The Jester's Quart: The NHL on HBO

[Greg_Wyshynski]

From the moment the thought crossed my mind, I haven't been able to shake the fantasy.

The broadcast begins with a montage. Arturo Gatti, Fernando Vargas and Jermain Taylor throwing punches at random opponents. Bob Costas sharing a laugh with a guest. Bryant Gumble on his soapbox. Carter,...
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[NICKinDALLAS]

I love this idea (except for the Marv-I look good in a dress-Albert part). Sign me up!

[Shane]

OMG. I feel sick.

I don't, and won't have cable. All I want is for Dish Network to continue "NHL Centerice". I can watch every game.

Great article though, and I love this sentence....

Between the first and second period, it's The Penalty Box -- a 12-minute, no-holds-barred roundtable about the state of the NHL -- moderated by Costas, with panelists Denis Leary, Cam Neely, and a revolving guest chair that promises to be Pang-less, Engblom-less, and Clement-less.

Without Pang, Clement, and Engblom....I am IN.

[Ishkur]

Originally Posted by Greg_Wyshynski

Bob Costas

NO! NO!! NO!!! NO!!! NO!!!!

YOU WILL NOT get that smarmy, weasel-faced, pedantic fucktool anywhere NEAR a hockey rink, or its the death of the game as we know it. Costas is the worst possible guy to cover hockey. Yes even worse than John Tesh doing Olympic gymnastics. What the hell are you thinking? Are you trying to kill the game for good?

I propose something much easier: fuck all that crap, have the HBO special hockey night thing on Saturday, saaaaay....7-10pm Eastern time, and just steal the feed from CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.

You want to save the NHL? Guest fucktards like Dennis Leary and twobit also-rans like Barry Melrose aren't going to do it. DON FUCKING CHERRY. He is essentially an American with a Canadian heart. I have no idea why we don't give him more exposure south of the border than we do. If the CBC (and the NHL) were smart......seriously: let him loose down south. He has more passion, more knowledge, more fire, more gumption, and more loud-mouthed, beligerant arrogance than Charles Barkley, Jim Rome, John Madden and the entire cast of the WWE combined. And that's why Canadians love him, because he's just so antithetically unCanadian. America will fall in love with this guy. Hands down.

Originally Posted by Greg_Wyshynski

HDTV

There you go again with HDTV. Seriously, what the hell is so god damn special about HDTV? Do you have poor eyesight or something? If people are worried that the NHL might go to cable which is bad because fewer househoulds carry it, then why the hell is HDTV lauded as a savior of the game when even less than that know what it is, much less would feel compelled to go out and get one for the sole privilege of watching a non-american sport they're only slightly less than ambivalent about. What percentage of households have HDTV? ....like, 2?

HDTV is great for porn and movies chalkful of CGI where detail is paramount. But this is sports. If you have trouble seeing a black puck on white ice, HDTV isn't going to improve things. Go see an optometrist.