Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 16759630)

Russian VP says Ovie will not be welcomed to join the Olympic team unless the NHL consents or he retires from the NHL

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...ring-from-nhl/

This just keeps getting better

Originally Posted by hailtopitt (Post 16759608)

lol no it has nothing to do with anything the owners have or haven't said.

TV ratings have been the same forever. none of the SCF ratings have improved during Olympic years. in fact, they have dropped from the previous years with the exception of 2006, when the previous year got a 0.0 rating :lol (lockout, no SCF played)

2014 was an Olympic year that featured the 2 largest media markets, LA and NYC, yet the ratings were significantly smaller than 2013's CHI/BOS finals.

2010 was an Olympic year that had CHI & PHI in the final. 2 pretty big markets, yet the ratings were virtually identical the 2009 numbers featuring PIT & DET.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanle...vision_ratings

attendance has either held steady or slightly dipped during AND after every Olympic year.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...ce-in-the-nhl/

and considering the Hartford Whalers are still one of the most popular sweaters purchased by fans, i'd say merch sales are about the same as well :lol

sure, some USA and Canada sweaters get sold during Olympic years, but that doesn't help the NHL whatsoever. that money goes directly to the IOC.

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 16759630)

Russian VP says Ovie will not be welcomed to join the Olympic team unless the NHL consents or he retires from the NHL

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...ring-from-nhl/

This just keeps getting better

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 16759630)

Russian VP says Ovie will not be welcomed to join the Olympic team unless the NHL consents or he retires from the NHL

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...ring-from-nhl/

This just keeps getting better

Originally Posted by hailtopitt (Post 16759608)

lol no it has nothing to do with anything the owners have or haven't said.

TV ratings have been the same forever. none of the SCF ratings have improved during Olympic years. in fact, they have dropped from the previous years with the exception of 2006, when the previous year got a 0.0 rating :lol (lockout, no SCF played)

2014 was an Olympic year that featured the 2 largest media markets, LA and NYC, yet the ratings were significantly smaller than 2013's CHI/BOS finals.

2010 was an Olympic year that had CHI & PHI in the final. 2 pretty big markets, yet the ratings were virtually identical the 2009 numbers featuring PIT & DET.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanle...vision_ratings

attendance has either held steady or slightly dipped during AND after every Olympic year.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...ce-in-the-nhl/

and considering the Hartford Whalers are still one of the most popular sweaters purchased by fans, i'd say merch sales are about the same as well :lol

sure, some USA and Canada sweaters get sold during Olympic years, but that doesn't help the NHL whatsoever. that money goes directly to the IOC.

Originally Posted by lockman21 (Post 16759638)

Uh, earth to Brint, I was making a joke.

Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 16759686)

The best playoffs in all of sports starts next week yet we are arguing about the merits or problems with players attending the olympics? Lets focus on what is important, the STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!! :)

Originally Posted by drakan (Post 16759646)

I don't get it. you said the ratings have been the same forever but the two examples you cited ratings after the olympics stayed the same in one instance and changed for the worse in another. so the olympics basically hurt SCF ratings? I would rather have ratings for the part of the season after the olympics than ratings from one series of that olympic year.



I bet nobody from the NHL said the World Cup of hockey was good for the NHL though right? They'd never say that.

Originally Posted by lockman21 (Post 16759633)

Yeah but TV ratings for sports in general have dropped. Look at ESPN. They're losing viewers by the hundreds of thousands.

Originally Posted by rickyh24 (Post 16759756)

Home field :lol :lol

Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 16759878)

Congratulations Matty, amazing comeback from 3-0 where they scored 2 shorties, 1 full strength and the winner in OT!

Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 16759878)

Congratulations Matty, amazing comeback from 3-0 where they scored 2 shorties, 1 full strength and the winner in OT!

Originally Posted by fonzz41 (Post 16759925)

Just had a look at the highlights. Fun to see Duchene put something on the board in his final games in an Avs sweater. Fun to see EJ go end to end, even if it was a pretty soft goal. 22-54... Yay.

As cool as I think it is that the Avs put up 50 shots on the Blackhawks, scored two shorties, etc., I can't help but temper that with the fact that the Hawks knew they didn't need this win and were probably playing pretty conservatively the whole game.