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SCF: Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A3)

CarltonTheBear said:
I watched game 1, it was great hockey. Tuned in late to game 2 and decided to do other stuff when I realized it seemed out of hand. But I think you're pretty right in that among the big sports hockey fans are more likely to just watch/follow their specific team than the league as a whole.

I know lots of people who will drop everything on Sunday's to watch football all day long, regardless of who is playing. I'm a lifelong hockey fan and I genuinely don't know if I've ever watched an entire regular season NHL game that didn't involve the Leafs.
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Back in the eighties I did, The Islanders and Oilers were must watch hockey, my favorite Stanley Cup final was the Islanders Oilers first series, man what a series. This year I'm watching just to see if the Bolts get beat, I still maintain and always will that we should have won that series, sorry to keep going on about it, but man we are so much better than the way we played, could you imagine a Leafs Avs series, Kaboom!! LOL
 
Nik said:
The sort of general disinterest in this series really has me wondering, what percentage of hockey fans do you suppose are the sort who just love the game and would watch the finals no matter which teams were in it? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport and who are, say, interested if a team like Dallas improves their defense next year if they're not a fan of Dallas. Like, is it 10%? 15%? Lower? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport? Is it prevalent in younger fans?

Because in my twitter feed hockey media pops up of people who cover hockey like the NBA in that regard and I know, like, zero fans who follow the game that way.

Is anyone here, at a board devoted to following this sport and a team in this league, really watching the finals?
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I love hockey and for some reason I'm watching most of the games this year, probably because I'm especially using these two teams as a measurement or
comparison to my beloved Leafs as I think we are close to winning the Cup. Usually I check out after the Leafs are eliminated.
 
I had a lot of interest in the first game, but had a wedding to attend on Saturday and had a few things to do tonight, so missed it. I definitely would catch an elimination game.
 
Nik said:
The sort of general disinterest in this series really has me wondering, what percentage of hockey fans do you suppose are the sort who just love the game and would watch the finals no matter which teams were in it? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport and who are, say, interested if a team like Dallas improves their defense next year if they're not a fan of Dallas. Like, is it 10%? 15%? Lower? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport? Is it prevalent in younger fans?

Because in my twitter feed hockey media pops up of people who cover hockey like the NBA in that regard and I know, like, zero fans who follow the game that way.

Is anyone here, at a board devoted to following this sport and a team in this league, really watching the finals?
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Obviously the trans-Atlantic perspective and time zone thing kicks in, but it's an "effort" to watch NHL hockey a lot of times over here, so for me it's very much Leafs only. In saying that, on a Sunday particularly we do tend to get 3 or 4 games from around 5pm UK time and if I remember it's on and put it on, it tends to be in the background to other stuff I'm doing rather than actively giving it 100% attention.

But then I'm actually the same when it comes to my team here in the UK. If Belfast aren't playing and something like Cardiff v Sheffield is on TV I've no real interest in watching and wouldn't go out of my way to tune in.

If I'm travelling to a city that has a hockey team I do tend to try and go watch though, so I've managed to see New Jersey, Rangers, Washington, Boston, Montreal and then teams in Germany (Berlin), Sweden (Skelleftea) and Finland (Oulu) too.

For football (soccer) I would tend to watch the big games on TV most weeks even if it isn't my team or pick out a Champions League game between say Juventus and Barcelona or something though and actually sit and watch it.

This post season I have been more invested post Leafs exit than usual in actively going to check the scores and watch highlights first thing I wake up. Also been reading the stuff from Tampa and Colorado writers on The Athletic. Probably because I think the Leafs are as close as they've been in a while.
 
Nik said:
The sort of general disinterest in this series really has me wondering, what percentage of hockey fans do you suppose are the sort who just love the game and would watch the finals no matter which teams were in it? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport and who are, say, interested if a team like Dallas improves their defense next year if they're not a fan of Dallas. Like, is it 10%? 15%? Lower? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport? Is it prevalent in younger fans?

Because in my twitter feed hockey media pops up of people who cover hockey like the NBA in that regard and I know, like, zero fans who follow the game that way.

