Is This True? I even forgot to watch most of the NBA/NHL Playoffs/Finals
June 18, 2023
Is This True? I even forgot to watch most of the NBA/NHL Playoffs/Finals
25 comments
It mostly because I couldn’t watch it on a streaming platform ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry for letting everyone down.
It’s almost like it’s impossible to stream the NHL.
It was also the first only on cable final since I believe 1993. The NHL really shot themselves in the foot by going back to an only on cable final. People have been dropping their cable service for years, so by limiting your audience your almost assuring yourself a smaller audience that will be tuning in to see the STANLEY CUP Finals. By and large this was truly a really stupid decision by the NHL.
There was no drama. 2-0 lead after 2 games, 3-1 after 4. Series was over before it started. As a fan, it’s hard to care when one of the two teams in the series doesn’t appear to care.
If it were on a streaming platform instead of cable this shit wouldn’t happen
Because it was only on tnt, tbs and tru- tv of all places, blacking out a finals and forcing people to subscribe to live tv is a travesty. I’m not upgrading, I’ll watch so illegal stream.
Ratings are down because the games were only on premium channels. With so many people cord cutting, they are likely to not opt into espn+or an app with tbs
It was also 2 deeply uninteresting teams.
What is average attendance to a panthers game?
I think the channel had as much to do with this as anything.
I paid for Sling because I wanted to watch all the playoff games, but these days a lot of people don’t have TNT.
Then I’m sure a large number watched it illegally.
But regardless I don’t think the number shows what they think it shows..
What happens when the finals are on basic cable and not Network TV in America
Lack of viewing options and a matchup that was not interesting.
Love hockey but live in a climate with short summers and after a long winter I wasn’t willing to go through the dog and pony show to find a viewing option for two teams I could care less if they existed v go out and enjoy my day.
The NHL doesn’t do a good enough job making the game accessible to watch. If you want old *and new* fans, it needs to be easy to find and watch. Gary Bettman thinking everyone has cable is a dumb strategy.
I don’t get TBS. 5 hockey games isn’t going to get me to reup my cable package.
Well, not one SCF game on Network television. If it’s all on cable, you’re going to get less people watching. Like A LOT less, like 43% less.
We don’t have cable, and probably never will. It’s over $150 a month for the family’s streaming habits. I just cannot add cable on top of that.
AND! I had to wait TWO days to watch the replays on ESPN+. Last year the Sports Net feed was available upon completion of the post game show. Early in this year’s playoffs, this was available. Until the Eastern Conference Finals and SCF.
I posted that this would happen because the two cities were not big tv grabbers. Got downvoted like crazy. Said Bettman’s playoff plans would blunder when the top teams getting eliminated by second round. Tv is money for professional sports. Time to switch back to old playoff format. 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7 etc.
I had cable and ESPN+. Once the rangers were eliminated, I dropped both. Honestly, I’ll ride the high seas next year especially since I couldn’t watch like 1/4 of the games with just ESPN+
Bettman is slowly killing the casual fan but the owners keep raking in the money so nothing will change any time soon
Thats because unless you had a way of getting TNT you couldn’t, even if were interested in watching!
Serious (stupid) question:
Why doesn’t the NHL (and NBA) stream games for free? The ad revenue couldn’t cover the cost to provide that kind of server bandwidth or what? I’d watch a lot of hockey and basketball if it was easy and free to do so. Instead I watch, like, none of it.
I couldn’t watch if I wanted too I don’t have cable
The NHL worked so hard to not conflict with the NBA that they shot themselves in the foot. This was the worst NHL finals in my memory and a huge part of the problem was the giant gaps between games.
People just lost interest when it would take weeks for the NHL final to start and end.
Also, surprise, surprise, the team that went several millions of dollars over the Salary Cap limit beat the team that was cap compliant. I’m so shocked…
It doesn’t help that the NHL is so stupid when it comes to deciding how people can watch their games. I want to watch Vancouver games throughout the year, but even if I pay for a membership, half are still blacked out for me. Why would I even pay for that?
I don’t have cable, Lots of people are getting rid of it. Having the finals be only cable was a stupid idea. Everyone likes to make it out as if it’s all due to the final having to south teams. But it’s largely because the NHL continues to shoot themselves in the foot.
Just have one streaming site, one membership to pay for. If the process of trying to watch a game wasn’t such a pain in the ass, numbers would be a lot better.
Get rid of Bettman. I bet things get better. Oh, and get rid of those dam online betting commercials. thats were I draw the line. They come on. I change the channel
The NHL was LUCKY to either have a major franchise and/or a name brand elite star like Crosby in the finals every year from 2007-23 aside from the bubble final of Tampa and Dallas.
These were 2 non hockey markets from a national point of view and 2 teams that were really unlikeable in many ways. AND it was a cable only final.
The NHL seemingly going out of their way the past few years to REMOVE ways for people to see their game has been impressive in their idiocy.
I have TNT via my in-laws. But I still saw myself sail the seas to see better coverage on Sportsnet
Because the final was two markets that are small. Bettman constantly talks about growing the game but actively goes against what he says. If he truely wants to grow the game of hockey he needs to allow for more hockey on the world stage. Letting there be more international tournaments and players to go to the Olympics would grow the game more rather than trying to get shit markets to the final.
