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 oilfan94
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Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
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| NetBOG wrote on Thu, 02 February 2023 13:41 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 February 2023 11:21 |
The ESPN+ blackout policy OF94 described is insane. What the heck is a Vegas, Seattle, Denver region anywhere? Why not show the game AND the commercials on ESPN+ to, you know, get more eyes on the product and advertisers?
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I'm assuming Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and others which were Colorado region, then Vegas got a team and it was both, then Sattle got a team ......
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Yup, that is exactly what happened.
| smyth260 wrote on Thu, 02 February 2023 14:06 |
- Reduce the schedule. 100+ games of this sport is insane when you include playoffs, pre-season, world cups etc. I want to see healthy squads, and more time between game days + less games for injury will mean healthier squads. It will make the games more meaningful. I would pay more to go to a game if they weren’t so diluted and the teams were healthy.
- Get rid of blackouts entirely. Do whatever you have to do. Figure it out with the regions. I am in BC. It’s infuriating when I have Sportsnet 1, 360, and West, yet I cannot watch the Oilers game because its only on West and it is blacked out in my region. Way to market Connor McDavid.
- NHL could get less traditional about things. Some ideas I have liked is that if you come in first, pick your opponent. If you come in second, you get the next pick. If you get a penalty shot, you can opt to take the powerplay. Stuff like that. Add some drama.
- Make the games matter for teams mathematically out of the playoffs. The best idea I heard for that is to make draft position based on the amount of points you get while eliminated from playoff contention. It still kinds of works out for the worst teams, because they get eliminated earlier so they have more opportunities to win after that.
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I've never heard of that idea about the penalty shot, I like that one. NHL might get concerned everyone will pick the powerplay though, and take away what is otherwise a rare and exciting play (albeit less exciting since the shootout was implemented back in 2005).
I used to really like the idea of awarding the #1 pick on which bad team does the best after elimination, but over time I've decided against it. Bad teams will be less likely to trade players at the deadline, and I have never heard anyone say "I like the NHL, but there are just too many trades". To fix one problem you make another worse. At this point I think the NHL has done all they can, and teams that tank will just have to deal with the fact that they instilled a losing mentality into their organization that might last longer in the organization than the guy they were tanking for...
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 02 February 2023 10:11 |
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By: NetBOG on Thu, 02 February 2023 11:11 |
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 02 February 2023 15:00 |
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By: Kr55 on Thu, 02 February 2023 21:48 |
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By: smyth260 on Fri, 03 February 2023 20:46 |
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