Welcome to how all the corps think now unless their owner isnt a complete tool. Everything is about short term business decisions and not long term. Gotta make more money every year because making the same amount of profit is somehow a failure

@@RandomGuyCDN dystopian nightmare we're living in folks

It’s been a long time since my college Econ course, but the one lesson I can’t forget the lesson of a profit curve: there is only so much you can charge customers for a product/service before you start losing them and your overall revenue takes a loss.

@@RandomGuyCDN Except that's not true at all, most tech companies build everything on the principle that eventually they can turn a profit. What's important is building up the value of the brand, not cashing in on the brands value. Infact what you're describing is something that more or less is a truism with publicly traded companies. The league is privately owned and is all about long term franchise values as the primary reason for justifying extreme expansion fees.

Late stage capitalism, folks

meh. they had the same argument with board ads years before eventually you will tune them out.. or you will turn it off.

@@acanadianineurope814 Have you watched an north american nhl tv broadcast this season? I've tried too but they are in my opinion unwatchable.

@@acanadianineurope814 only difference is those original board ads didn't eat up the players and didn't play mini videos during the game

@@wadeschmidt yes I have, not nice but I also can remember version 1.0 of boards ads, which was not nice either. Try watching some euro hockey sometime... this is your future.

@@acanadianineurope814 Turning it off is becoming the popular trend. If my jets weren't doing well I wouldn't even watch hockey this year. If the Jets go on a rebuild I won't be watching.

As someone who never gambles I certainly agree. Definitely hurts true passion for the sport

the gambling adds every 4 seconds are becoming intolerable

Agreed I just wish he put more mention on them covering up faceoffs. I watched a game the other day, where the puck was in the net before the flash add was over. Faceoffs are a huge part of the game, depending on who your centers are.

He's a fan and a true pro....CBC hire this guy

no man deserves that title more than Shannon

agreed. hes an MVP every year. an absolute beauty

Get a VPN, and change your location, it seems to work

Well said . ✅ ads chase me off viewing …

And youtube is free, the nhl business model is connecting with a niche audience, typically a middle class audience who'll dump $200-300 in the league each and every year.

What ad block do you use for KZfaq? Been trying to find a good one

Pay for YT Premium, it is so worth it and pays money to the content creators.

@@thesweetermonster3453 U block origin. I haven't seen an ad in years. Hell I don't even watch NHL adds. I have video speed controller added onto my chrome, so I can skip adds with ease. As soon as the ref blows the whistle I skip ahead to the next puck drop.

The NHL today can’t be more different than it was in 2005

Doesn't help were I'm from UK Football has gamble ads up the risuo and it's been normalised just about everywhere I go. The NHL is just following it and it will get worse

What bothers me is the fact that the pro sports leagues actually embraced gambling. If they were willing to do this, then why isn't Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame? Gambling, over history, has compromised the integrity of the games. And Rose got caught up in it.

@@shawklan27 Soccer is 45 minutes of continuous play. Hockey is short bursts that are more or less overwhelming for new audiences. Constant visual stimulation with adds is a whole other issue. You can't compare hockey to other sports. In Gridiron there's a lots of breaks and starts. In soccer//basketball, you can see the players faces, in hockey they have no personality and no faces.

Sadly I don't think the gambling stuff is ever going away. I saw some statistics recently and something like over half of all fantasy sports players are men in their 30s that make over 90k. The money is there, ripe for the taking.

@@dixonhill1108 you obviously have never watched a hockey game, you can see the faces of the players all the time,and you have always been able to see their faces.

Hard agree on this

Or just in general...

This is so true. Look how the league was created.

The all star challenge proves that

Oh, they're intelligent. It's just that they give zero sh*ts about the fans and would rather risk alienating die hard fans for the chance to squeeze $200 out of a casual fan.

Neither have hockey fans.

@@geoff3103 Bettman is the commissioner, he works for the owners. If you don't like the way the NHL is going, blame the owners first and foremost, and Bettman a distant 33rd.

@@mdd47 their point stands. If fans had any self discipline... things would change.

@@geoff3103 "obviously know nothing" why be so rude and insult people? If you think I'm wrong, OK, but there's no need to be a jerk about it.

