Quote :

"okay wtf why did we get switched from atlanta (the regional game in HD) to the pens/senators (the national game, NOT IN HD? WTF) or maybe the local NBC SUCKS FUCKING BALLS i just wanna watch a game in HD, i don't care which game it is "

As a Rangers fan, I can't tell you how pissed I am about this. I'm having to watch standard def WNBC since it seems to be the only networkon the eastern seaboard not showing the Pens.

Quote :

"hartford AHL playoffs - wolfpack whalers ( hurricanes) - no playoffs they do sport kasparitis though"

Since the Canes aren't in the playoffs, feel free to hop onto the Rangers bandwagon while there's still time.

4/14/2007 4:05:02 PM

^ yeah i'd be pissed too, it looks like more NBC channels are switching over to pens/sens per avsforum

doesn't make sense, i'd rather see atlanta and rangers

4/14/2007 4:08:15 PM

The Sens-Pens game is in HD out here in CA... however there are DEFINITELY more fans of the Rangers nationwide than either of these two teams and I'm pissed I can't see it anywhere.. I'm trying to find it on SopCast but no luck..

http://myp2p.eu/NHL.htm

Rangers game works on there! Score.. Thank you newyorkrangers.com message board.

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 4:25 PM. Reason : x]

4/14/2007 4:09:55 PM

hits are spicing up here

4/14/2007 4:30:44 PM

if i wasn't a pens fan i think i'd be pretty sick of crosby already

4/14/2007 5:03:31 PM

i turned on the TV and looked at the listings

are the hurricanes not on TV this year?

4/14/2007 5:08:16 PM

^that's getting old


damn how did he stop all that shit

4/14/2007 5:53:42 PM

Ah forgive him. It's not his fault he feels inferior psychologically and feels the need to punch his keyboard to put out insults cause he thinks it might make him feel better.

4/14/2007 5:56:18 PM

hell yeah! rangers taking a 2-0 lead back to the garden. i'll be at game 4!

4/14/2007 5:58:34 PM

I don't think the Rangers game wasn't on because of the Rangers, I think it wasn't on because 1) They're playing the Thrashers and will probably either sweep them or win in 5 and 2) NBC is a whore for Crosby. I remember earlier in the season a 'canes/thrashers game wasn't on anywhere because they wanted to show more of Crosby. Its bullshit, but oh well.

4/14/2007 6:20:25 PM

well, hype or no, Crosby is fun to watch. I would just expect us to be in the Atlanta market

4/14/2007 6:46:06 PM

Quote :

"I don't think the Rangers game wasn't on because of the Rangers, I think it wasn't on because 1) They're playing the Thrashers and will probably either sweep them or win in 5 and 2) NBC is a whore for Crosby. I remember earlier in the season a 'canes/thrashers game wasn't on anywhere because they wanted to show more of Crosby. Its bullshit, but oh well."

The issue isn't really that it wasn't on. I kind of figured that would happen given the love affair with Crosby and the weird bond that Raleigh seems to share with Pittsburgh. My main gripe is that the Rangers pre-game was on, in HD, then all of a sudden they cut to a standard definition airing of the Pitt/Ott game. It was just retarded. As though someone decided at the last minute "you know what, lets just give then the Pens instead".

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 7:02 PM. Reason : .]

4/14/2007 7:01:49 PM

^ ah, that's dumb. I'm in D.C. and up here it was a coherent broadcast of the Pens/Sens the whole time.

4/14/2007 7:07:11 PM

Isles up 2-0

Makes me happy, for now.

4/14/2007 8:04:49 PM

lol did anybody catch forsland "he's played more games than any hurricane player"

4/14/2007 9:31:24 PM

i did

4/14/2007 9:42:52 PM

Fuck Tampa Bay.

That is all.

4/14/2007 9:48:24 PM

islanders ftw

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 10:03 PM. Reason : ^TB ftw.]

4/14/2007 10:03:08 PM

Rangers win.
Devils lose.

What a wonderful day its been.

4/14/2007 10:46:46 PM

^Buffalo lose. that is what makes it the best

4/14/2007 11:08:51 PM

I actually like watching Buffalo play, but I wouldn't mind seeing them knocked out at all.

If we can get past the Thrashers, not having to play the Devils or Sabres would be wonderful.

4/14/2007 11:17:17 PM

Quote :

"Rangers win. Devils lose. What a wonderful day its been."

Agreed.

4/15/2007 12:08:48 AM

why do they insist on showing crosby nationwide?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtT43YT1xQM

also, did you see this goal?

