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  • #16
    Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

    Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
    I do wonder if the NHL owners are still harboring bad feelings over the 1998 Olympics in Japan, although I would've thought that would've been taken care of in the Labor wars of 2004.

    Obviously the time aspect throws things off, but picking and choosing which games to have the NHL participate in seems awfully petty. Sometimes the benefits of the sacrifice outweigh the issues.
    It's a narrow view to have NHL representation at North American Winter Olympics only. I'm sure the KHL will let their players go to Sochi. I'd love to see Ovechkin in front of his home fans fighting a medal. The Olympics are creating a buzz for the NHL product and I think it will continue if they go over in 2014.

    And here's an idea... start the season a week or two earlier to compensate for the loss of league games.
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    • #17
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      Scooby, stop being intentionally obtuse. Even for you, this is a new low.
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      • #18
        Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

        Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
        I do wonder if the NHL owners are still harboring bad feelings over the 1998 Olympics in Japan, although I would've thought that would've been taken care of in the Labor wars of 2004.

        Obviously the time aspect throws things off, but picking and choosing which games to have the NHL participate in seems awfully petty. Sometimes the benefits of the sacrifice outweigh the issues.
        I think Vancouver made them going to Torino a guarantee, since it's pretty obvious how childish you're being if you're in Salt Lake and Vancouver, but bail out of Italy. We're now looking at 12-16 years before it's back on the North American continent now, though. TV ratings aren't as good across the board when the games are elsewhere, and I can only guess what kind of media exists 4 or 8 years from now that makes the current NBC tape delay setup look even more prehistoric.

        Heck, the Olympics might not even be on network TV in 2014 if ESPN outbids everyone. What if all the hockey events are only on ESPN360 or its successor?
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        • #19
          Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

          Originally posted by bronconick View Post
          Heck, the Olympics might not even be on network TV in 2014 if ESPN outbids everyone. What if all the hockey events are only on ESPN360 or its successor?
          And we all know how much ESPN LOVES hockey.

          The EPL gets more coverage than the NHL.
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          • #20
            Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

            I don't think it will be announced/made official to tomorrow, but the Predators appear to have landed a new sponsor for their arena, following the dissolution of the agreement with Sommet.

            Bridgestone has stepped up and will take over naming rights. I don't know what the arena will officially be called yet - I'd assume Bridgestone Arena or the Bridgestone Center.

            You can all rest easy now. In all seriousness, much needed for the plight of hockey here in Nashville.

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            • #21
              Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

              Much better than the Sommet Center that's for sure. It also keeps people from calling it the So-Gay Center as well.
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              • #22
                Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                Originally posted by Terrierbyassociation View Post
                Scooby, stop being intentionally obtuse. Even for you, this is a new low.
                Obtuse? Low? How am I being low? I'm not shredding bronconick for his argument, why am I getting attacked for mine?
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                • #23
                  Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                  Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                  Obtuse? Low? How am I being low? I'm not shredding bronconick for his argument, why am I getting attacked for mine?
                  Did you wear a referee's shirt when you wrote that post? That would be a good explanation at least.
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                  • #24
                    Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                    Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
                    Did you wear a referee's shirt when you wrote that post? That would be a good explanation at least.
                    I must have. I gotta stop wearing the black and white with the vertical stripes. I guess I need to go shopping.

                    Word is Ovechkin will bail if the NHL doesn't do the next Olympics. I think I'd like to see the owners play hardball with this and say no to the next Olympics. They really need to assert their authority over the players, and these two weeks are killing them financially.
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                    • #25
                      Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                      Word is Ovechkin will bail if the NHL doesn't do the next Olympics. I think I'd like to see the owners play hardball with this and say no to the next Olympics. They really need to assert their authority over the players, and these two weeks are killing them financially.
                      Ted Leonsis, the Capitals owner, said he'd happily let Ovechkin go to Russia in 2014 because it wouldn't be right of him to deny his superstar player his dream of playing in front of the home fans to represent the country.

                      That certainly helps to put other owners in an awkward place at least.
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                      • #26
                        Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                        Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
                        Ted Leonsis, the Capitals owner, said he'd happily let Ovechkin go to Russia in 2014 because it wouldn't be right of him to deny his superstar player his dream of playing in front of the home fans to represent the country.

                        That certainly helps to put other owners in an awkward place at least.
                        The rest of the East owners outside of Pittsburgh (Malkin) will vote against going just to get a few weeks where they can pummel Washington and Pittsburgh.
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                        • #27
                          Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                          Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                          The rest of the East owners outside of Pittsburgh (Malkin) will vote against going just to get a few weeks where they can pummel Washington and Pittsburgh.
                          It'd be funny if Pittsburgh didn't let him go because of the thought process, "Well if we let him go, we have to let Sid go too and we're just not about to do that."

                          Then Malkin burns down the city.
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                          • #28
                            Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                            Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                            The rest of the East owners outside of Pittsburgh (Malkin) will vote against going just to get a few weeks where they can pummel Washington and Pittsburgh.
                            Haha. I think that's a brilliant plan.

                            Although honestly, any one of these players could have a career-ending injury before then. Four years is a long time.
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                            • #29
                              Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                              Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
                              It'd be funny if Pittsburgh didn't let him go because of the thought process, "Well if we let him go, we have to let Sid go too and we're just not about to do that."

                              Then Malkin burns down the city.
                              Pittsburgh burning makes me chuckle as well. Doesn't have to be Malkin doing it, either.
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                              • #30
                                Re: 2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

                                Today's Knockout Round Schedule is crazily full (all times Eastern because I have Eastern Bias):

                                3 pm: Switzerland v. Belarus (USA Network)
                                7:30 pm : Canada v. Germany (CNBC)
                                10 pm: Czech Republic v. Latvia (CNBC)
                                Midnight: Slovakia v. Norway (CNBC)

                                I'll be curious to see how they'll manage to make the 10 pm game move along in just two hours.
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