@@geoff3103 “preposterous, foolish” again if you think I’m wrong, cool, but you could at least try not to be a rude jerk about it.

@@geoff3103 May you reap what you sow

Agreed one of his best on the money !

Agreed one of his best on the money !

Absolutely agreed, with one quibble: the oversimplification of the ESPN-OLN quandary in 2004. -Reporting at the time indicated ESPN was also offering significantly reduced percentages of ad revenue. OLN was offering better ad rates than any of its other content. (Yes, big fish in a small pond, but it's also a pride thing.) -Reporting at the time also indicated ESPN wasn't even guaranteeing games on ESPN2 and up--that some number would be pushed to 360/ESPN+. Nowadays with streaming's evolution? Not as big a deal. Even five years ago, though--let alone 19? Absolute deal-breaker. OLN not only guaranteed multiple primetime slots a week, but also heavily promoted second-half games of the week on NBC. I get the argument of even ESPN2 vs. OLN, but people forget there was a chance even the FINAL wasn't going to reach ESPN or ABC. That is humiliating, and ESPN did everything it could to absolutely bury NHL on all its programs. -ESPN also had no interest in giving any attractive time slots to the NHL, which I can understand given their push of NFL at the time with NBA as the flagship. OLN made NHL the flagship overnight and did a great job despite its reach. The evolutions along the way (marked with milestones of the name switches from OLN to VERSUS and then VERSUS to NBCSN) were incredible. They drew well despite the limited reach of OLN especially. I can understand the opinion that it was still the wrong choice, but I think especially in hindsight it turned out great.

I was just about to say this, I have never even thought to have this discussion, let alone anyone else talking about this issue

It sucks that soms teams have taken the jersey ad route but im proud that theres a large number of teams who havent

With the change to NIL I do worry how long College Football is going to last before it gets corroded by the chase for moooore money.

I've started caring about baseball again.

The best part of the All Star Game was Fall Out Boy lol

I think all star games in pro sports are past time.

Same here. Boring week. No hockey, no drugs.

I felt this so much. 😂

There was no Shannon? He released so many videos this last week! Also, he has a 2nd channel called "The Entertainment Guy" if you miss him. He posted a bunch of stuff there during his vacations.

I really wish that Bettman and the owners would watch this video and understand that Shannon is right about every point made. Die hard fan since 94. Only missed games if I had to. The local blackouts and poor television coverage has made it impossible for me to watch games, and I'm not missing it. The few games that I have seen were unwatchable. At least I can get my daily news and scores here! If it wasn't for THG I think that I would have given up completely.

Stop making sense!

ESPN+ is an excellent product. Virtually every game (except TNT) with a choice of home/ road broadcast. The only ads I notice are the moving ones(especially if they are going in the ‘wrong’ direction). It’s also reasonably priced

@@rickyaz8640 ESPN+ has been a major disappointment for anyone who previously subscribed to NHLTV/Gamecenter online. Many features have been stripped out, most notably multi-window view, (except AppleTv). It’s a much more watered down experience than what we had enjoyed for well over a decade.

@@rickyaz8640 doesn't include much Kraken coverage due to them having thier rights owned by roots.... Black outs constantly. While living IN Washington state annnnd in californina AND Colorado (while I visited) 🤬🤬🤬🤬 unreal. However with ESPN + you can watch any game black out or tnt covered the next day so not too terrible.... Thier broadcasters are 🤬🤬🤬🤬 unberable though Ps I am an Avs fan but I figured I'd join the Kraken bandwagon when they launchlaunched for a second team... so so hard to do though

I feel you on the last sentence. It's honestly sad when I get blank stares at "Do you watch hockey"?

Along with a select number of games on over the air NBC & the reason why that happened was because the parent company that owned OLN Comcast also bought NBC from GE. NBC only showed the NHL because at that time they did not have any of "The Big 4" rights. The NBA had left NBC in 2002 & SNF wasn't going to be coming until 2006. The biggest things NBC had at that time were the Olympics, golf & NASCAR (which was at its peak popularity wise before it crashed) and that was it.

NHLs broadcasting choices before NBC is hilarious

lol yep. spot on.

