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https://sports.inquirer.net/535754/nba-draws-record-consumption-from-ph-audience-last-season-says-league/amp PS.: i was aware of the story that it was introduced by americans who spent time there.

I still feel that bigger nets would solve the problem in hockey. But i get that that might be too radical for a conservative sport like hockey. But there is one other small rule change that they could easily make to improve things. And that is make the over time rules in the playoffs the same as what they are in the regular season with four skaters aside. That way, when a playoff game goes to over time, the team with the better skaters and puck handlers will benefit more due to the extra space on the ice. Whereas right now, when an NHL playoff game goes to OT, the ref puts his whistle in his pocket and hence its a bloody coin flip as to who wins. Furthermore, what this would do is disincentivized the team with less proven talent to go into a shell and force the game into OT where its a 50-50 chance they'll win due to the luck of the bounce and so forth. Soccer kind of has this problem when it goes to PK's. PK's are essentially a coin flip. There is no proven formula of success for winning in PK's in soccer. But I actually see the same in OT of a game 7 NHL game. The difference between the two sports is that in soccer the game in the first 90 minutes looks much more similar between the playoff and in the season. You dont necessarily see the talent gap being reduce when you get to the playoffs like you see in the NHL.

The latter. What i meant is that you can easily go online and find scores and box scores for soccer games and leagues throughout the world, and maybe even video highlights. In the pre digital era this was not possible, your local newspaper had virtually none of this stuff. All you really had was half hour Saturday morning show with graham Leggat who read out scores.

Regarding bolded part. The NBA also has a cap. And its even stricter now with new 1st and 2nd apron rules for team salaries. And yet, NBA is polar opposite to the NHL when its comes playoff success of the top regular season team. I am not saying this is great either but given a choice of two extremes , I have slight preference for NBA playoffs in this regard. The NFL (and football in general) is the sport that in my opinion strikes the perfect balance here. They too have strict cap and yes there upsets, which we all want see, but they're rare enough to ensure the integrity of the regular season. And there are always two deserving teams in the finals (or Super Bowl). For soccer, i always had questions whether its a sport that is suited to have a playoff system. I was worried. Again, MLS has a cap. But it has actually done better than the NHL in this regard. EIGHT OF TWENTY 29 MLS TEAMS THAT HAVE WON the supporter shield have also won the MLS cup. I can almost live with that kind of ratio. 8/29 for MLS versus 8/40 for the NHL. Plus, the Shield winners don't loose early in the playoffs as often as in the NHL with the Presidents trophy winners. if you are a fan of of team that won the supporters shield you have reason to cheer and stay connected during the regular season for the shield and feel optimistic going into the playoffs. Supporters' Shield - Wikipedia PS.: CanPl sample size is still too small with only six season and one (covid season)that was played as a tournament

But the problem I have is not just that 20% success ratio for the President's cup winners, its that the other 80% almost always lose in the first or second round. If a team that was the best in the league over an 8 month period, can't expect a better success than that, then what are you competing for from Oct-Apr? I get it that in many cases, the president cup winner in some of those seasons may not have been overwhelmingly stronger than a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place finisher. It may have been just a few points that are well within a margin of error. But the fact that (in addition to the 20% success ratio) they are so often eliminated so early, is a bit of red flag with respect to the sport and and its rules. My theory has always been that the issue is the size of the nets. Specifically meaning that scoring areas have shrunk so much that its all about taking away that scoring areas(the slot) and as a result playoff hockey becomes a game of pinball. Or chaos as @Macksam described it. Thus, an all star 50 goal scorer is no better or no more valuable fourth line plugger. Teams with the best OVERALL talent, seem to rise to the top in the regular season but I don't think I see that in a typical best of 7 first round play off. THE PUCK REPORT: NHL Presidents' Trophy Winners & Playoff Success

Those great Detroit teams or Pittsburgh teams (Lemieux and Crosby era) should have won more cups than they actually got. Tampa and Boston are two teams who had record setting seasons for points in the last 5-6 years only to lose in the 1st or 2nd round. I have an easier time remembering those great teams (and who played for them) that i listed above than I have trying to remember who won the Stanley cup in their place. That should tell you something. The problem (far too often) is not so much who won the Stanley cup but rather who didn't win the Stanley. There are too many great teams over the last 40 years who didn't win the Stanley cup. THE PUCK REPORT: NHL Presidents' Trophy Winners & Playoff Success

