Comments on: Three big reasons the fans might not come back

By: jersey77girl

jersey77girl — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:44:28 +0000

i had center ice and game center live. they black out flyers games from both packages when u live in the philadelphia area. there isn’t enough money you can give them, unless you want to pay them ungodly amounts of money for terrible service that will cost hours of your life dealing with [which turns off 1/2 the time] & overpay comcast, they will black out the flyers from any other programming you pay for. I paid the NHl for center ice – no flyers away games [or home] paid nhl for game center, blacked out home & away flyers games. then they bought NBC and blacked out nationally nbc branded sports programming [after the FCC said the couldn't] just to really F*%^ their season ticket holders.

By: jersey77girl

jersey77girl — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:40:34 +0000

Comcast refuses to sell to DirecTV. I had their service, they charge people in Philly more $$ add random charges to their bill, raise prices for no reason, and make u spend hours on the phone taking off charges they later admit to being bogus, only to put them back on the next month. Having comcast cable costs too much of my time dealing with them. not getting out of market games isn’t the same as being blacked out of your home town’s away playoff games especially for season ticket holders. maybe instead of changing tv providers, i’ll just change team loyalties and be a fan of the team that lets me watch their games for free.

By: jersey77girl

jersey77girl — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:37:05 +0000

I don’t mind paying for the station if they made it available.

By: rick4230

rick4230 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:51:58 +0000

Suck my tool

By: rick4230

rick4230 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:50:15 +0000

I don’t care if these clowns ever come back, I forgave them the last time but this time I feel totally different, they said they learned their lesson last time. BS. When they start losing their homes and luxury Autos they will want to get back. One thing I haven’t heard about is “THE FANS” we are the idiots that pay the owners idiotic ticket prices and they in turn pay their so called great players. How come nobody cares about the fans?????? I say screw Gary Bettman, Jeremey Jacobs, and finally pig face Donald Fehr. Rick from Boston who was once a very dedicated season ticket holder dating back to 1979 for the Bruins.

By: thesableo

thesableo — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:30:54 +0000

@tatdue- Didn’t Jacobs file the initial motion for a lockout? I thought it was pretty well established that he was one of the leaders on this.
Keep in mind I have only heard this from other Bruins fans, and we all hate the Jacobs, so we’d pretty much believe any nasty thing someone says about them.

By: gettingpwned

gettingpwned — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:19:12 +0000

Salaries coming down means ticket prices will come down too, right?

By: mgdsquiggy17

mgdsquiggy17 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:44:05 +0000

This is corporate America. Don’t expect anything free in general. Stop kidding yourself this is a business first and always will be.

By: mgdsquiggy17

mgdsquiggy17 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:41:42 +0000

no chance in hell the players would agree to contraction. You really think the Union is going to say yea let’s get rid of 2-3 teams and another 50-70 NHL jobs.

By: mgdsquiggy17

mgdsquiggy17 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:38:38 +0000

switch from DirectTV then. It’s not the NHL decision on whether or not they show the games. that’s been DirectTV and Comcast. OR buy a PS3 and get the center ice package thru there. That is what I do for the NFL. Can’t watch it on Comcast only on DirectTV.

By: jennettalia

jennettalia — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:49:59 +0000

“Post lockout hockey was wide-open and high scoring, unlike now where goals are down.”

05-06 goals/game: 6.050
07-08 goals/game: 5.440
11-12 goals/game: 5.320

Once players got used to the system, the goals/game was down. And that’s still well down from before, where we saw (in 92-93) 7.253

Solador loses his arguments (aka conspiracy theories) in portraying opinions as facts. Facts are, league had a 1 year spike that quickly declined and evened out. And if the trap were back, the Devils were well known for using it… Hard to believe they lost against the Kings, eh? Must not have made a lot of $$$$ then.

By: pooinyourface

pooinyourface — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:11:22 +0000

I like hockey. me and my boyfriend used to dress like lingerie hockey players while we jiggle each other’s balls and suck each other’s tools. Hopefully the lockout will end soon so I can start beating my meat again to those hairy lumber jack looking hunks again!

By: LoyalFan34yrsGoKings

LoyalFan34yrsGoKings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:58:43 +0000

Lol

By: hockeyflow33

hockeyflow33 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:36:26 +0000

Did you actually just use LOL as an adult male?

By: hockeyflow33

hockeyflow33 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:34:12 +0000

Nope

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:57:04 +0000

God, are you ever a moron !

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:54:13 +0000

it’s “awesome” eh ? … LOL !!!!

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:50:12 +0000

Sharksfan66 – No problem friend, as you’re essentially correct on that. Though do keep in mind that “all” teams have their fair share of “pretender” or “fair weather” fans … Vancouver here is a classic example of that.

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:46:20 +0000

blitzrunner29 – Come on pal, you don’t seriously believe everything you’re told do you ? … of course not ! Don’t you recall how games were to be cancelled in “2 week” blocks, yet this second round of cancelled games became a “5 week” block for some apparent reason ? The whole thing is an absolute pile of BS ! As soon as an agreement is announced, then the season can start within 10 days easily … these lost games will be simply compacted into the remaining schedule.

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:38:07 +0000

that’s the spirit friend !

