Don't get me wrong: I love the new format. As a Devils fan, I enjoy Emerick's commentary. But I cannot always hear it.
Why is the NFL able to provide perfect audio in a college stadium, but the NHL cannot provide clean audio or video from a rink that's a major league stadium?
Furthermore, once again, the speed guns failed. This time, unlike two years ago, it's likely that they failed because Ovechkin fell over an important cable. But that begs the question: why in this wireless age was there a cable for him to trip over? I can imagine an unlikely but nightmarish scenario in which a skate slices open a power cable and the open power cable electrifies the ice.
The point is that the all star game is a very important marketing event for the NHL, one that would be a very good time if we were actually able to watch it.
I hope that the NHL invests more in future broadcasts.
I know that it's too much to ask that the game be broadcast on a major network, like the NFL Pro Bowl.
My gf adds: don't forget the visual glitches that occurred at key moments, like when the shooter was firing a shot. They prove that there was a sucky operations room, terribly underfunded.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
I wish Versus was a real Network
Massive, terribly annoying audio issues with the NHL All Star Draft. My gf nearly stopped watching, but she's also crushed that there are no Sabres in Raleigh.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Crosby's Concussion Has Finally Occurred
Crosby's concussion was inevitable this year in particular because this is the year that he has dominated the league. At almost 2 points per game, Crosby has finally been scoring like Mario and Gretzky.
So it was no surprise that the Penguins' two rivals, the Lightning and the Capitals, attacked him.
What was shocking: no penalties for the hits.
The NHL is encouraing the type of violence that enforces mediocrity: get too good and you will be hit in ways that the two greats never were.
So now Crosby is out indefinitely with a concussion. Meanwhile, other greats are hurting too. Stamkos and Ovechkin are playing through injuries (we do not know how severe the pain is). Datsuyk is out hurt. Derek Roy, who was having a career year as a leader for the Sabres, is out. Andy McDonald, who has always looked younger than he is, is concussed. Kariya retired.
The enforcement of mediocrity has to stop, and progress will start when Colin Campbell is fired.
So it was no surprise that the Penguins' two rivals, the Lightning and the Capitals, attacked him.
What was shocking: no penalties for the hits.
The NHL is encouraing the type of violence that enforces mediocrity: get too good and you will be hit in ways that the two greats never were.
So now Crosby is out indefinitely with a concussion. Meanwhile, other greats are hurting too. Stamkos and Ovechkin are playing through injuries (we do not know how severe the pain is). Datsuyk is out hurt. Derek Roy, who was having a career year as a leader for the Sabres, is out. Andy McDonald, who has always looked younger than he is, is concussed. Kariya retired.
The enforcement of mediocrity has to stop, and progress will start when Colin Campbell is fired.