Blackouts. 100%. I can take a day off, just not 40.
Chumpo56
Blackouts. I couldn’t care less about the schedule.
What’s the point in fixing the schedule if we still can’t watch the games anyway.
QAPetePrime
Bettman is the worst. 30 years of the worst sports league management ever.
someguyfromsk
Blackouts.
Not even comparable.
Sneacler67
Why would anyone care about the schedule? Many teams also share arenas with NBA teams and concerts. The schedule is what it is
JustSixTrees
Schedule can be fucking flawless but if it’s blacked out who gives a shit
75Minnesota
Blackouts. 14 days out of the week.
NOOTBAARTOOTBLAN
They used to do scheduling by hand, no computers. Can you imagine?
Steakholder_
Blackouts. The schedule is incredibly complicated, has to accommodate external factors, and is impossible to balance perfectly. Blackouts on the other hand are the league’s fault and can be eradicated very easily if Bettman wants.
Hujufu
As someone who was trying to get into the sport, blackouts made me stop even trying.
Most-Artichoke5028
Yes.
Camulius73
The scheduling has been terrible all year. I would absolutely buy a package to watch if games weren’t blacked out.
So… both?
Piccolo_11
12 games in one night is great. Blackouts are dated
Leading_Attention_78
Blackouts
Toxicwolf211
New hockey fan here, could someone explain to me what a blackout is?
subway576
Gary Bettman is a sports commissioner. You’re not supposed to like the guy because he’s the one who has to be the face for when bad things happen or when people disagree.
Given the financial situations of every NHL team now vs 10 years ago, and for how successful the two expansions have went, I wouldn’t be surprised if the NHL and the NHLPA would make him immortal if they could
xSWMY
You highlighted the wrong problem with the schedule. Personally, I’d rather they stagger games a bit more by half an hour. Sometimes 7 games start at 7 and then none start at 7:30. Ultimately blackouts are worse anyway
Flanny709
Haha Blackouts are so bad they must be worse. But this is funny.
sauz326
Blackouts….wasn’t espn+ supposed to give us more exposure to watch any game anytime? I only have one cable box in my apartment and this mainly applies to west coast games, I cant even watch my own team on espn+ in my bedroom at 11pm on a weeknight bc it’s blacked out. It’s crap
Numbnuts007
The hockey guy is going to have a huge couple of boards for the review for that day.
RobbieRum
What’s worse? Being a flyers fan 🫠🫠☹️
BATMAN892001
Blackouts are really annoying. 🙁
jonclarkX1
March 13: TONS of college basketball conference championships. March 14: No basketball March 15: NCAA Tourney starts.
brindles
The NHL has been shit all year with this and I’m so tired of it. Nearly every second day can typically be expected to have 1-3 games, with the following day having 9-14. Doesn’t matter what day of the week it is outside of Saturday night (for Canadians anyway). What kind of garbage-ass logic decides to have 2-3 games in a day on weekends…
austfraust
Blackouts. I have only been able to keep up on my Sabres and other teams via highlights on YouTube. Which is a damn shame because this year has been a really fun one imo
MeMay0
a schedule is really hard to make
blackout is not
VanillaIce315
You get 82 games a year minimum regardless of how the schedule is made.
Blackouts make me want to gather everyone responsible, lock them in a building, and rain down hellfire from a Blackhawk.
RadioDreadNYC
Blackouts. Greedy fuckin cunts
canadaloon
BLACKOUTS !!
And send Yotes to Quebec for fuck sake
Flex1855
The schedule is crazy they never play a lot of games on big nights,but I guess they know they’re not competition
Sjdillon10
Rangers play the pens 3 times this week. We played our last game vs the isles months ago. We had a 4 game gap followed by a double header more than once this year. For the rangers, it may be our most poorly set schedule I’ve ever seen in my time watching
QuyT1
ESPN+ never seems to have Golden Knights games, even when I’m in Vegas or Reno
intelpentium400
The only solution to TV blackouts is to pirate the games
Ashamed_Character_46
blackouts
Lucifers_Goldfish
Both. Blackouts are bullshit. Speaking for my own team but the number of back-to-backs we’ve had is absolutely mind boggling.
MustardSpaghetti
What is the NHLs reasoning behind blackouts? Because it’s so stupid
CdnRageBear
The only good thing that’s come out of Rogers owning literally everything in Canada is that I never have to worry about Blackouts for Leaf games.
McJolly93
Yes
AdMaleficent9374
Schedule.
Rockterrace
Light Mondays and Wednesdays with a busy Tuesday Thursday has kind of been the norm for a long long time hasn’t it? The NHL is basically a Tues/Thurs/Sat league with a few games on each of the other four nights sprinkled in.
WooNoto
You are correct
theonepat
Yes
bfrankiehankie
Doesn’t matter how many games there are if you can’t watch them
potbellyjoe
Fuck blackouts. You’re not the NFL, you can’t grow the sport by shutting the locals out. The Wirtzes nearly killed a franchise doing that.
