re: Will the NHL see significant ratings boosts?

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NHL being included with ESPN+ is a big reason i keep my subscription.

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Home team always blacked out on ESPN+ though

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chinese58

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Thanks brother

My brother-in-law got me hooked on the Stars but a lot of their games get blacked out in my area, this will come in very handy!

My Grandfather grew to love ice hockey when he was a diplomat in Canada. He ended up settling for watching the Redskins on black and white TV and listening to pro baseball on the radio at night.
When I watch NHL on my large color TV, I remember him and wish he were still around to enjoy the images.

(Pro basketball may be not so subtly sending people to NHL games,)

If the casual fan who enjoyed the gold medal game realizes that the NHL playoffs is almost as fast and intense as that game, perhaps they would tune in, and maybe pick up a team to follow going forward.

I see the NHL as a regional niche sport outside the original 6 markets. I live outside Raleigh and when I travel the state for work, if the Canes are playing I have to ask the bar to put one TV on the game 50% of the time.

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I grew up on NHL hockey and grew into enjoying international competitions much, much more. Except, come playoffs time, I don't watch anything else but NHL. I can see how the interest would be focused on the Olympics hockey rather than regular season hockey, unfortunately.

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Yeah, but unless you like watching juniors or the girls, we just don’t get much of it.

I wish they would play on international sized rinks at the Olympics. The main rink of the 3 at our HS home rink was international sized. I played defense and it certainly made a difference with the longer and much wider ice surface

NBC was such a shitty TV partner. I'm glad they're gone.

They're already talking about bringing back The Brass.

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HD television

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It's really made watching hockey a great experience. Before it was so hard to see the puck. Remember when Fox had the trailer lit up to help see it during their games?

I think the best way to watch hockey is in bed with no lights on. My 65" TV looks like a drive in movie screen from my bed. I'm retired, and single, so I can stay up and watch all three periods of a Stars game that didn't start until 8:30 or 9 PM.

My brother lived in Alaska for around 40 of his 72 years and raised a family there. His youngest son, who still lives in the Anchorage area, is a big hockey fan. He and I text a lot and talk on the phone some during the NHL Playoffs. He's really the only person I can talk with about it. They are so far behind us time-wise, I can call him before a game goes to OT at 11 pm my time, and not worry about waking someone up. I've really missed the NHL since they took off for the Olympics.

I live in Ruston, LA now and don't know anyone here that watches games.

Was that when the Stanley Cup Final was on Versus?