Is anyone here, at a board devoted to following this sport and a team in this league, really watching the finals?
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Not me.

I spend way too much time  ? an unhealthy amount, really ? watching the Leafs to bother once they are eliminated.  I am rooting for the Avs here ? screw Cooper ? but don't really care either way.
 
Tampa gets burned for their after whistle shenanigans in Game 1/2.  Go home and magically Tampa gets more powerplays at home.  It?s this stuff that has me lose interest in the NHL when the Leafs aren?t playing.  I have an emotional attachment to the Leafs.  My interest in hockey in general went down quite a bit when the owners cried poor during both lockouts while despite enabling a system that put the team I cheer for at a competitive disadvantage relative to their revenue power. 

The excessive balance of officiating that favours teams that bend the rules drives me nuts and I find it hard to watch when there are next to no consequences for constant rule infractions
 
Nik said:
The sort of general disinterest in this series really has me wondering, what percentage of hockey fans do you suppose are the sort who just love the game and would watch the finals no matter which teams were in it? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport and who are, say, interested if a team like Dallas improves their defense next year if they're not a fan of Dallas. Like, is it 10%? 15%? Lower? People who generally have an interest in the wider sport? Is it prevalent in younger fans?

Because in my twitter feed hockey media pops up of people who cover hockey like the NBA in that regard and I know, like, zero fans who follow the game that way.

Is anyone here, at a board devoted to following this sport and a team in this league, really watching the finals?
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Regular season I watch the Leafs only. I watch at least a game a night when the Leafs are in the playoffs, but once they are out I watch nothing. So if the Leafs made the conf finals, I would watch their games and probably all the games of the other conf final.

NFL now I'll watch two 2-14 teams play on a Thursday night if that's who's playing.
 
L K said:
The excessive balance of officiating that favours teams that bend the rules drives me nuts and I find it hard to watch when there are next to no consequences for constant rule infractions
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Officiating is probably the biggest issue with the on-ice product. It's the worst I can remember it being in my 35 or so years watching the NHL. There's not even the appearance of consistency these days.
 
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
 
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
 
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
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They're saying it was too many men on the ice
 
Zee said:
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
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They're saying it was too many men on the ice
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Thx didn't hear that. Anyway the deserving team won.
 
Well Colorado was the better team in OT and Tampa might not have even made it out of the 1st round if it wasn't for a phantom high sticking call so I don't really have much sympathy for them, but it's a pretty crappy look for the league. The refs also put away their whistles and didn't call multiple trips/hooks/hits from behind late in the game too.
 
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
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Sports Net showed it, it does look like there was 6 players on the ice, but as I said par for course these playoffs.  I almost feel bad for Tampa but not quite....lol
 
4EVRLEAFAN said:
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
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Sports Net showed it, it does look like there was 6 players on the ice, but as I said par for course these playoffs.  I almost feel bad for Tampa but not quite....lol
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T Bay had 7 on the ice and after the phantom and non calls on/against the Leafs, I don't feel the least bit sorry for them.
 
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
Guilt Trip said:
4EVRLEAFAN said:
And who scores the winner? Maybe it shouldn't of counted but par for course this year, the officiating has been terrible, lets see it Tampa can bounce back from this one.
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Why wouldn't it of counted? I think T Bay is done. Avs pretty much took over after the 1st and dominated the OT. And good on Kadri for scoring the winner.
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Sports Net showed it, it does look like there was 6 players on the ice, but as I said par for course these playoffs.  I almost feel bad for Tampa but not quite....lol
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T Bay had 7 on the ice and after the phantom and non calls on/against the Leafs, I don't feel the least bit sorry for them.
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Tampa's 7 on the ice doesn't matter. They didn't play the puck. Kadri scored the goal before the guy he was jumping on the ice to replace got off. The second he touched the puck it was a too many men penalty.
 
Oh look.  Tampa got away with murder and the series goes to Game 6.  The NHL continues to push me further and further away from the product.  The slash on Makar was absurd
 
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