Au cours de ces séries éliminatoires de la LNH, nous avons vu quelques moments où Charles Barkley de TNTs The Inside Crew a évoqué le hockey et le fait qu’il est un fan. Cela a été formidable et a fourni des extraits sonores incroyables ! Mais aujourd’hui, dans l’émission d’avant-match des Miami Heat contre les Boston Celtics, l’invité de l’équipe de TNT Basketball a présenté Matthew Tkachuk des Panthers de la Floride et c’était génial à voir ! C’est EXACTEMENT ainsi que la LNH devrait commercialiser le jeu. Tkachuk est devenu une superstar de la LNH et est une excellente figure à commercialiser auprès du public américain. Je couvre cela et plus encore dans la vidéo NHL d’aujourd’hui ! VIDÉO D’ENTREVUE COMPLÈTE DE TNT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22d8OTC8ASA&pp=ygULdG50IHRrYWNodWs%3D #hockey #nhl #highlights #nhlplayoffs #floridapanthers #TNT #charlesbarkley
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What are your thoughts on TNT's hockey coverage this year?
TNT is better than ESPN! Sadly they have to split time. Also I’ve been saying this for years, NHL has a poor marketing department, more games on free TV! NBA, NFL, MLB, NASCAR and WNBA all have events televised on free television!
Yeah we really do need hockey players to get paid 30 million a year so hockey fans have to pay 250 for balcony to sit next to some uninterested chick waiting to sing Living On A Prayer. Overexposure and money have already killed the enjoyment of three sports, let’s make it four.
Closed caption Charles Barkley is always enjoyable.
TNT is the best for hockey right now..
The attitude Shaq displayed is so common in most sports departments, they don't care about hockey and think it is only for fighting.
I was really dismayed last year when the NHL gave the contract back to ESPN. Their coverage was awful before and hasn't improved much. TNT was pretty sad last year but they are actually doing much better this year .
It still ticks me off that I pay for ESPN+ and most of this season my teams games are blacked out. No wonder viewership is down.
The only thing which drives interest in hockey in a non-traditional market is when that market gets an NHL franchise, and then interest can slowly grow.
Serjay Bobovka, everyone's favorite cop. BOBOVKA!
As someone who has always known about hockey but hasn’t watched it as much I have the last couple years I agree with Chuck, the league needs to figure out a way to market their stars a lot better you look at some of the social media pages that the stars have and it’s nothing compared to basketball even though some of the stars play in big markets like Boston New York Toronto etc, I think what Florida is doing right now is definitely something positive but the league as a whole needs to find a way to promote hockey as a whole. I think McDavid said something around the time that baseball had the WBC baseball classic right before the beginning of the season and he said something along the lines of “that’s something hockey needs and that they’ve been crying out for something like that” where the best play the best and get to represent their country without any real regulating of who gets to play for their countries, even basketball doesn’t really have that only thing I think that comes close is fiba, and then the olympics where almost every big name is going but that’s only once every 4 years. I do like how TNT has had Gretsky on there as a analyst (idk what it’s like in the regular season) but it’s definitely a bonus having someone of his stature giving his say so on games and having banter between the other guys similar with the nba TNT set with Charles Shaq Kenny and Ernie.
The NHL has been too enamoured by its tech — remember Fox's glowing pucks? We're still seeing trace lines, though at least it's generally replays now. Get the games on the air, and people watch. For me, in New Zealand (and those in Australia), we can stream every game for free if you have ESPN. This year has been a hockey-fest for me because of this. Market the stars, and start HAMMERING dirty plays. Benn got 2 games, but maybe in the future that's 10 games. Make a statement that as a league you will market your players and that requires that the dirty stuff end. Not fights, but all the unclean plays.
I hope the Florida Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup tonight- I think such a championship would be great for the NHL overall
TNT PLAY BY PLAY IS GOD AWFUL. Mad mistakes and just wrong info all over yhe place. However the rest of the tnt program is pretty awesome. Love seeing 99 and love seeing The king explain and show
The biz crew is by far the best.
You right my man….the NHL has always been so overprotective of the IMAGE of the sport that even though the sport is the most amazing on earth THE IMAGE they made for it is the most boring of all. Remember SUBBAN who should have been embraced by the business for all the news fans he was bringing to the sport….what they did instead….try to shut him off. They still have a lot to learn business wise. They act like they're on top(management) but THEY AIN'T….the sports is amazing but there is plenty of room to improve everything else. About time the NHL enters the 21 century.
ESPN fucking sucks.
The NHL needs to drop ESPN like a bad habit. TNT does such a better job.
Anyone who has played both sports at a young age will tell you, Hockey is by far superior in terms of entertainment, skill and overall complete sport. I did, I still very much love watching and playing basketball to this day but it has to be said.
Doesnt help that its much harder to be introduced to hockey for children when the gear is 10x more expensive than just having a ball and a pair of running shoes….makes it so that much more people are unaware of hockey's superiority 😀
The best thing about hockey is that it is nothing like basketball, no racism.
yup i remember i saw an sb nation video on the rivalry of my flyers vs the pens and they noted how this game should have been marketed huge, i mean the fights and every game between the two teams was so intense, plus the whole crosby vs giroux thing.
Want to turn viewers onto hockey? Have Charles Barkley do color commentary and try to pronounce NHL names. Instant viral content
i don't think they are doing it in a new way at tnt. i think they are doing it the old way, which was the best way. they have made it look and feel the way it used to, which is a main reason i came back to the sport this year. they put actual stars with guys that weren't as good, but know how to do the media end well. they talk about hockey in a way that i don't have to re-explain to someone sitting next to me who is new to the sport, but still has me interested in the point they are making.
Anything for a check…LOVE IT
ESPN is a shitshow. I love when games are on tbs/tnt.
I’m not sure how much excitement the production needs, Hockey Night in Canada was never a spectacle and I had always appreciated that.
Florida is such a waste of a market for this team. Fun fact: Surfing is a more popular sport than hockey. And the Panthers revenue is only slight above Arizona.
Warm weather markets and hockey just don't mix. The moment the team dries up the fans will "ho hum" shrug their shoulders and move on without a second thought.
As a Oilers fan I can't believe that I'm cheering for Matt Tkachuk, Sam Bennett and Ryan Lomberg & the Panthers to win the Cup. Barkov Bobrovsky,Ekblad, Montour and Verhagie are great players in their own right as well. Shaq is right Matt is way better than Keith Tkachuk ever was.
Barkley is awesome. He’s honest and smart. And so funny
Going more mainstream will ruin the sport. ESPN has only made sports softer and more about the drama.
Sergei Bobobkov is my favorite goalie!
Gotta love Barkley….says it like it is.
Love Barkley!
I hate Bettman! He's the worst. He could have the game soaring…. But he is the worst. Taking away the fun, adding speed, taking away the grit, then changing all the rules to the point no one knows half the time…
CAN WE PLEASE GET A NEW COMMISSIONER!
How long are we going to ignore the fact the media is giving ZERO coverage to the 2 best players on the Panthers, one from Russia, and the other a FInn with a Russian sounding name, and instead, propping up an American born player?
Florida is out in Rd1 if Bob doesn't show up, yet he's getting very little attention, most likely because of his passport.
And in case there are even more ignorant people out there, the Florida Panthers were the #1 seed in the 2022 playoffs. They are the #17 seed in the 2023 playoffs.
I had no interest in hockey until on my birthday my girlfriend and I went to a Florida Panther game in 1996. I was hooked after that. I suggest people go to a game and sit up close. Amazing sport!