LengthGlad8009
Lightning vs Jets game blacked out in Mobile, AL! Wtf
not_taken_was_taken2
Hey! That’s my birthday!
CammiKit
10000% the blackouts.
SirBulbasaur13
Surely they have a legitimate reason for scheduling the season like this right?
I mean, right??
Yop_BombNA
12 games, can’t stream any of them
dmfc138
Blackouts. If there weren’t shitty blackouts I could watch 12 games in a day and that would be siccckkkk
50 Comments
Blackouts. 100%. I can take a day off, just not 40.
Blackouts. I couldn’t care less about the schedule.
What’s the point in fixing the schedule if we still can’t watch the games anyway.
Bettman is the worst. 30 years of the worst sports league management ever.
Blackouts.
Not even comparable.
Why would anyone care about the schedule? Many teams also share arenas with NBA teams and concerts. The schedule is what it is
Schedule can be fucking flawless but if it’s blacked out who gives a shit
Blackouts. 14 days out of the week.
They used to do scheduling by hand, no computers. Can you imagine?
Blackouts. The schedule is incredibly complicated, has to accommodate external factors, and is impossible to balance perfectly. Blackouts on the other hand are the league’s fault and can be eradicated very easily if Bettman wants.
As someone who was trying to get into the sport, blackouts made me stop even trying.
Yes.
The scheduling has been terrible all year. I would absolutely buy a package to watch if games weren’t blacked out.
So… both?
12 games in one night is great. Blackouts are dated
Blackouts
New hockey fan here, could someone explain to me what a blackout is?
Gary Bettman is a sports commissioner. You’re not supposed to like the guy because he’s the one who has to be the face for when bad things happen or when people disagree.
Given the financial situations of every NHL team now vs 10 years ago, and for how successful the two expansions have went, I wouldn’t be surprised if the NHL and the NHLPA would make him immortal if they could
You highlighted the wrong problem with the schedule. Personally, I’d rather they stagger games a bit more by half an hour. Sometimes 7 games start at 7 and then none start at 7:30. Ultimately blackouts are worse anyway
Haha Blackouts are so bad they must be worse. But this is funny.
Blackouts….wasn’t espn+ supposed to give us more exposure to watch any game anytime? I only have one cable box in my apartment and this mainly applies to west coast games, I cant even watch my own team on espn+ in my bedroom at 11pm on a weeknight bc it’s blacked out. It’s crap
The hockey guy is going to have a huge couple of boards for the review for that day.
What’s worse? Being a flyers fan 🫠🫠☹️
Blackouts are really annoying. 🙁
March 13: TONS of college basketball conference championships.
March 14: No basketball
March 15: NCAA Tourney starts.
The NHL has been shit all year with this and I’m so tired of it. Nearly every second day can typically be expected to have 1-3 games, with the following day having 9-14. Doesn’t matter what day of the week it is outside of Saturday night (for Canadians anyway). What kind of garbage-ass logic decides to have 2-3 games in a day on weekends…
Blackouts. I have only been able to keep up on my Sabres and other teams via highlights on YouTube. Which is a damn shame because this year has been a really fun one imo
a schedule is really hard to make
blackout is not
You get 82 games a year minimum regardless of how the schedule is made.
Blackouts make me want to gather everyone responsible, lock them in a building, and rain down hellfire from a Blackhawk.
Blackouts. Greedy fuckin cunts
BLACKOUTS !!
And send Yotes to Quebec for fuck sake
The schedule is crazy they never play a lot of games on big nights,but I guess they know they’re not competition
Rangers play the pens 3 times this week. We played our last game vs the isles months ago. We had a 4 game gap followed by a double header more than once this year. For the rangers, it may be our most poorly set schedule I’ve ever seen in my time watching
ESPN+ never seems to have Golden Knights games, even when I’m in Vegas or Reno
The only solution to TV blackouts is to pirate the games
blackouts
Both. Blackouts are bullshit. Speaking for my own team but the number of back-to-backs we’ve had is absolutely mind boggling.
What is the NHLs reasoning behind blackouts? Because it’s so stupid
The only good thing that’s come out of Rogers owning literally everything in Canada is that I never have to worry about Blackouts for Leaf games.
Yes
Schedule.
Light Mondays and Wednesdays with a busy Tuesday Thursday has kind of been the norm for a long long time hasn’t it? The NHL is basically a Tues/Thurs/Sat league with a few games on each of the other four nights sprinkled in.
You are correct
Yes
Doesn’t matter how many games there are if you can’t watch them
Fuck blackouts. You’re not the NFL, you can’t grow the sport by shutting the locals out. The Wirtzes nearly killed a franchise doing that.
Lightning vs Jets game blacked out in Mobile, AL! Wtf
Hey! That’s my birthday!
10000% the blackouts.
Surely they have a legitimate reason for scheduling the season like this right?
I mean, right??
12 games, can’t stream any of them
Blackouts. If there weren’t shitty blackouts I could watch 12 games in a day and that would be siccckkkk