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[IPv6Freely 2092]

Probably pretty high as long as everyone follows the rules.

[marka 526]

Howdy,

This seems as good a place as any to ask my dumb escrow question...

Does an individual player ever need to owe more than the escrow amount for a season? Like if escrow is 10% for the current season, revenues fall during that season such that that is not enough to get back to 50/50, and a player retires at the end of the season (and their contract expires)... Does that specific player owe additional money beyond the 10% escrow that was withheld?  Or does the escrow 'balance due' roll forward to the next season and the players who are getting paid in the following season pay that?  Or something else?

Mark

[SirJW 207]

https://nypost.com/2020/07/12/nhl-in-for-wild-ride-of-uncertainty/

 

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-stanley-cup-qualifiers-exhibition-games-schedule/c-317433568

We get a couple of games in late July. It will be nice to have hockey (and basketball) back. Enjoyable having European club soccer on in the background while I work from home. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

The play-in round is going to be awesome. 5-6 games a day starting between 9AM and 7:30PM PT. Gonna need to put a TV in my home office!

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

Only way to go! May have to get NHL.TV for the remainder of the season. Anyone know how much it will cost?

[IPv6Freely 2092]

3 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

Only way to go! May have to get NHL.TV for the remainder of the season. Anyone know how much it will cost?

Good question. I assume they’ll do some sort of promo. I already have it as it’s the only way to watch games without TV service.

[SirJW 207]

Well, here we are. Exhibition games start Tuesday!

https://nypost.com/2020/07/26/nhl-passes-first-coronavirus-test-but-now-comes-the-hard-part/

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Let’s goooooo

[caveman27 208]

I'll have to wait until this Saturday to watch games on NBC. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

So, this is what things are going to look and sound like. To be honest, it's not too bad.

First thing I noticed watching the game on NHL.tv is the big Stanley Cup at centre ice instead of the Leafs logo which obviously makes sense. The second thing I noticed is that the advertisements on the boards are all US companies. It looks kind of strange. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Huh, now they're all Canadian companies. That's a quick changeover and seems unnecessarily complex. But, I guess understandable they have to get all the sponsors in. 

[BenBreeg 493]

Yeah, weird at first with no fans but quickly went unnoticed, fun to watch even though the Pens game was fairly sloppy.

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

My Flyers with a huge "pre-season" win haha. Just nice to have hockey on the tube again...

[Giltis 116]

12 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

Huh, now they're all Canadian companies. That's a quick changeover and seems unnecessarily complex. But, I guess understandable they have to get all the sponsors in. 

If you're talking about the board sponsors, they are CGI'ed in I believe.

[caveman27 208]

14 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

My Flyers with a huge "pre-season" win haha. Just nice to have hockey on the tube again...

"Pre-playoff exhibition" game.

Of course, no one wanted to get injured during a pointless exhibition game so guys were playing the game dialed back. I'm sure things will get turned up during the playoffs.

[marka 526]

Howdy,

17 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

Huh, now they're all Canadian companies. That's a quick changeover and seems unnecessarily complex. But, I guess understandable they have to get all the sponsors in. 

That type of thing was pretty common pre-virus too.  I assume because they sold ad space on a per period basis?  I saw it a lot at Pens games.  Between periods, crew guys would come out and peel off stickers to reveal another sponsor underneath.
 

Anyone know for sure one way or the other if the players hear the piped in EA sports fan sounds?

Mark

Edited July 29, 2020 by marka

[marka 526]

Howdy,

16 hours ago, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

My Flyers with a huge "pre-season" win haha. Just nice to have hockey on the tube again...

LOL.

Hayes looked like a beast all night for you guys.  He owes Malkin a beer for that turnover at the end of the 1st though.  🙂

Mark

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

17 minutes ago, marka said:

Howdy,

LOL.

Hayes looked like a beast all night for you guys.  He owes Malkin a beer for that turnover at the end of the 1st though.  🙂

Mark

Hayes has been a pleasant surprise! 

[SirJW 207]

17 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

Huh, now they're all Canadian companies. That's a quick changeover and seems unnecessarily complex. But, I guess understandable they have to get all the sponsors in. 

This will be interesting as home teams get most if not all the money from the board ads unless it's a national broadcast.  

[cjpritch 62]

3 hours ago, SirJW said:

This will be interesting as home teams get most if not all the money from the board ads unless it's a national broadcast.  

It's also interesting watching the caps-canes game that the ads on the dashers are split 50/50 between the 2 teams not just the home teams ads 

[SirJW 207]

They pulled it off and the weekend has been spectacular! 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Agreed, they’ve done a fantastic job.

[BenBreeg 493]

It was awesome just being able to flip the TV on and putz around the house and have hockey on all day long.  The way they have handled it is in stark contrast to what's going on in MLB right now.  Hopefully nobody finds a way to screw it up.

[chippa13 1844]

The key is no travel and keeping everyone contained. MLB will never make it.