Z-Man Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2016/07/21/nbc-sports-group-scheduled-to-air-record-number-of-nhl-regular-season-games-in-2016-17/ The Devils get one national game - December 29th vs. the Caps. Chicago leads with 21 national appearances. Nothing really to get upset about, it's the norm every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 We'll show em, we'll show em one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 What do you expect? Both the NHL and NBC make it look like there's only 6 teams in the NHL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yes i wont watch their games, but for fvck's sake, enough of the fvcking hawks already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Also, gotta love that great rivalry matchup between the Hawks and Wild or who ever could miss a minute of riviting Pens Hawks rivalry games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Wasn't there a rangers / wild Wednesday night rivalry too in the last few seasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonDreads Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 16 minutes ago, RunninWithTheDevil said: Wasn't there a rangers / wild Wednesday night rivalry too in the last few seasons? Wouldn't surprise me. There was a Preds-Sharks Wednesday Night "Rivalry" game this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 https://mobile.twitter.com/davelozo/status/756218977932705792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [emoji23][emoji23] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Only way Devils will get more games is for them to win a cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Is this something people actually care about? I personally hate when I have to watch a game with a National broadcast crew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 You have great young teams in Florida and Nashville and I think I saw each of them listed once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzey Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Less blackouts for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, mfitz804 said: Is this something people actually care about? I personally hate when I have to watch a game with a National broadcast crew. For me its more about the exposure to other teams. Yes, I have Center Ice so its truly not a big deal for me personally, but I think if we're trying to grow the freaking game as Bettman claims, having one team on 20-plus freaking times seemingly every year gives the impression that the League pretty much hinges on this given team. I get that you want to show off your top talent, but for fvck's sake, spread the wealth a little and stop blowing their loads all over Chicago and Pitt. Edited July 22, 2016 by jagknife apparently I cannot spell today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0asterleav1ns Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 NBC's coverage is atrocious anyway. Doesn't bother me at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) More national games would be nice for me, as although I prefer our broadcast, I get to watch about 10 games on cable every season (between the handful of games that coincide with me being in Jersey, the Devils-Flyers games I don't go to, and the odd national game) and have to stream the rest, which sucks. Funny this thread came up today, because I was looking a little bit into local ratings for NHL teams earlier. I wanted to bring it up but didn't think it deserved its own thread. I saw ratings numbers from April that had us listed as the second lowest rated team in the US (so, the second lowest rated team in the NHL) at .30. But those numbers are misleading because of the size of our media market that these numbers are based on. We're in a market of about 23,700,000 people, and a .30 rating indicates total viewership of around 71,000 total people (I know ratings are more commonly measured on households, but Nielsen also measures on individuals in some cases, and this is easier). Now, realistically, our market is the roughly 6,000,000 people in North and Central Jersey, and narrower definitions place our market at around 2,500,000. 71,100 viewers in a market of 6,000,000 would be a 1.1 rating, and those viewers in a 2,500,000 market would be a 2.8. I think I'm most likely to buy the 6 million/1.1 mark for our true ratings. That would probably put us in the middle of the pack. How do you guys interpret our ratings? Edited July 22, 2016 by thecoffeecake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonDreads Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I don't have any issue with the NBC broadcasting crew, it's the intermission and post game guys that I have a problem with. Doc is a legend and I think Eddie O is very good as well (although Pierre is an ass), but Mike Millbury is a clown is makes a lot of the intermission reports unbearable to watch. Loved seeing John Scott shove it in his face at the All Star Game this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Schedule on this helpful graphic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomtemp Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 On 7/22/2016 at 8:12 AM, Lateralous said: You have great young teams in Florida and Nashville and I think I saw each of them listed once. yeah those are teams that need more love. I mean the Devils weren't a playoff team and they weren't playing an offensive game that scores alot of goals while doing so. Now idk when they make this decision (before or after we got Hall) but we have to actually make the playoffs to get back to our handful of games that we got when we were making the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobilly45 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Guess no doc this coming season unless we make the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 17 hours ago, bobilly45 said: Guess no doc this coming season unless we make the playoffs I prefer cangi at this point. Listening to Doc being overly neutral broadcasting our games is weird. It's probably like working with an ex you really liked that goes out of their way to be exclusively professional with you all the time. No one will be as good as doc probably ever, but despite what people say, I think cangi is one of the best in the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 3 hours ago, thecoffeecake said: I prefer cangi at this point. Listening to Doc being overly neutral broadcasting our games is weird. It's probably like working with an ex you really liked that goes out of their way to be exclusively professional with you all the time. No one will be as good as doc probably ever, but despite what people say, I think cangi is one of the best in the business. This. I really don't see all the fuss about Cang. I know we've been spoiled, but Cang is a Grade A broadcaster. He does great work on Redbull games too (not sure if he still does, dont watch soccer too much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 2 hours ago, RunninWithTheDevil said: This. I really don't see all the fuss about Cang. I know we've been spoiled, but Cang is a Grade A broadcaster. He does great work on Redbull games too (not sure if he still does, dont watch soccer too much). I think anyone that followed Doc was going to get some push back regardless of how good they are or aren't. Cangy is fine, but he couldn't reel in Chico like Doc could haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 7 hours ago, thecoffeecake said: I prefer cangi at this point. Listening to Doc being overly neutral broadcasting our games is weird. It's probably like working with an ex you really liked that goes out of their way to be exclusively professional with you all the time. No one will be as good as doc probably ever, but despite what people say, I think cangi is one of the best in the business. I agree with your assessment on Doc. Disagree totally on Cangi. He kind of sucks, gets all kinds of calls wrong, gets the teams' goalies confused, etc. I think he's awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 2 hours ago, mfitz804 said: I agree with your assessment on Doc. Disagree totally on Cangi. He kind of sucks, gets all kinds of calls wrong, gets the teams' goalies confused, etc. I think he's awful. "Sharp angle try!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 i do like Cangi too, he's not Doc but you know... i love Schneider eventhough he's no Brodeur too lol we've been spoiled quite a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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