Yup. Here in MO they will be showing the Flyers versus Penguins. I guess winning the cup doesn't buy respect. It's not like we are on the east coast. And of course Center Ice won't be covering it.
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"It has not been a good day. I lost my glasses early this morning and I had to go buy a pair of 79 dollar reading glasses today. 79 bucks. You can literally get them at Costco, three-for-20." - Darryl Sutter's response to going up 2-0 in the series.
Apparently NBC will be carrying the banner ceremony nationwide, then they will switch to regional coverage. Most of the country will get the Kings game. The northeast will get the other game.
Well at least I'll get to see the banner on tv. That's really the biggest thing... Hopefully Center Ice/NHL and NBC come to their collective senses and allow the out or region games to shown on CI.
Not too slick to miss half the season and then ban out of market fans of the Kings, Hawks, Pens, and Flyers from watching their teams season opener. Same stupid ass NHL.
Apparently NBC will be carrying the banner ceremony nationwide, then they will switch to regional coverage. Most of the country will get the Kings game. The northeast will get the other game.
Yep, we'll still hear Bob MC the banner ceremony all over the country, just not call the game later. I just hope the bozos who call the game dont talk over the ceremony the way they do during games.
Well at least I'll get to see the banner on tv. That's really the biggest thing... Hopefully Center Ice/NHL and NBC come to their collective senses and allow the out or region games to shown on CI.
Not too slick to miss half the season and then ban out of market fans of the Kings, Hawks, Pens, and Flyers from watching their teams season opener. Same stupid ass NHL.
Same thoughts here in Manchester, could care less about any other NHL game. At least if we can see the pregame stuff and listen to game before heading to Monarchs game it's better than no NHL.
Yep, we'll still hear Bob MC the banner ceremony all over the country, just not call the game later. I just hope the bozos who call the game dont talk over the ceremony the way they do during games.
Same with Canada as well. Times in quote adjusted for PT:
"Fear not, folks, as NBC has planned for just that. They will be airing (as will CBC in Canada) the entire banner raising ceremony to 100 percent of the country, as well as the first 10 minutes (in real time, not hockey time) of Blackhawks-Kings starting at 12:25 p.m. PT. At 12:35 p.m. PT, half of the country will be switched over to Penguins-Flyers. Overall, I like this opening day strategy from NBC, though I wonder if a better move might have been Penguins-Flyers at 9:30AM followed up by Kings-Blackhawks at 12:30PM."
"Dave Strader will call the Blackhawks-Kings game with NBC's lead color analyst Eddie Olczyk and Brian Engblom.
This means Olczyk will be apart from his usual team with play-by-play man Mike Emrick and inside the glass analyst Pierre McGuire. It is unknown as of now if the Emrick/McGuire team will have a third man in, but good to see that Kings/Blackhawks is getting a slightly heavier focus."
"Dave Strader will call the Blackhawks-Kings game with NBC's lead color analyst Eddie Olczyk and Brian Engblom.
This means Olczyk will be apart from his usual team with play-by-play man Mike Emrick and inside the glass analyst Pierre McGuire. It is unknown as of now if the Emrick/McGuire team will have a third man in, but good to see that Kings/Blackhawks is getting a slightly heavier focus."
Glad to read the Kings aren't getting "waffleboarded aside"...
Same with Canada as well. Times in quote adjusted for PT:
"Fear not, folks, as NBC has planned for just that. They will be airing (as will CBC in Canada) the entire banner raising ceremony to 100 percent of the country, as well as the first 10 minutes (in real time, not hockey time) of Blackhawks-Kings starting at 12:25 p.m. PT. At 12:35 p.m. PT, half of the country will be switched over to Penguins-Flyers. Overall, I like this opening day strategy from NBC, though I wonder if a better move might have been Penguins-Flyers at 9:30AM followed up by Kings-Blackhawks at 12:30PM."
If they go that far hopefully they'll put the game on Center Ice. It's just not a good PR move after a long lockout to blackout fans who pay you money just to see their team on tv! Especially on opening night!
From Buffalo, bummed I won't be able to see the game even with Center Ice... But relieved I'll at least get to see the banner raising, hopefully NBC doesn't **** it up. =/
It's pretty cool that for folks in the US, there's only one day in the entire regular season where there is no national game televised. Every other day in the schedule you'll be able to catch at least one game on NHLN, NBCSN or NBC.
It's pretty cool that for folks in the US, there's only one day in the entire regular season where there is no national game televised. Every other day in the schedule you'll be able to catch at least one game on NHLN, NBCSN or NBC.
Thanks for that! l now have zero reason to buy Center Ice. The price was alluring but I'm going to stay committed to the $0 spent on the NHL this season.
This weekend, due to the unique coverage offered on NBC, Dave Strader (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst) and Brian Engblom (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst) will team up for the Blackhawks at Kings. Emrick and McGuire will team up to announce Pittsburgh at Philadelphia on Saturday and Philadelphia at Buffalo on Sunday on NBC.
