Know even knows the Ducks won the Stanley Cup Today

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I watched sportscenter for a while and didn't even see any mention of the Ducks winning the Stanley cup. Usually when theres a championship game in a sport ESPN will talk about it and show highlights of it for ever but I guess the NHL is that dead. I saw highlights of the NIT championship but no hardly any talk about the NHL. The NBA finals game 1 will probably get better ratings than all the NHL games played this season combined. IF you ask people tommorow who won the Stanley cup know one will even know what you are talking about. If you ask whos playing in the NBA finals a majority of the people can probably name the teams.
 

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ESPN is not stupid, they wanted to buy the NHL TV rights for pennies and the NHL sold it for a few bucks to VS, which was an awful decision IMO because ESPN would have generated much more interest in it, if it owned the rights to it, and by the next contract the NHL would have been worth a lot more
 

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in the title is the first "know" supposed to read "no one"?

and biggamer is you avatar singing "throw the jew down the well"?
 

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I didn't even know the NHL playoffs had started, let alone the stanley cup being awarded. It's a shame, I'm no NHL fan, but I used to enjoy the intensity of the playoff games.

Looks like that league is about as popular as the WNBA now.
 

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Just doesn't feel right that the Mighty Ducks are the Stanley Cup Champions. What kind of Mickey Mouse shit is that?
 

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It's a west coast team to where nobody cares about hockey which is even worse. will be surprised if this gets a 2.0
 

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It's actually the first hockey game I even watched part of in 10 years.
 

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Thats because MOST of you American rednecks are watching CRAP reality TV or Gay Idol or even better hunting/fishing shows :WTF:

I watch ANY and ALL sports on TV, and Hockey is in the top 5, but you needed a red light on the puck to follow play and still dont get the game :think2:

Im sorry, if youre watching Baseball over NHL play offs YOU NEED HELP
 

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Thats because MOST of you American rednecks are watching CRAP reality TV or Gay Idol or even better hunting/fishing shows :WTF:

I watch ANY and ALL sports on TV, and Hockey is in the top 5, but you needed a red light on the puck to follow play and still dont get the game :think2:

Im sorry, if youre watching Baseball over NHL play offs YOU NEED HELP

right on point coop!
 

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Thats because MOST of you American rednecks are watching CRAP reality TV or Gay Idol or even better hunting/fishing shows :WTF:

I watch ANY and ALL sports on TV, and Hockey is in the top 5, but you needed a red light on the puck to follow play and still dont get the game :think2:

Im sorry, if youre watching Baseball over NHL play offs YOU NEED HELP


Guess I need help. :missingte
 

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Canadian men have the reputation of being pussys - that's why their women love american guys.
 

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ESPN is not stupid, they wanted to buy the NHL TV rights for pennies and the NHL sold it for a few bucks to VS, which was an awful decision IMO because ESPN would have generated much more interest in it, if it owned the rights to it, and by the next contract the NHL would have been worth a lot more

Don't just make up stuff for the sake of posting.

ESPN's offer 4 years ago was to carry the games for free in exchange for a cut of revenues (ads). The NHL (like every other league) is slowly building their own TV network and will license out the broadcasts as it deems worthy. Versus has the potential to be a pretty decent channel in fact.

ESPN was very specific after the lockout they did not want hockey anymore. It wasn't a matter of "pennies" - it was "we'd rather carry spelling bee's and strong man competitions". ESPN is aware that the NHL is a league with regional appeal, and the ratings on local foxsports affiliates proves that its very viable regionally, but nationally is not strong at all (have you checked Saturday national MLB ratings lately???)

If you missed the playoffs, you missed some average games, some amazingly exciting games. and some absolutely epic games. Chances are if you didn't realize the playoffs were on though, that you wouldn't be able to tell the 3 apart, so it really doesn't matter anyway does it?
 

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Canadian men have the reputation of being pussys - that's why their women love american guys.

:bigfinger That the best you have lilman :think2: :missingte

We go like bunnies :bunnies: All night long :lol:
 

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ESPN talking about how the NHL is tanking on around the horn in a few minutes about how most fans dont care anymore about the NHL .
 

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