Even Snoop Dogg called it, NHL sucks at marketing.
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It mostly because I couldn’t watch it on a streaming platform ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sorry for letting everyone down.
It’s almost like it’s impossible to stream the NHL.
It was also the first only on cable final since I believe 1993. The NHL really shot themselves in the foot by going back to an only on cable final. People have been dropping their cable service for years, so by limiting your audience your almost assuring yourself a smaller audience that will be tuning in to see the STANLEY CUP Finals. By and large this was truly a really stupid decision by the NHL.
There was no drama. 2-0 lead after 2 games, 3-1 after 4. Series was over before it started. As a fan, it’s hard to care when one of the two teams in the series doesn’t appear to care.
If it were on a streaming platform instead of cable this shit wouldn’t happen
Because it was only on tnt, tbs and tru- tv of all places, blacking out a finals and forcing people to subscribe to live tv is a travesty. I’m not upgrading, I’ll watch so illegal stream.
Ratings are down because the games were only on premium channels. With so many people cord cutting, they are likely to not opt into espn+or an app with tbs
It was also 2 deeply uninteresting teams.
What is average attendance to a panthers game?
I think the channel had as much to do with this as anything.
I paid for Sling because I wanted to watch all the playoff games, but these days a lot of people don’t have TNT.
Then I’m sure a large number watched it illegally.
But regardless I don’t think the number shows what they think it shows..
What happens when the finals are on basic cable and not Network TV in America
Lack of viewing options and a matchup that was not interesting.
Love hockey but live in a climate with short summers and after a long winter I wasn’t willing to go through the dog and pony show to find a viewing option for two teams I could care less if they existed v go out and enjoy my day.
The NHL doesn’t do a good enough job making the game accessible to watch. If you want old *and new* fans, it needs to be easy to find and watch. Gary Bettman thinking everyone has cable is a dumb strategy.
I don’t get TBS. 5 hockey games isn’t going to get me to reup my cable package.
Well, not one SCF game on Network television. If it’s all on cable, you’re going to get less people watching. Like A LOT less, like 43% less.
We don’t have cable, and probably never will. It’s over $150 a month for the family’s streaming habits. I just cannot add cable on top of that.
AND! I had to wait TWO days to watch the replays on ESPN+. Last year the Sports Net feed was available upon completion of the post game show. Early in this year’s playoffs, this was available. Until the Eastern Conference Finals and SCF.
I posted that this would happen because the two cities were not big tv grabbers. Got downvoted like crazy. Said Bettman’s playoff plans would blunder when the top teams getting eliminated by second round. Tv is money for professional sports. Time to switch back to old playoff format. 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7 etc.
I had cable and ESPN+. Once the rangers were eliminated, I dropped both. Honestly, I’ll ride the high seas next year especially since I couldn’t watch like 1/4 of the games with just ESPN+
Bettman is slowly killing the casual fan but the owners keep raking in the money so nothing will change any time soon
Thats because unless you had a way of getting TNT you couldn’t, even if were interested in watching!
Serious (stupid) question:
Why doesn’t the NHL (and NBA) stream games for free? The ad revenue couldn’t cover the cost to provide that kind of server bandwidth or what? I’d watch a lot of hockey and basketball if it was easy and free to do so. Instead I watch, like, none of it.
I couldn’t watch if I wanted too I don’t have cable
The NHL worked so hard to not conflict with the NBA that they shot themselves in the foot. This was the worst NHL finals in my memory and a huge part of the problem was the giant gaps between games.
People just lost interest when it would take weeks for the NHL final to start and end.
Also, surprise, surprise, the team that went several millions of dollars over the Salary Cap limit beat the team that was cap compliant. I’m so shocked…
It doesn’t help that the NHL is so stupid when it comes to deciding how people can watch their games. I want to watch Vancouver games throughout the year, but even if I pay for a membership, half are still blacked out for me. Why would I even pay for that?
I don’t have cable, Lots of people are getting rid of it. Having the finals be only cable was a stupid idea. Everyone likes to make it out as if it’s all due to the final having to south teams. But it’s largely because the NHL continues to shoot themselves in the foot.
Just have one streaming site, one membership to pay for. If the process of trying to watch a game wasn’t such a pain in the ass, numbers would be a lot better.
Get rid of Bettman. I bet things get better. Oh, and get rid of those dam online betting commercials. thats were I draw the line. They come on. I change the channel
The NHL was LUCKY to either have a major franchise and/or a name brand elite star like Crosby in the finals every year from 2007-23 aside from the bubble final of Tampa and Dallas.
These were 2 non hockey markets from a national point of view and 2 teams that were really unlikeable in many ways. AND it was a cable only final.
The NHL seemingly going out of their way the past few years to REMOVE ways for people to see their game has been impressive in their idiocy.
I have TNT via my in-laws. But I still saw myself sail the seas to see better coverage on Sportsnet
Because the final was two markets that are small. Bettman constantly talks about growing the game but actively goes against what he says. If he truely wants to grow the game of hockey he needs to allow for more hockey on the world stage. Letting there be more international tournaments and players to go to the Olympics would grow the game more rather than trying to get shit markets to the final.
Even Snoop Dogg called it, NHL sucks at marketing.