Absolutely!

Hockey players don't talk too much because if they get the other team mad you are a target at 30 MPH

and its not even close

Facts. I do appreciate though that the NHL isn't getting out over their skis too far though. Expanding and pushing too hard too quickly could be a recipe for everything to fall apart. Like Gary said, they're in a fantastic spot right now, keep it moving, but you don't have to go full throttle and screw it all up either.

Small town Canada. A hockey team, a restaurant and 1 stop light.

It was? I always thought it had a substantial amount of popularity, its part of “the big 4” after all

@@officialfumofeltingchannel1490 NO, hes right.. They don't get the love they deserve and haven't for a long time. You watch any sports show they don't speak about hockey hardly ever. The coverage wasn't great and could only get it on certain channels and attendance wasn't great, but it's doing a lot better now and believe it or not Pat is helping all of that, might sound crazy but I'm sure he's helped a ton of people who watch espn get either back into hockey or start watching it for the first time.

@@dolphpaperroute6362 but it was probably in his contract to talk about the nhl and everything, he never really talked about hockey before espn, and I don’t ever remember him interviewing hockey related people before the espn deal

@@kingha88 adding on to that hockey in canada is literally like football in the states in a lot of ways at least it was when i grew up in the 90's and 2000s and all the time before that so it's pretty awesome.....but northeastern usa there's a lot of love for hockey it's awesome how it's a bit niche in the usa, that's honestly never going to change....not to get to weird but it's why culture in general is actually heavily based on actual climate and weather and history.....Australia had the biggest rugby league in the world, it will always be that way...bringing more people into the mix absolutely awesome though.

Those minor league games are so fun. You can get amazing seats for dirt cheap, but it's still very high quality hockey

did u pick an NHL team to follow im w the penguins they are about to hit rebuild years so it'd be cool to watch like, how a franchise goes from having a star like crosby to how they handle a rebuild

@KT22672 I'm kind of in no man's land with a team to zero in on. My best friend is from Minnesota, so I've been following the Wild a little. West Coast teams start so late that it's hard to stay up for the whole game. I like the team in Vegas, Minnesota, and I'm trying to catch the St. Louis. They're kinda close if I wanted to call them my "local team". The Minnesota fans I know have forbidden me to root for the Stars because of how they were pulled from up there down to Dallas. Just soaking it up trying to learn the box scores and the game in general. Go Penguins haha

n65 nahhh, go for the Stars. A rivalry with your friends is always fun lol

Mandatory

brady tkachuk been on the show yet?? i think ottawa is still struggling but theres a captain superstar that would probably win every fight he might get in and he's barely in his early 20's i believe.

and O’Brien still scored to complete a Gordie Howe hatty with an eye swollen shut. both sides of that make the game what it is!

He has. Between DoPS, the outcomes are rigged, punishments are so inconsistent, the betting ads, etc. The league is a joke from what it once was. He has to go

@@jeffreycairns767 Bettman doesn't have authority over player punishments, those are under a separate commission which is run by George Parros, I'm not sure how much influence Bettman has on Parros, if any. I don't think games are rigged, I'm not gonna say they aren't but it's important to note that the NHL legally brands itself as sports competition, meaning it's illegal for them to rig outcomes. The NBA and NFL however brands themselves as sports entertainments, meaning they can legally get away with rigging so long as they're careful with their advertisement products. I do think Bettman has been dreadful when it comes to marketing until recently. He's got a lot of make-up work to do in that department.

​@@jeffreycairns767how are outcomes rigged? Lol

@seegee9 What do you mean, how? A ref can easily make deciding factors. Ķicking motion, off-side, goalie interference, another penalty, net dislodged, are just a few ways to disallow a goal. There are lots of ways that refs can control a game, giving 1 team the advantage. It's the same as umps with the strike zone and others sports' refs that get all the say. Fans booing or that disagree with a call means absolutely nothing. It's fairly clear in most games, who they've decided is to win. There's other things too, not just the final score

@@jeffreycairns767 I see bad calls go both ways. So what's their ultimate goal? Who do they want to win? Sounds pretty tin foil hat to me

I was just going to say ... Gary was prob bit shook hearing cheers instead of boos 🤣

Let’s go Kraken!