Remember when the NHL would show first round playoff games on The Golf Channel?

I'll never forget that Sports Illustrated cover! The most typical NHL thing ever to go into a lockout right after that. No one shoots themselves in the foot like this league.

Then viewers reach a breaking point. And stop watching. Just like I have.

@@fantasticvoyage262 me too. Won't watch with it

@@coolbeansjr I wouldn't be surprised if despicable ads are engraved into the Stanley Cup for a few extra dollars.

They really need to go back to the 1 vs 8 format. This current format has long run it's course.

lol Dangle is pure cringe

@@j.b.7133 the only good video Dangle has ever made was about some no name zamboni driver.....🙃🙃

Last weeks dang it’s was filled with ads..for the first time since I discovered dang it’s I did not watch the whole video…if it’s the same this week I’ll probably unsubscribe

Steve Dangle is possible one of the world's most annoying personalities. I could not watch him no matter how his content was augmented/not augmented.

Dangle is an absolute hack lmao

I hate both equally.

Give it another 5 years and it’ll be normal the same way people don’t complain about beer commercials being at ever commercial break in nfl games

She still does pbp in some games

Nepotism at it's finest. She is Ron Hextall's cousin

That's about all espn has gotten right. But at least they fixed it. Her voice is impossible to listen to for any length of time.

@MZ This is such a lazy incorrect narrative. There are amazing women in the hockey world that deserve to be on the biggest national stage we have, yet we get Cassie Campbell-Pasqual and Leah Hextall? I mean come on. Hextall specifically is arguably making it worse for women with how piss poor of a job she constantly is doing. She makes all women look bad when it's actually just a handful of people bad at their jobs no different than men

@@Dhemize Couldn't agree more. I also don't dislike Hextall because she's a woman. I dislike her because her pitch and delivery are terrible. And this was noticeable when she was doing college hockey games for ESPN. At some points she's too low, and when a goal is scored, she's way too high. Pitch and delivery are key to being a good PBP person. I remember when Kate Scott did the PBP for the all-woman's telecast on NBC right before the pandemic. She had never done an NHL game before, and she sounded like a natural. Great pitch and delivery. And now she's killing it as the lead PBP for the Sixers. There are great female broadcasters out there. Hextall just isn't one of them.

Wow. Sad

Same. I had to add Hulu with ESPN+ to get Altitude.

The NHL has turned into a circus!

I’m really glad the Leafs’ helmet and jersey ads are solid white(blue with away) bc I honestly forget they are there. When I look at other teams ads that are either multiple colors or another color that is not part of their jersey (like the Wilds) it looks bad

Yeah broadcast quality is a huge thing. It's wild how different the broadcast quality is from city to city. It's like watching 2 completely different leagues. Junior hockey and Canadian hockey have more in common than Canadian NHL teams and certain sunbelt broadcasts.

Of course it's more competitive. AHL all-stars want to prove themselves; NHL all-stars have it made and have to reason to compete.

Ugh!

@@irafair3015 game.. set... and match sir! Well played

I meant for lylew.😁

Yep- I now prefer to go to college and minor league games. I get better seats for the money and the effort seems to be higher, even if the skill is slightly lower.

I wasn’t allowed to watch a lot of games in the early 90s, so I got into hockey listening on the radio. You’re right. I think we’re losing the great announcers though. They’re all retiring and the new people aren’t as good.

who is the great announcer you are referring to ? I find a lot of these games the announcers are so bad it is unlistenable . There are no Danny Gallivan's, Dan Kelly, Gary Thornes out there - I have always liked Cuthbert but most are absolutely awful .

I like a well-played game offensively and defensively. Anclose, well-played game, even at a low score, is far more fun to watch than a high-scoring blowout.

Two of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen that I can cite follow this principle too. Cleveland beating Tampa bay 1-0 after 15 innings with a walkoff home run in the wild card last year was unreal after phenomenally good pitching performances from many. While World Series game 5 from 2017 that finished 13-12 in 10 innings is another highlight. The tension and flow of the game matters more then the score, and both games are phenomenal memories to me.

This is why they need to bring back the glow puck. That will solve everything.