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Clerk Typist
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Wouldn't NBC want this to be a playoff game, preferably involving the Washington Capitals, played at Pimlico on the third Saturday in May?
NHL planning outdoor game for next season according to ESPN.com
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hockeybeat
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Freelance Hack said:
The league really has to be smart about picking the teams to play in the proposed game. No offense to the Blue Jackets and their legion of fan, but who really gives a **** about them?
The NHL bends over backward for NBC, sometimes to its detriment. In March, NBC aired a Blue Jackets-Red Wings game as the Game Of The Week. But, on the same day, there was a Maple Leafs-Rangers game, with both teams in playoff contention. What game would draw more viewers? Leafs-Rangers battling for a playoff berth or the Red Wings (who were all-but-guaranteed a playoff berth) and the Blue Jackets (who were all-but-guaranteed a lottery pick)? Which one would you watch?
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beefncheddar
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If this doesn't end up being a NYR-Phi game, I'll be stunned.
Hank_Scorpio
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Freelance Hack said:
Ford Field doesn't have a retractable roof.
UK and MSU did play hoops there once and I believe the NCAA hockey finals are coming there in a couple years.
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It could be a NYR-Pitt game.mustardbased said:
Beef03
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hockeybeat said:
Isn't the roof at the igloo supposed to be retractable? If so, i say play it there in the middle of January, and then implode the thing a couple hours after the game is over, and move the Pens into their new arena. Obviously the game would have to be a couple of years from now.
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This might sound crazy but if Bettman's dumb enough to want to do this in the Sun Belt they could probably pull it off at Texas Stadium. The weather is just ****ty enough after the first of the year that it might work. Plus the roof holds the cold in really well.
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My guess is at Comerica Park (also operated although not owned by Ilitch), with a rink set up along either the first or the third-base lines. Baseball capacity of the park is 41,000, and probably 10,000 more seats could be added on the field. They'd mostly be awful seats, but they'd sell on the basis of "just being there." Most of the seats in the stands would actually have decent views of the rink -- the mezzanine and upper deck would actually have pretty good sightlines.
The Red Wings against an Original Six foe from the East (my guess, Toronto), probably on the last Saturday night before the Olympic break. If they really wanted to pump it up, they could play a college-NHL doubleheader -- college in the afternoon, NHL at night. If you're going to spend the money to set up the rink on the field, might as well get a couple of gates out of it.
The Red Wings against an Original Six foe from the East (my guess, Toronto), probably on the last Saturday night before the Olympic break. If they really wanted to pump it up, they could play a college-NHL doubleheader -- college in the afternoon, NHL at night. If you're going to spend the money to set up the rink on the field, might as well get a couple of gates out of it.
pressboxer
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Armchair_QB said:
The problem with that is that it could just as easily be 80 degrees as 20 at that time of year in the Metromess.
NBC Sports does a pretty good job on these big events so if it is success I think it will have less to do with Bettman and more to do with NBC Sports.
I am glad that they seem to be stepping up more in trying to make the NHL work.
Game saturday night in hi def was as good as it gets.
I am glad that they seem to be stepping up more in trying to make the NHL work.
Game saturday night in hi def was as good as it gets.
