The 'New' NHL — Page 2

Author: Zion
Time: 17-Aug-2005 9:48 AM
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Philly will do well unless Forsberg gets injured and is out for 6 months like he's done in Colorado in recent years.

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 17-Aug-2005 10:29 PM
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see this is my one concern with philly they are big and slow, the new NHL is going to be fast and full of skill. so lets see what happens

Author: maddog00
Time: 18-Aug-2005 2:22 AM
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Seems like they're trying to steer away from big, bruiser teams and try to make it like the Olympics or the World Cup.

I can't wait to see it in action..

Anyone care to explain the icing rule? I hear its optional now? Or rather up to the linesman. Wasn't that up to the linesman before?

Author: Bossk
Time: 18-Aug-2005 7:57 AM
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Hope y'all get Comcast

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Comcast wins NHL rights after ESPN declines

Comcast Corp. on Thursday said it closed a multiyear deal with the National Hockey League to broadcast games on its Outdoor Life cable network, after ESPN declined to match Comcast's offer.

Financial terms and contract length were not disclosed.

The league previously had a five-year deal with ABC and ESPN, divisions of Walt Disney Co. But according to press reports, the networks chose not to exercise an option to broadcast games for the 2005 to 2006 and 2006 to 2007 seasons.

Comcast's deal hinges on several advanced video technologies including video-on-demand highlights and library footage of greatest hockey moments, high-definition video coverage, and the ability to view two games that are streamed over the Internet.

OLN will broadcast at least 58 regular-season games, beginning Oct 5.

Some on Wall Street have expected Comcast to take on cable sports network leader ESPN with its OLN network.

But on a recent conference call with analysts, top executives shot down the speculation, and said they were more likely to fashion a new sports network that emphasized high-tech features such as video on demand.

Renaming the network, once known as the Outdoor Life Network, was likely key: professional hockey is an indoor game.

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 18-Aug-2005 9:31 AM
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OLN is a regular cable channel here in canada, it stands for the OUTDOOR LIFE NETWORK, or somehting like that.

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 18-Aug-2005 2:19 PM
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I HAVE DIRECTV, SO HOPEFULLY I'LL STILL GET TO WATCH THE STARS PLAY ON FOX SPORTS SW.

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 18-Aug-2005 10:39 PM
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the NHL doesnt have a deal with fox. dont they play the dallas games on a local network?

Author: maddog00
Time: 29-Aug-2005 10:16 AM
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Oh it hurts.

No hockey on TV for me. :`(

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 29-Aug-2005 11:31 AM
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YES, THEY HAVE LOCAL AIRING OF THE STARS GAMES, BUT THEY HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN THEM ON FOX SPORTS SW AS WELL.

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 29-Aug-2005 5:33 PM
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you'll get games on OLN man.

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 29-Aug-2005 5:35 PM
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NO, I WON'T. I DON'T HAVE COMCAST THEREFORE I DON'T OLN. I HAVE DIRECTV.

BTW, BRENDAN MORROW IS STAYING IN DALLAS. HE SIGNED A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE STARS.

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Author: segaflip
Time: 3-Sep-2005 6:51 PM
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I like it when they fight!

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 3-Sep-2005 8:50 PM
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I USED TO GO TO MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY GAMES ALL OF THE TIME. THE REFS WOULD LET THE PLAYERS FIGHT UNTIL THERE WAS BLOOD SPEWING EVERYWHERE.

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Author: segaflip
Time: 4-Sep-2005 7:16 AM
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Cool, even my girlfriend like to watch for the same reason.

Author: Shimraa
Time: 6-Sep-2005 3:31 PM
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i hate people who watch hockey for that very reason. you guys give it a bad name and take away so many good fans.

Author: Zion
Time: 6-Sep-2005 3:40 PM
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I have to admit, watching an occasional fight is fun to watch. But when it becomes a distraction from the game itself, I have to frown upon it. Hockey is a game of skill, speed, and reflexes. Anger and raw emotion have their places, but nothing compares to a beautifully executed power play or a goalie on fire.

[One exception: the time(s) when the Avs and the Red Wings decided to forget the game and empty the benches in a free-for-all. Watching two goalies go at it at center ice is a spectacle in itself.]

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 6-Sep-2005 3:52 PM
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see agree man

Author: segaflip
Time: 6-Sep-2005 5:15 PM
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no way it is all about the fights!

Author: Zion
Time: 6-Sep-2005 7:50 PM
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That's why they have UFC.

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Author: Shimraa
Time: 6-Sep-2005 11:07 PM
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or WWF. go watach your crap there, and dont hijack our game, you jackasses

Author: segaflip
Time: 7-Sep-2005 11:43 AM
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no way the fighting in hockey is way better then the UFC of WWF crap. The fighting in Hockey is done by 'normal' people so it is more real, well it is real but anyways, no need for name calling.

Author: Shimraa
Time: 7-Sep-2005 11:49 AM
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it really makes me mad cause it ruins the game, that i love. a little bit of fighting is ok, but hockey is not boxing, you shouldnt be watching it for the fights.

Author: segaflip
Time: 7-Sep-2005 7:03 PM
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Well I never ment that hockey should be just fights, I can understand how someone that likes the game would not like fights every 3 sec.. Then again I will watch stupid racing just to see a crash...go figure

Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 7-Sep-2005 7:14 PM
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I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO START.

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Author: segaflip
Time: 7-Sep-2005 7:15 PM
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I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO START....

I MEAN END!!!