Anyone else miss hockey?

[Doug]

That isn't true Kobe. If they did what you said all the die-hard fans they have now would call it a farce and stop watching it. The NHL does fine without the "casual" fan and it should never aspire to be more than it is. The salaries and ticket prices though price out the good fans and leave it up to corporate types to fill the expensive seats. That model works for a glamour sport like the NBA or NFL, but doesn't work for hockey. The game needs to get back to being somewhat more affordable so the good seats, close to the ice are filled with passionate fans and then nobody will care if they score 5 goals a game because the energy from a hockey game alone can make the sport entertaining for those who don't have ADD to start with.

That's what minor leagues are for. Hockey in USA is a distant 4th to the big 3 sports. Players can't make 10 million. Nobody cares. Minor league hockey is better value, much like AAA baseball has real fans. TV ratings suck for hockey, no fan base= no MLB like contracts. If players don't realise this, they lose. Owners need to make money, too. Most NHL teams are in USA, no fan support= no huge bucks for players. Player take your 1.5 Million or whatever, that's your entertainment value.

 

[BaseballGuy]

BIG TIME


hockey is my fave sport and as others have stated here

NOTHING is better than the Stanley Cup Playoffs - NOTHING!

Beg to differ

The 2004 MLB ALCS Between the Yankees and Red Sox was a million times more exciting than any hockey playoff game/series I've ever watched.

 

[DarrylParsons]

They aren't playing hockey this year? I didn't even notice!!:tongue:

:lolBIG:


If you grow up around hockey it's an amazing sport, but if you live in a climate where it never snows then it doesn't make sense to operate a hockey arena in every neighborhood like they do in Canada.

Same idea as soccer but twice as fast and twice as many goals. I can't see how anyone could like soccer but not hockey.

 

[bigboydan]

nobody gives a **** about hockey. It would be different if there was more scoring.

don't use a lame excuse like that. the real reason you probly hate hockey so much. is because, you can't cap it.

 

[jjgold]

What is sad is no one even knows there was hockey or if it was ever played gain

 

[Doug]

Fans don't care ! Fans create revenue. I barely notice it;s abscence, This ain't NFL. It's just a little blip on the screen, Who cares ?, it's only hockey, I'm over it , already!

Take it away for 2-3 more years, I'm over it. I guess the Canadians care more, it never was big in USA.

 

[jjgold]

You are correct Doug

 

[booze]

I definitely miss watching my Rangers lose. Will probably miss it more once NFL playoffs are over; love to bet on pucks too, much easier for me than NBA

 

[Groucho]

I am missing it LARGE!! Its absence is taking a significant bite out of business.

The Player's Association is a bunch of effing KNOBS!! The owners have played their part in the problems - no question - but IMO, right now it's up to the NHLPA to get their heads out of their wazoos.

Knobs.

 

[winkyduck]

Beg to differ

The 2004 MLB ALCS Between the Yankees and Red Sox was a million times more exciting than any hockey playoff game/series I've ever watched.

i will grant you the fact that series was exciting. BUT - i am talking about the ENTIRE playoffs - and the ENTIRE mlb playoffs wasn't anything special and exciting for the most part. name me one other series in mlb that had everyone riveted to their seats and feeling as if they couldn't miss one second of action. save your time - you can't.

in the nhl - there are MANY of these series' each and every round

when you take into account the ENTIRE playoffs - the NHL playoffs are INFINITE times more exciting - and its not even close.

 

[lander]

I also miss the "GO Leafs GO!!" chant (after the Sabres get eliminated, of course).

 

[Jarbo]

What's to miss? It's been an awesome season so far! My team has not lost a game all year!

 

[lander]

Who does Iowa root for? Minnesota? Blues?

 

[jjgold]

Baseball guy is correct about his comparison between WS and Cup

No comparison, no one cares about hockey in USA

 

[FairWarning]

Baseball guy is correct about his comparison between WS and Cup

No comparison, no one cares about hockey in USA

I think many people care about the Cup in the States. Not to the extent that people follow the WS.

Looks like this season is lost, next year could be written off too.

 

[BaseballGuy]

You're correct fair.

Lot's of people are involved with hockey here in the U.S

Usually these people reside in northern states.

However people from southern states have zero interest in hockey.

 

[Buckpasser]

Too much expansion was the beginning of the end for hockey as far as I'm concerned. I go back to when their were only six teams: MTL,TOR,DET.CHI,N.Y. and BOS. Granted that may have been too few given population increase and the popularity of pro sports in general but it was a quality product.

 

[colbyson]

not really

 

[Buckpasser]

not really

Two word posts, same as the multiple ones posted in the horse matchup thread. You'll soon be closing in on The General.

 

[Jarbo]

Who does Iowa root for? Minnesota? Blues?

Blackhawks

Thus the comment