By: slickvb82

slickvb82 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:12:07 +0000

haha oh I read your post. I just thought it would be funny to comment on yours like you do to others and take things out of context. Mostly trying to get you worked up about the “owners you hate so bad” but then you see the winking face (sarcasm)….its ok, I’ll leave you alone now

By: danpit2

danpit2 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:05:06 +0000

I’m a lifelong fan, But this is ridiculous we just had a lockout not too long ago. I don’t know how to even comprehend this but I am actually losing interest in the NHL

By: jersey77girl

jersey77girl — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:30:02 +0000

It’s hard to capitalize on the casual fan when you don’t give them access to watch their home team. Comcast [owner of the Flyers] refuses to make Flyers programming available to DirecTV and DIsh Network subscribers then overcharges for their Cable services such that only the hard-core fans will pay the overpriced fees to watch their beloved Flyers. It’s hard to be a casual observer when you can’t watch the Flyers in Philadelphia on DirecTV & DiSH. They even BLACKED out Round 1 Playoff games such that only Comcast subscribers could watch Flyers-Penguins hockey games in Philadelphia meanwhile it’s nationally broadcast to everyone else in the rest of the country.

Doesn’t matter if your a season ticket holder, center ice subscriber & game center live subscriber. If you don’t buy comcast & u live in philly, u don’t get the flyers.

By: jersey77girl

jersey77girl — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:25:19 +0000

How about if Flyers owner Comcast allowed non-Comcast subscribers in Philadelphia to watch Flyers-Penguins playoff AWAY games instead of blacking out nationally a nationally broadcast game knowing full viewers don’t have access to the local RSN showing the game because Comcast is the one refusing to sell the RSN to comcast competitors.

Those poor owners unable to hold Philadelphia sports programming hostage in order to gain higher subscribership & charge current subscribers more money then anywhere else in the country. Maybe all the NHL teams should give Comcast the rights to their games.

Oh wait, they already did. The NHL on NBC. Did you know NBC-Universal’s majority shareholder is Comcast? There’s a bright idea. That’s OK, in echange, NBC [aka Comcast] ensured the owners would receive $200M for the 2012-13 season even if they block the players out for the entire season.

If Comcast needs to generate extra revenue to pay their hockey players, maybe they could try selling their flyers game programming to DirecTV and DISHNetwork instead of continuing to disregard FCC regulations.

Don’t expect anything ‘free’ from these people. They’re greedy & couldn’t care less about their fans in Philadelphia [including season ticket holders] if they’re not Comcast subscribers

By: chrisvegas

chrisvegas — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:25:23 +0000

Agreed! They should at the least offer center ice free for everyone!

By: chrisvegas

chrisvegas — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:14:45 +0000

Did you even read my post genius? I said, “the only reason I come back to the NHL is because I love the sport. If I didn’t love watching hockey so much I would never give these owners a dime of my money.” Yes EVERYONE knows that watching on TV helps their ratings thus their advertising. Still I’m disgusted by this group and I watch because I can’t resist the support. Still I won’t buy or attend any games for a few years. Eventually I will because I love to, but the only way to hurt them is to hit them in the wallet. I don’t care about ratings, it isn’t like I want this sport to fail. I just want the Owners to lose money out of this because it is bad business. Everyone should hate these owners for putting us in a 3rd lockout in 20 years. It is pathetic. They aren’t the ones who made this game great. It is the players and the sport itself.

By: vegasroxie

vegasroxie — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:13:28 +0000

The only way to get us back is to give back. Free center ice for everybody for one season. $99 team jerseys for this year on NHL. Com. They still make money, drive web traffic, and we advertise for them with the shirts on our back. Announce two expansion teams in two new markets, letting the fans choose the names. Creative ways to get us involved and excited again. Anyone think these ideas would ever float? Ha!!

By: solador78

solador78 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:19:30 +0000

Post lockout hockey was wide-open and high scoring, unlike now where goals are down.

“Defensive hockey” aka the trap is back. The stats don’t lie. Lots of Canadians can tell the difference.

The “1972 Phil Esposito Strategy” of trying injure the other team is perfectly legal/encouraged under the current chairman and it’s turning a lot of people off.

FWIW, I pounded the Bruins in the 2011 and made a lot of $$$$ because it was obvious they were going to win.

By: id4joey

id4joey — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:33:15 +0000

Yep! We are replaceable. So? They don’t care about us during the conflict. So? Not the first union lockout to affect the fans or consumers

By: johngaltx

johngaltx — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:24:02 +0000

I am a season ticket holder in Pittsburgh, I figure that between my brother and me we spend close to $5000 per season on NHL tickets, shirts, hockey cards, food to go see the games. Plus another $400 for parking, and another $100 on gas, plus another $120 for the Hockey package on DirecTV. I also close my business 20 times a season an hour early, so I really cannot put a firm number on lost sales, but add it all up and you get close to $6000 of which $5K goes right to the NHL. Well that is going to end. If these morons ever go back to work my tickets go on StubHub every game. The NHL will be making money for me from now on, that is if I can find someone to buy the tickets.

All I can see from the last lockout is the giant “THANK YOU FANS” painted on the ice when the new season finally started, well they can both go blow for all I care.