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Author:  Stinkfinger The Crow [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:12 pm ]
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Look who’s talking: ESPN, NHL

This could be HUGE.
Author:  Slap Shot ED [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:11 am ]
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It might happen sooner than you think Stink. With the NBA ref debacle going on ESPN2 would be fools to let the NHL just sit and rot on VS. I think the NHL is in a great spot to grab some viewers in wake of this NBA crap.

I know we are in the minorty but the NHL is a far better product than the NBA has been in the past 2 years and it bums me out we have mornos like Bettmen running it but now is the time to cash in when the NBA has a mess on their hands.
Author:  Stinkfinger The Crow [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:24 am ]
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Slap Shot ED wrote:
It might happen sooner than you think Stink. With the NBA ref debacle going on ESPN2 would be fools to let the NHL just sit and rot on VS. I think the NHL is in a great spot to grab some viewers in wake of this NBA crap.

I know we are in the minorty but the NHL is a far better product than the NBA has been in the past 2 years and it bums me out we have mornos like Bettmen running it but now is the time to cash in when the NBA has a mess on their hands.


They couldn't cash in during what many argue was the sport's zenith, the 1994 Rangers winning the cup, so I hold very little optimism that Bettman will be able to do so now.
Author:  whitesox94 [ Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:18 pm ]
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good, vs. sucks and half the people dont have it on cable
Author:  SHARK [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:15 pm ]
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Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but the NHL just re-upped its U.S. TV deal with Versus, which is DIRECTV 603. :( They're not going back to ESPN anytime soon, and with Barry Melrose back in coaching, who's going to analyze the games? Barry was a fixture in Bristol, CT since the Los Angeles Kings sent him packing about a decade ago.
Author:  City of Fools [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:38 pm ]
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SHARK wrote:
Barry was a moron in Bristol, CT since the Los Angeles Kings sent him packing about a decade ago.


fixed...and SHARK, someone needs to let you in on the spammers on this board...
Author:  SHARK [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:44 pm ]
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City of Fools wrote:
SHARK wrote:
Barry was a moron in Bristol, CT since the Los Angeles Kings sent him packing about a decade ago.


fixed...and SHARK, someone needs to let you in on the spammers on this board...

City, I never referred to Barry Melrose as a moron. Factually speaking, the Blackhawks had a chance to hire him as head coach many years ago before he stayed at ESPN. I believe he recently landed in Tampa Bay or with Florida as the team's new head coach.
Author:  Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:51 pm ]
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Barry Melrose. Great analyst. Not so great coach.
Author:  WarriorDon [ Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:21 pm ]
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+1 Hoffy.

Kinda the reverse Mike Keenan.
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:06 pm ]
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I doubt that the NHL could ever return to ESPN if the NHL still has a deal with NBC. So aint nothing going to happen until that deal expires.

and Melrose isn't a great analyst, but he's a very entertaining one, and he is one of the few hockey "experts" out their with a normal head of hair. (Note that I use the term "normal" lightly)

Barnaby is a tool and needs to jump in front of traffic.
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:31 pm ]
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Exclamation Moint wrote:
This is an NHL Network already, isn't there? I have to adjust the color on my TV because it's blindingly white.

Yeah, but this thread is 2 years old. I wanted to bump it because I miss hockey night and Gary Thorne.
Author:  SHARK [ Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:49 pm ]
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Well, the NHL drops the puck on the 2009-10 season officially tomorrow, and as it stands now, DIRECTV continues to play hardball with VERSUS. Unless you wish to pay extra $$$$ for the "Centre Ice" package, VERSUS is no longer an option for hardcore hockey fans. Not to say many even knew VERSUS even existed to begin with...
Author:  KDdidit [ Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:40 pm ]
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I think the NHL not being on ESPN was a bigger factor than the Hawks sucking for me losing interest in hockey. I loved watching the 9-10 PM west coast games on ESPN. There'd always be a Mogilny, Kariya, Bure, Selanne, etc.. on the ice and it was just fun to watch.
Author:  SHARK [ Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:32 am ]
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I think the real reason why ESPN decided to drop "National Hockey Night" in the U.S. is simple. Ratings were abysmal and it didn't look like the owners & players were all that interested in getting a collective bargaining agreement done the year there was a lockout that cancelled everything NHL-related. That's why they took their pucks and their sticks over to a little-known network now called VERSUS, the former Outdoor Life Network, about 3 years or so ago.
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