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cesium133:
Recently saw something about the KHL signing a deal with ESPN to have their games shown on ESPN3... if the NHL lockout goes ahead and the KHL manages to get a foothold on U.S. TV (especially if it's ESPN, which far more people watch than Versus), what could that mean for hockey in the U.S.?

Skewbrow:

--- Quote from: jwhouk on 03 Oct 2012, 16:25 ---"Root for the laundry."

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So this is a low-key version of the Canadian (IIRC) hockey players' saying "Play for the jersey"? I'm not sure whether that refers to the national team jersey or just any jersey they happen to be wearing.

KHL games on ESPN. Oh my. Well, there will be some familiar names and faces. May be in cyrillic letters? But other than that it has the air of Megadeth subbing for Metallica. Wait, something good might come out of that if the North American hockey fans become more understanding and familiar with the problems international sports always face: minor variations in rules, not necessarily any tv- time outs, not all the games will have an English speaking ref, ...

jwhouk:
That's kinda it. I was actually a Predators fan before the team even had a single player (heck, I voted for "Sabrecats" for the team name). I knew it wouldn't matter who the players were, they'd be playing for MY team.

It did help, of course, that those players would be coming up from my local AHL team, the Milwaukee Admirals, but that's another story.

I am growing more and more convinced that this lockout is an attempt by the NHL to "finish off" the NHLPA. It's not about the money, it's not about revenue sharing or growing the game or anything like that. It's all about breaking the union.

I've made the prediction elsewhere: if they cancel the Winter Classic, we will not have NHL hockey until sometime in the fall (or winter) of 2013.

valley_parade:

--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 04 Oct 2012, 05:41 ---KHL games on ESPN. Oh my. Well, there will be some familiar names and faces. May be in cyrillic letters? But other than that it has the air of Megadeth subbing for Metallica. Wait, something good might come out of that if the North American hockey fans become more understanding and familiar with the problems international sports always face: minor variations in rules, not necessarily any tv- time outs, not all the games will have an English speaking ref, ...

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A) They're on ESPN3 (online).
A part 2) You'll recognize a lot of these dudes. There are a ton of former NHL players in the KHL
B) The jersey names are all in English. This is a multi-national league, remember.
C) Fuck Megadeth, the KHL is pretty good
D) There are TV timeouts, but they're shorter. Also there's only 15 minutes between periods.

I'm a big supporter of the KHL after watching it for a few weeks. It's not bad, and the influx of players means it's only getting better.

If you want to see some decent Russian talent, watch Ak Bars. They have a guy named Kirill Petrov who was drafted by the Isles and should be coming stateside in a few years. Tres good.

Akima:
What is a "TV Timeout"? They stop play so the TV stations can play adverts?

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