Report: ESPN severs ties with NHL

[Tylanner]

OUCHIES!!

Dayyyym, wtf is going on? I guess ESPN is just doing the smart thing business wise..

Is hockey dead?

I love to watch hockey and all my friends think I'm crazy...

 

[pulse8]

Considering the chances of there being a 2005-2006 is extremely slim, I'd say it's a smart move.

 

[Sphexi]

Buh-bye NHL.

 

[NFS4]

WTF is Hockey?

 

[Presence]

I for one sure dont miss the lame hockey highlights on ESPN Sportscenter.

 

[loup garou]

haha

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Tylanner
Is hockey dead?

:brokenheart:

 

[TheNinja]

The players are going to be seriously kicking themselves for not taking that last minute deal this past year that had a cap of around $42million. They won't get anything CLOSE to that now, and with ESPN dropping out the pie gets smaller and smaller.....man were they stupid, they'll be lucky to get a cap of $32million now.

 

[Aquaman]

It was inevitable.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[BRObedoza]

good riddance.

 

[Queasy]

No hockey on TV at all now. Yay, I guess.

Hockey is now an overseas sport.

 

[bigdog1218]

Originally posted by: Presence
I for one sure dont miss the lame hockey highlights on ESPN Sportscenter.

What do you watch sporcenter for, golf and tennis highlights?

 

[fs5]

... man that's gonna piss off like... 3 people.. :laugh:

 

[Presence]

Originally posted by: bigdog1218

Originally posted by: Presence
I for one sure dont miss the lame hockey highlights on ESPN Sportscenter.

What do you watch sporcenter for, golf and tennis highlights?

Basketball news...football news..specially news about Kellon Winslow getting owned...golf and tennis are way more exciting then hockey...so is bowling.

 

[Ogg]

:music:

 

[thegimp03]

I kinda miss hockey.. Wait, no. I hope that a deal is never worked out.

 

[mugs]

I don't understand the hockey hatred...

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: mugs
I don't understand the hockey hatred...

Because the haters have a small penis

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: Tylanner
Is hockey dead?

:brokenheart:

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: fs5
... man that's gonna piss off like... 3 people.. :laugh:

I love hockey. And this statement is true. ESPN sucked for hockey anyway. When it was in season, they showed 1 game a week, at most. Thanks.. for nothing. Sportscenter ? Hah, thanks for the 2-second clips.. then back to basketball. BTW, basketball can blow me. Anyway, this isn't going to make hockey worse. ESPN never helped to begin with. The sport needs some serious infusion of scoring. The other part is the clueless viewers need to learn how to follow a black puck on white ice. If they can't, they can stick to watching the big round ball float into an unguarded basket... 50+ times a game. Or the heart-pumping free throws after the foul calls every other play down the court. Whatever floats their boat.

 

[oogabooga]

*cry*

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: fs5
... man that's gonna piss off like... 3 people.. :laugh:

I love hockey. And this statement is true. ESPN sucked for hockey anyway. When it was in season, they showed 1 game a week, at most. Thanks.. for nothing. Sportscenter ? Hah, thanks for the 2-second clips.. then back to basketball. BTW, basketball can blow me. Anyway, this isn't going to make hockey worse. ESPN never helped to begin with. The sport needs some serious infusion of scoring. The other part is the clueless viewers need to learn how to follow a black puck on white ice.

Pretty soon it may be the NBA's turn to go on Lockout/strike

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: mugs
I don't understand the hockey hatred...

people are tired of whiny athletes in general. it's not so much hatred as "shoot yourself in the foot stupid, we're all going to just laugh at you."

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: fisher
people are tired of whiny athletes in general. it's not so much hatred as "shoot yourself in the foot stupid, we're all going to just laugh at you."

Nah, I think most people who hate it hated it before the lockout. I think hockey fans are more loyal than baseball "fans" who abandoned the sport after the strike... you have to actually LIKE the sport to be a fan when no one else is.

 

[MrCodeDude]

While ESPN and ESPN2 covered a plethora of games during its previous contract, the new deal called for ESPN2 to air just 40 regular-season contests.

... Yeah, sure they did. They showed a game a week, every Tuesday I think.

Nowhere near a "plethora" of games.

I do miss Hockey though