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2024-25 NHL Thread

Tonight is actually a perfect example. They’re doing all 32 teams. 16 games. Great idea. Genuinely I like the idea.

On a Tuesday night. With the games starting all after 6pm ET and all on at more or less the same time or running concurrently. This kind of ruins the idea.

Do it on a Saturday.

Do 4 games at lunch time ET, 4 games at 4pm ET, 4 games at 7pm ET, 4 games (west coast games) at 10pm ET.

You have hockey on alllll day. You open up those first 8 games to the European TV market as well.
 
Arn said:
Tonight is actually a perfect example. They’re doing all 32 teams. 16 games. Great idea. Genuinely I like the idea.

On a Tuesday night. With the games starting all after 6pm ET and all on at more or less the same time or running concurrently. This kind of ruins the idea.

Do it on a Saturday.

Do 4 games at lunch time ET, 4 games at 4pm ET, 4 games at 7pm ET, 4 games (west coast games) at 10pm ET.

You have hockey on alllll day. You open up those first 8 games to the European TV market as well.
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It's just so bizarre to me that the NHL advertises days like yesterday as like "oh my god, we're doing staggering starts, this is amazing come check it out!" and then just like never does it again all season.
 
I don't envy the NHL schedule makers. All the buildings in the NHL are multi use, including most having NBA teams as well as concerts and what not. Trying to line all that up with what else is going on around the league as well as trying to build some sort of narrative is a herculean task.

Contrast that to NFL, MLB and even soccer stadiums that sit empty most of the time.
 
Guru Tugginmypuddah said:
I don't envy the NHL schedule makers. All the buildings in the NHL are multi use, including most having NBA teams as well as concerts and what not. Trying to line all that up with what else is going on around the league as well as trying to build some sort of narrative is a herculean task.

Contrast that to NFL, MLB and even soccer stadiums that sit empty most of the time.
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Yup. NHL and NBA schedule makers have it the hardest of the major sports in North America. Getting a day like yesterday together requires a lot of advanced planning.

Would be great it they can run something similar multiple times a year, but, it might not be feasible. Certainly, it's not easy.
 
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Guru Tugginmypuddah said:
I don't envy the NHL schedule makers. All the buildings in the NHL are multi use, including most having NBA teams as well as concerts and what not. Trying to line all that up with what else is going on around the league as well as trying to build some sort of narrative is a herculean task.

Contrast that to NFL, MLB and even soccer stadiums that sit empty most of the time.
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That’s a very good point and certainly would suggest a reason why it’s easier to do on a Tuesday to be fair.

I’m sure there could be a way they could get all their teams (well half of them) to book an arena for, say, two Saturdays or a Saturday and Sunday (sixteen of them one, the other 16 for another) over the whole season even if it did mean getting the booking in a year in advance or something.

Maybe make the first one early in the season as this Tuesday was or even a bit earlier before the NBA starts and the second one late in the season after NFL has finished up.

I think it would be a great marketing opportunity as much as anything. Like the old Hockey Day in Canada triple headers but on steroids.
 
Bonafide 50 goal scorer Hyman is sitting on 0 goals in 10 games. I know it’s early, and I know petty this makes me sound, but this pleases me.
 
Joe S. said:
Bonafide 50 goal scorer Hyman is sitting on 0 goals in 10 games. I know it’s early, and I know petty this makes me sound, but this pleases me.
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Got his 1st tonight. 2pts in 11 games. 10 playing with McD. They're a very below average team when their PP doesn't score.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1855472628288356384

Strome had 4 goals and 22 points in 13 games this season. That's after two back-to-back 65+ point seasons with Washington. What I would give to find out how close, if at all, the Leafs were to signing him as a UFA in 2022. Said even at the time it felt like it would have been a perfect fit.
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Would have been a great 3rd line center that morphed into the 2nd line guy. Even on todays roster that's just Kampf+Domi money for Strome + 1.5M for a more cost effective 4th line centre.
 
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It's early, but for me, Necas and Makar I wouldn't have called in those spots, but I certainly wouldn't have pegged Kaprisov at that spot...good for him.
 
I think its' kind of funny that Dubas left Toronto partially because of a lack of autonomy to take over Pittsburgh who ownership supposedly doesn't want to rebuild until after Crosby.
 
Bender said:
I mean he hasn't been there that long. Could he not try the pivot and say it's time to rebuild in earnest?
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I'm not sure ownership will buy into that while Malkin and Crosby are still playing. They have a few big contracts they need to ride out before a rebuild can really get underway in earnest, any way - especially since they only have one retention spot available this season.

He hasn't been there long, that's true, but he went into a not great situation, and he certainly hasn't helped improve it. There's a fair argument to be made that he's made things worse with some of the deals he's signed.
 
L K said:
I think its' kind of funny that Dubas left Toronto partially because of a lack of autonomy to take over Pittsburgh who ownership supposedly doesn't want to rebuild until after Crosby.
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I think Dubas wasn't so concerned about ownership. It was more to do with Shanny.
I also think the Pitt retool/rebuild will start when Crosby says so. Ownership will do whatever he wants and so will Dubas.
 
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