Indeed. In the post war period, Immigration to Canada originated primarily from Europe and the Caribbean. These groups attached to hockey quickly. Why? There could be many reasons: 1) The names of the players at the time resonated well with the new arrivals. 2) Maybe its the simplicity of the game. Its a game of a goal and a puck and two teams trying to put puck in the opponents net. Unlike Baseball and football, for example, which never really attracted new Canadians from Europe. 3) Maybe its the fact that you had no choice but to follow hockey since that is all that was available as an offering. In the pre-digital age, you had no access to stream or news to get results from matches or sports that you followed growing up. Today, Immigration to Canada is from Asia and Africa (North Africa in Quebec). The NBA has been prominent in getting its product into Asia and Africa. The NBA is huge in the Philippine for example. So new arrivals, already know basketball & who the Raptors are. Soccer is easily accessible on line. As far as hockey today, none of the three points above apply

You are right about that. Its two extremes. But given a choice, I would rather know that the ultimate finalist were two outstanding teams like in the NBA.

But that happens way too often ( am referring to the bolded part) in the NHL. Even in 1986 (or to a slightly lesser extent 1993) those were very mediocre Habs teams. They won the Stanley cup. in other sports that very rarely happens. In hockey you cant tell a good team from a bad team when your watching the playoffs

Playoff hockey is what ultimately turns me off the most about the NHL. For example, in the last 40 years, only 8 times has the Presidents cup winner won the Stanley cup. Yeah, all the matches are close but the teams are indistinguishable even when an 8th seeded teams is pitted against a 1st seeded team. So what's the point of even bothering to watch the regular season games. those lower seeded teams will screw up the brackets with upsets and the following season will revert back to mediocrity. Its like talent doesnt matter anymore when you get to the playoff, its dump it in, chase, get the puck to the net, hope for a good bounce. Don't get me wrong, Upsets are great! we all love upsets. But it happens way way to much in the NHL playoffs.

I just came across this, and I thought it was interesting. I used to pretty much just follow hockey but hardly ever do so anymore. In the video, it struck a cord with that bit (i.e.: reason #3) about those TV panel discussions/forums just repeating the same things on and on and that they are just too boring to attract audiences of newer Canadians. How often do I have to hear " Gotta get the puck in deep"? Don't get me wrong, I certainly would not want to see those panels turn into a circus or something like Jerry Springer, but instead. I would just like to see them tell me something that is new and that's thought provoking once in while. Maybe its that the sport of hockey doesn't lend itself to deep tactical discussions like Soccer, Basketball, Football and Baseball. Maybe it is just a sport of: "Gotta get the puck in deep". But if it is, then its not going to attrack new audiences. Moreso if those audiences are new arrivals who have already been exposed to the NBA and NFL when they were in their country of birth.

The option is open for anyone to choose whatever criteria they wish. Its the voyageurs men's player of the year so it could be club performance, National team play or both. It could even be pedigree or character. Whatever one wishes and it has always been like this since we started. And I believe that its best that we keep it this way. PS.: The reason that I don't base it only CMNT play is because that sample size (ie.: games played) is too small in my opinion. But if one feels that it should be only CMNT play, then by all means vote on that.

This one would be tops for me. BMO field had been expanded with temporary seating (I think that it was for the Grey cup) and that second leg game sold out with 36K. The big Owe had 61K like you said, therefore that two leg matchup attracted almost 100K people. That's pretty impressive. TORvsMTL 11-30-2016 | MLS Match Recap MTLvsTOR 11-22-2016 | MLS Match Recap

Les recherches Google les plus populaires au Québec en 2024 | Grenier aux nouvelles The top two spots are soccer related in the most researched words on Google in 2024. This is for Quebec but if i am not mistaken, there were similar results for Canada wide with respect to the euros and Copa. Euro 2024 Copa América Élections américaines Éclipse Jeux olympiques Ouragan Milton Inondations dans le sud du Québec Effondrement du pont de Baltimore Feux de forêt à Jasper Aurores boréales top two spots are soccer related edit.: again, disregard as I see now that @red card posted the same

Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup host, six nations to host 2030 World Cup games - NBC Sports Saudi Arabia to host World Cup 2034. Six countries will host in 2030. Here's the latest EDIT.: Disregard this post. I just noticed that this news is already posted in another thread in World Football