The Official 2014-2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[gopher_guy]

Let's do it.

[Majingir]

Nice one NHL. Have 2 all Canadian matchups, and not a single one gets to play on the biggest hockey night of the week in Canada(HNIC on Saturday night). No big deal, I mean HNIC is just the Monday Night Football for Canadian hockey fans......

Meanwhile NBC gets their prime coverage slots with the big games happening on Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Nice one NHL. Have 2 all Canadian matchups, and not a single one gets to play on the biggest hockey night of the week in Canada(HNIC on Saturday night). No big deal, I mean HNIC is just the Monday Night Football for Canadian hockey fans...... Meanwhile NBC gets their prime coverage slots with the big games happening on Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

It's the playoffs man. Doesn't matter what day of the week it's on. It will be watched.

And American's haven't cared about Monday Night Football for about 5 years now.

[Twenty Four]

Waited all year for another shot with a healthy Bishop. Definitely did not want to play Detroit in the first round, but it is what it is. I think they push us to 7 games, but the best home record in the NHL gets us through to round 2. Id really like to see Tampa & NYR for the ECF and 2 Canadian teams (preferably Winnipeg being one of them) in the WCF. Just really excited about no Boston & no LA.

Good luck to all! Best playoffs in all of sports.

[Twenty Four]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

It's the playoffs man. Doesn't matter what day of the week it's on. It will be watched. And American's haven't cared about Monday Night Football for about 5 years now.

Yeah I'd say Sunday Night Football is where its at now.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

It's the playoffs man. Doesn't matter what day of the week it's on. It will be watched. And American's haven't cared about Monday Night Football for about 5 years now.

Fine then. HNIC is like Sunday Night Football. About 10% of Canadian population watches hockey on Saturday night. So that'd be equivalent to over 30M americans watching something. Number will be higher if you just factor in tv viewers percentage and not overall country population.

Game will be watched, but seeing how NHL just signed a huge deal with Rogers,they'd at least have games slotted in the most watched timeslots for their networks.

[Majingir]

Flames-Canucks renewing old playoff rivalry from the 80s. In the 6 prior playoff series between them,4 times it lead to one of those 2 teams in the cup finals. Matchups people remember the most being the one with Bure vs Fleury in 94. Most recent in 04 with Naslund,Sedins vs Iginla,Kiprusoff.

Islanders-Caps also renewing old 80s playoff rivalry. 5 straight years they faced each other in the 80s. Islanders during those years featured guys like Bossy,Potvin,Trottier,LaFontaine going up against Caps featuring players like Gartner,Murphy,Stevens.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Fine then. HNIC is like Sunday Night Football. About 10% of Canadian population watches hockey on Saturday night. So that'd be equivalent to over 30M americans watching something. Number will be higher if you just factor in tv viewers percentage and not overall country population. Game will be watched, but seeing how NHL just signed a huge deal with Rogers,they'd at least have games slotted in the most watched timeslots for their networks.

Right, that was just a sidebar. America doesn't have any weekly event that even comes close to comparing to HNIC.

My point was that regardless of the day of the week, it's the playoffs. Viewership will be there and will be just fine.