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Winter Classic

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Det. Jimmy McNulty, Jan 1, 2011.

  1. holy bull

    holy bull Active Member

    I was busy watching Bruins-Sabres on another channel.

    When did Sid shave off the pornstache, and was that NHL (or NBC) mandated?

    Pretty boring third period. Seemed like the fans stuck it out, though.

    The Jerome Bettis-Franco thing seemed really contrived and didn't play well on TV. Maybe the rain-soaked Pitt people loved it, but, man, that was tedious and not fun.
     
  2. Smash Williams

    Smash Williams Well-Known Member

    The stache was, at first, in honor of his team's winning streak. When that ended, he kept it because of the point streak, which ended last game. I would assume that prompted the shave.
     
  3. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I assumed it wasn't because he lost the practice shootout they were showing on 24/7.
     
  4. holy bull

    holy bull Active Member

    Thanks. I wouldn't put it past the network corporate fucks to tell him it would be good for business. If that had been the case, I'd like to think Crosby would tell them to take a hike, but you never know.
     
  5. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Fun facts: If Milbury has the same wife he had a few years ago, she's a former Rangers PR person. He put the heritage wife on waivers and traded in for a newer model. So now his best MSG memory isn't of beating that fan with his own shoe.
     
  6. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    They mentioned on CBC that they threw the practice shootout so Stahl would lose and have to run to the top row at Heinz Field.
     
  7. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Has any thought been given to making the All-Star Game the Jan. 1 outdoors game? I'm still not sold on playing one regular-season game a year outdoors and having it impact the standings. Playing the All-Star Game on Jan. 1 would mean the league could showcase all of their stars in a prime slot right in the middle of hockey season.
     
  8. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Hell, I like the idea. But the all-star game is a joke in hockey, and most other sports.

    The league needs teams that a casual fan might actually want to watch, given that they are going up against college bowl games on other networks. So that rules out -- for the time being -- Columbus, Minnesota, the NY Islanders, Buffalo, New Jersey and probably Colorado for at least a few more years. The Rangers always seem to be a ratings draw, and NY is a natural site. Same for Detroit and maybe Philadelphia. As much as the league and TV people love Crosby and Ovechkin, do they want the same teams playing over and over again, like the NBA does with the Lakers on Christmas?
     
  9. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    How do you showcase the stars when they're potentially playing on slush? This looked horrible on TV and the best players couldn't make plays they'd make on a real rink.
     
  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Good point. It just seems that the stage is pretty big, and it'd create more exposure for the league vs. seeing only a couple of the top guys out there.
     
  11. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    On a scale of 1 to 10, last night's game was about a 2 in terms of showcasing the game.

    If kids were playing on this shit outside, they'd pack it up in about five minutes and go home and watch TV
     
  12. golfnut8924

    golfnut8924 Guest

    What I really didn't like about the game were the lame camera angles NBC was using over and over again. I know they're trying to be all innovative and everything but I really don't want to watch a hockey game from a freakin blimp cam or overhead cam. Those can be neat for replays but there were multiple times last night where the play wasn't even in the frame. Hockey moves too quick for that overhead cam to keep up. And there were some really good scoring chances by both teams that you were left watching from the blimp cam and couldn't even see what was happening.

    Stick to football NBC.

    The ice conditions definitely affected the game despite NBC's constant attempts to have you believe otherwise. They kept saying the ice was fine but clearly it wasn't. You could see standing water in some places.

    As a hockey fan I kind of worry that this game is a risk. Many casual fans watch 1 game per year and this is it. The WC's are not good hockey. They are sloppy and slow and if a casual fan tunes in they will get a bad impression of what hockey really is.
     
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