Hockey on NBC

[la_samtyr]

The Wings/Avalanche game was televised, it's so good to be able to see *some* hockey at least. The next game will be the Avalanche/Stars on 11 Feb, which will be nice too. I am disappointed that it sounds as if there will be few, if any, Eastern games televised here until the Finals, if then. This new tv deal could be a *lot* better...

And what the hell is up with hardly any of the Eastern teams playing in the West? In some places, StK and Co. will only be playing in the West once in *five years*! That's so fucking stupid I don't know where to start! You sure as hell wouldn't see this happening in any other pro sport! And when Beckham finally gets to LA, you can just bet he'll be playing in games all over the place! There probably won't be a city where he won't play, even if it's just some sort of exhibition thing! Not to diss Beckham, don't get me wrong--but I'm a hell of a lot more interested in seeing the young Eastern hockey players than I am watching *soccer*/football. ::snarls:: We need one of the LotR people to get rid of a Certain Evil Troll Who Shall Remain Nameless.

Ok, I am off to go do... something. Not sure what, write fic maybe?

Comments

[crazies.livejournal.com]

It seems like the west is always heard complaining about the current scheduling issue. But, I gotta say, I'm not terribly thrilled with it in the east. Sure, I get to see Sid and Ovechkin 239852305820 times, but I want to see Phaneuf and Kopitar and Zetterberg and Datsyuk and a bunch of other west players.

Let's swap sides of the country for next season *laughs*

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have to admit the scheduling is just as bad in the east. It's a shame. Y'know, they could do a lot of good by just letting us see the young pups, while they still *are* pups (heh heh). Unfortunately for us, the Evil Troll *thinks* he knows how to market hockey but he doesn't. And about the All-Star game on tv? ::cringes:: WTF? On a *Wednesday* night? Against 'American Idol'? I don't think anyone saw it, thanks in part to it being on Versus or whatever they call that network. But that's another rant for another day.

[crazies.livejournal.com]

I still think that NBC should've had the All-Star game instead of Versus, even on a Wednesday night. Yeah, it would've been up against Idol but more people get NBC and the regular TV shows were on break so you could've gotten those viewers or whatever. But, hey, Bettman's an idiot.

Know the stupid thing? I didn't get any of the NHL All-Star stuff, but I do get all of the AHL All-Star stuff on TV.