4/15/2007 12:11:09 AM

^ haha it's probably something to do with that

that was awesome

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 12:42 AM. Reason : contradicting ]

4/15/2007 12:21:47 AM

dear sportscenter, i better see meaningless baseball highlights before i see nba highlights during the nba playoffs

4/15/2007 1:04:23 AM

I love it when the devils lose and the islanders win.

4/15/2007 9:40:53 AM

i love it when the canes don't make the playoffs

4/15/2007 1:58:37 PM

Dear NBC, please get a upconverter so we can continue watching the game in HD while scrolling tornado warning's across the bottom of the screen

4/15/2007 2:49:21 PM

Dear WXII, we get it, there are tornadoes and hail, now show the game

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 3:12 PM. Reason : ]

4/15/2007 3:12:13 PM

brett hull shouldn't be doing red wings games, he sucks way too much wings dick

4/15/2007 3:25:43 PM

WNCN was showing it PIP during intermission

4/15/2007 3:26:41 PM

detroit shots: 51 calgary shots: 15. wow

4/15/2007 3:49:24 PM

Quote :

"brett hull shouldn't be doing red wings games, he sucks way too much wings dick"

That's cos his boyfriend Chelios plays for them.

4/15/2007 4:07:20 PM

man colby armstrong just jacked up eames something terrible on a clean hit

mcammond avenged him by getting beaten up for 30 seconds

stretcher is out for eames

aaaaaaand i bet chris neil is inevitably gonna send a penguin to the hospital

4/15/2007 7:31:51 PM

JACKED UP

4/15/2007 8:05:55 PM

heh so they are just showing CBC's broadcast instead of having their own truck there

cool

4/15/2007 9:42:24 PM

They did this all the time last year.

4/15/2007 11:42:48 PM

go islanders.

4/16/2007 7:54:34 PM

gg's TB, come on islanders

4/16/2007 9:55:14 PM

lol isles fans

4/16/2007 10:11:17 PM

what'd they throw on the ice?

they never really got a close up of it


this preds/sharks game is turning into rugby style here. wish i could stay up and watch this longer.

4/16/2007 10:33:09 PM

Just tons of trash. There was a HORRIBLE phantom call for tripping on the Isles with a couple minutes left and them down by 1.

4/16/2007 10:53:05 PM

oh i saw it, it was bad, i could just never decide what they were throwing

[Edited on April 16, 2007 at 10:54 PM. Reason : by the way have they said what the ratings for the weekend or any of the nights are yet?]

4/16/2007 10:53:38 PM

Quote :

"NBC earned a 1.4/3 overnight Nielsen rating for its national coverage of Flames-Red Wings Game Two yesterday, down 6.7% from a 1.5/4 for regional coverage during the opening Sunday of last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. The net’s regional coverage Saturday, which featured Penguins-Senators in the majority of the country, earned a 1.2/3 overnight, down 7.7% from a 1.3/3 last year (THE DAILY)."

And then this is more general

Quote :

"The Penguins continue to be a ratings smash on FSN Pittsburgh and have viewership that is among the best in the country for NHL and NBA games. FSN affiliates carry 20 of the NHL franchises and the Penguins have the best ratings of any of those teams, which includes Detroit, a city often known as Hockeytown. What's more, the Penguins ratings are higher than any of the 24 NBA teams FSN carries, as well as those of the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets. The only NHL franchise that might have higher ratings than the Penguins is Buffalo, which is not in the FSN family. The Penguins ratings numbers are the highest since the 1997-98 season."

Quote :

"The Sabres are higher. There are 8 teams that get better local ratings than the best NBA team (Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, and Pittsburgh)."

4/16/2007 10:59:53 PM

eh, down huh

4/16/2007 11:20:14 PM

Of course it's down. Instead of showing the New York Rangers and the Atlanta Thrashers, they decided to show a small market team and a Canadian team.

Great ratings decision. "Ratings smash" is a relative term for two sports that have crappy viewership.

And honestly, did they expect good ratings for Detroit/Calgary at 1pm when that's about 10am/11am local time in Calgary?

NBC only has themselves to blame.

[Edited on April 17, 2007 at 7:51 AM. Reason : .]

4/17/2007 7:51:06 AM

canes will repeat this year

4/17/2007 7:56:59 AM

The location of the Canadian team is irrelevant because NBC is only for the US. Whenever NBC or Vs. shows Pittsburgh and/or Buffalo they get their highest ratings. I would pretty much guarantee that both of those teams will be on anytime either network has the chance.

4/17/2007 10:16:35 AM

nobody watches hockey down here in Louisiana...

4/17/2007 6:30:03 PM

atlanta getting run out of the building

[Edited on April 17, 2007 at 9:34 PM. Reason : ---------------------------->]

4/17/2007 9:34:42 PM