It shouldn't have taken this long to have ice hockey over there.

lets go Canucks

Seattle Canucks that is

Way to go PNW brother! Hopefully my Canucks develop a great and fun rivalry with the Kraken in the years to come.

interesting how great it has been for only america... Canada seems to be left out in all great "expansion of the league" talks

​@@cndnclassics5874It's a profit based professional league. You don't have the money or population for an expansion. You need to take business 101 and stop being a cuck.😊

@@cndnclassics5874 tired of paying 500 dollars a ticket to see the leafs play. How do we not have another team for southern ontario

Yes, the public would like to believe this

​@@cndnclassics5874well Canada is small with small markets besides those that already have teams..should NHL expand to Yukon? Or PEI...please

They’re in the business of growing the sporty not trying to make it seem like a poverty sport

@@droid142poverty sport slashing the heritage sheesh. You must be cool at parties. How much do i have to pay to be as cool as you?

Is it Bettman? Or is it the players?

He has, not the Olympics but he has played for the USA in world juniors which is arguably the more important event

​@@FrenchToast_28it is now. But when the Olympics were best on best nothing matters more

@@FrenchToast_28 the world juniors is not a more important event, an Olympic gold medal means way more, not even an argument

@@soulknife20 it’s bettman

Exactly what I want to know

My old ass dad doesn't even want that. So no.

I think Bettman is far worse

Need a Canadian Commissioner who actually played in the league.

@@brandonb9978 It doesn't matter where the Commissioner is from, all that matters is that, whoever it is, they let everything be played properly and not rig ANYTHING in any teams favor. Every team should have an honest shot at the cup, every year.

Different types of factors and products Why you dont get the football passion? In football, The CFL is a whack league next to the NFL where is more profitable, generates more ratings, known worldwide (really doubt anyone outside canada and the us would know at league a team or knows a “grey cup”) therefore, its more attractive also college football is big, don’t think Canada has big names college wise o a league that equals NCAA If you had a league as close as the NFL i think you would show your passion, but even Canadians get free NFL games on CTV and no CFL with that being said, the answer is obvious one is more attractive NFL is easier to understand next to the CFL and football here can be played in any weather when we know both sports are expensive. the season isn’t as long as hockey, and you know Americans dont like low scoring games (eg soccer, hockey) But what about hockey? Well as you know we got 5 plus leagues here where as Canada maybe the NHL is the only league that has more presence in other provinces in canada (next is the MLS, but you guys are still years light to become passionate about soccer, even here in the US we been more interested over the last decade) Then your weather allows it, you guys maybe have 2 and 3 month if you lucky of summer and then the rest of the year is cold which allows the practice of the game Even here in the northern states, it gets warm in later april early may to maybe late september october that is somehow a long summer. Over here the stanley cup rarely gets attention, I bet you for sure if the final was edmonton vs toronto People here wont care So if you guys where saturated by other sports or have professional leagues that equals the level to the ones in the us. You will understand it, and this is coming from a hockey fan

Without Bettman, and the salary cap, there would be only 2 teams in Canada. Lets imagine teams like Toronto and New York with a 180 million dollar roster....now think of Winnipeg, or Edmonton.

​@@sommebuddyIt's not about the salary cap, it's the other bs

I was thinking the same. 🤔

What happened?

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Yes, and go back to the BEST players, not 1 player from each team bs. The current way cheapens the accomplishments

*Finnish

Yep, they were 2 seconds (or should I say 2 draft picks, Crosby,Malkin) away from from moving to Winnipeg, luckily Atlanta fumbled another NHL team and we got the Jets back

Bettman is such a snake, right after this interview he went out and screwed Ottawa super hard. I get its a business, but for a lot of us hockey used to be more than just the dollar.