2013-14 General NHL Talk
#141
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:18 PM
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#142
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:19 PM
Kenny Albert just noted that this is the first LA-NY Championship Series since the Yankees/Dodgers in 81, hard to believe. Maybe that doesn't account for some minor sport.
#143
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:20 PM
That's 3-of-3 for LA in Game 7s, all on the road, in the playoffs so far....including the first round when they were down 0-3. I'm guessing a Game Seven won't be necessary for them to win in the Finals.
#144
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:21 PM
No chance the Kings lose the finals. I'd be surprised if the Rangers get more than one win.
Only thing that gives the Rags any chance at all is Henrik finding a way to stand on his head for a couple weeks. But I just don't see that happening.
#145
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:21 PM
Kenny Albert just noted that this is the first LA-NY Championship Series since the Yankees/Dodgers in 81, hard to believe. Maybe that doesn't account for some minor sport.
I guess the NJ Nets (who played the Lakers in the 2002 Finals) don't count.
#146
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:25 PM
I guess the NJ Nets (who played the Lakers in the 2002 Finals) don't count.
The Devils played the Kings in 2012, so I guess not.
#147
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:25 PM
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
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#148
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:30 PM
I'm sure if the Giants or Jets had played the Raiders or Rams (while they were in LA), it would've been considered an LA-NY showdown. Between the Devils (and formerly the Nets) residing in New Jersey, having NJ in their name, and the fanbases being most NJ, I think it's fair to say this is the first NY-NJ matchup in 30+ years.
#149
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:36 PM
http://www.cbssports...anley-cup-final
Wed June 4 8 ET Los Angeles NBC, CBC
Sat June 7 7 ET Los Angeles NBC, CBC
Mon June 9 8 ET New York NBCSN, CBC
Wed June 11 8 ET New York NBCSN, CBC
*Fri June 13 8 ET Los Angeles NBC, CBC
*Mon June 16 8 ET New York NBC, CBC
*Wed Jun 18 8 ET Los Angeles NBC, CBC
#150
Posted 01 June 2014 - 10:49 PM
I can't believe LA made that comeback happen.
#151
Posted 02 June 2014 - 08:21 AM
Obviously the Kings are the favorites, hard to believe the Sharks had them on the ropes at 3-0 but having said that if Lundquist gets rolling this might not be a slam dunk.
#152
Posted 03 June 2014 - 08:01 PM
If You Want to See the New York Rangers Play for the Stanley Cup, Go to L.A.
In fact, prices are so high for games in New York that people have joked that it's probably cheaper for Ranger fans to fly to Los Angeles, check into a hotel, and buy tickets to a game at the Staples Center than it is to watch Games 3 or 4 at Madison Square Garden.
Except, wait: that's not a joke. Bloomberg did some math, and the results are not encouraging:
The average price paid for a resale ticket to Game 3 in New York is $1,626, more than twice the $679 average for a ticket to Game 1 at the Staples Center. Round-trip flights to Los Angeles from Newark, New Jersey, on Travelocity.com, leaving the morning of Game 1 and returning the next day, begin at $490. The website offers a night at the airport Crowne Plaza for $69, meaning the total price for a ticket, flight and hotel would be $1,238. That’s $388 cheaper than the average price paid for an MSG ticket, which could be used for cab fares and food.
Lemme get two claps and a Ric Flair
#153
Posted 04 June 2014 - 11:02 AM
New York Times: In Stanley Cup Finals, Big Markets Don’t Mean Big Viewership
Now, as teams from the nation’s two largest markets meet, some wonder if this is the formula for record viewership.
It is not. Or more correctly, we do not know for certain. The hypothesis has not been tested often enough with the right teams in the markets.
“A great rating is about how long the series goes,” said Sam Flood, the executive producer of NBC Sports. “We’re rooting for the opposite team to win each game.”Translation: The network makes more money the longer a series goes, and, by the way, it’s more exciting if it’s not a sweep.
If the Blackhawks had not lost to the Kings in the Western Conference finals, a Chicago-New York series might have produced record viewership. Fans love Original Six series.
The Blackhawks and the Bruins led the league in the number of cable households watching their local games. According to Nielsen, Chicago averaged 152,000, and the Bruins had 120,000.
The Rangers, on MSG Network, ranked third, with 96,000. But the Kings were far lower, with 23,000, and the Ducks were well below them, with 13,000.
During the second and third rounds of the playoffs on NBC’s networks, the Chicago market averaged 513,000 households, Boston 424,000, the Rangers 362,000 and the Kings 157,000.
Eddie Olczyk, NBC’s analyst for the finals who is also the Blackhawks’ analyst on cable, said the team had blended the success of winning two Stanley Cups in the past four seasons with innovative marketing that was aided drastically a few years ago when the owner Rocky Wirtz reversed his father’s longtime refusal to show home games on TV.
“You could argue that the Blackhawks sit atop the sports totem pole in Chicago,” he said by telephone Tuesday. “No team has had more recent success.”
#154
Posted 04 June 2014 - 07:28 PM
Which Kings player is Erin Andrews boyfriend?
#155
Posted 04 June 2014 - 07:46 PM
Which Kings player is Erin Andrews boyfriend?
Jarret Stoll
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#156
Posted 04 June 2014 - 07:52 PM
Not a great start for Quick.
#157
Posted 04 June 2014 - 07:55 PM
Which Kings player is Erin Andrews boyfriend?
The one who is smiling.
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#158
Posted 04 June 2014 - 09:26 PM
Well it was a quick start for the Rangers, but this is shaping up to be a good game after all.
#159
Posted 04 June 2014 - 09:54 PM
Nothing beats the Stanley Cup Playoffs... Nothing beats the Stanley Cup Finals... Nothing beats the Stanley Cup Finals in Overtime (well Game 7 of the SC Finals in OT).
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#160
Posted 04 June 2014 - 09:58 PM
Seriously, this should surprise no one. This whole playoffs has been crazy. OT here in game 1, an appropriate way to kick off the Cup Finals.
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