. That was like a peewee team going off on a bunch of kids who never played before |
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 18, 2021 14:22:22 GMT -8
from Sam Carchidi of the Phiadelphia Inquirer, The defense had more breakdowns Wednesday night than rush hour on the Schuylkill. Goalie Brian Elliott, who could have sued for nonsupport, allowed five goals and was pulled for the second straight game as the Flyers were embarrassed on national TV. The New York Rangers, feeding off repeated odd-man rushes, erupted for seven second-period goals and thrashed the Flyers, 9-0, at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers set a dubious franchise record by allowing seven goals in a period. Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists in the second period as the Blueshirts ended the Flyers’ string of five straight wins at the Garden. Zibanejad tied an NHL record with six points in a period, matching the Islanders’ Bryan Trottier in a 9-4 win over the visiting Rangers on Dec. 23, 1978. Wow. Rangers had so much time and space. Goalies probably could've had a few but that's a total team break down defensively. To add insult to injury I just saw this |
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 19, 2021 9:38:27 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 20, 2021 14:56:12 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 21, 2021 10:13:05 GMT -8
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 22, 2021 8:42:23 GMT -8
What are the odds of Marleau going back to Toronto at the deadline and him and jumbo winning the cup?
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Post by John96 on Mar 22, 2021 9:04:38 GMT -8
What are the odds of Marleau going back to Toronto at the deadline and him and jumbo winning the cup? That would be awful. Nothing would make me happy to see Toronto win a cup. My life would become unlivable. Congrats to them, I hope they're thankful they've basically been given as easy a ride to the final four as you can get but I still hope they blow it. |
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Post by John96 on Mar 22, 2021 9:09:15 GMT -8
And just as an aside, as much as I'm a Marleau fan, he really has no business playing anymore except to break the record.
Which is fine, let him break it, it doesn't bother me or somehow dishonour the accomplishment in my book, but he's an unspecialized fourth liner on one of the worst, shallowest, rosters in the league. He does the details well and can still skate, but he doesn't have the skill to do anything of note.
I'm happy he'll get the record and for all the undeserved criticism he's taken throughout his career and the quiet greatness that never seemed to be recognized, he has earned it but he should retire at season's end.
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 22, 2021 9:40:06 GMT -8
And just as an aside, as much as I'm a Marleau fan, he really has no business playing anymore except to break the record. Which is fine, let him break it, it doesn't bother me or somehow dishonour the accomplishment in my book, but he's an unspecialized fourth liner on one of the worst, shallowest, rosters in the league. He does the details well and can still skate, but he doesn't have the skill to do anything of note. I'm happy he'll get the record and for all the undeserved criticism he's taken throughout his career and the quiet greatness that never seemed to be recognized, he has earned it but he should retire at season's end. In a way he is lucky to be in San Jose. I dont think you can play him on most teams. He is just a total non factor in most games. He has as many goals as Vlassic............... |
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