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Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Omen:
As much as it sickens me to say this, the Devils did deserve this cup.....now die, you Devil pukes...DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
swimguy228:
Disregard that comment that dmbfan made. He doesn't know anything about hockey.
Anyways, I was being sarcastic and letting off some steam.
But I do feel that the Devils did not win with talent, but with some stupid system in which they wait for the other team to make a mistake and then they jump on it. Boring Hockey!
This is why hockey does not get the T.V ratings that it deserves. No one wants to watch a game where the puck is dumped in, taken back out, stopped in the nuetral zone, and dumped back in.
Tman:
Hate to rain on your "the devils are ruining hockey" parade, but this years finals got the highest ratings since 1998. 4.6 with a 10 share, I believe.
swimguy228:
And who was in the Cup Finals in 1998? Thats right, the Red Wings.
Ok, I don't want to start a fight. Just one more thing, the ratings may have been so high because of the cinderella team (more so than Carolina last year), and the game 7. I know that there was a game 7 in 2001, but the population has increased since then.
Tman:
http://www.nhl.com/onthefly/news/145100.html =more detailed ratings info. As to the population increase since the last game 7, while i realize that the 2-3 year old demographic is quite important to industries such as Fischer-Price etc, I don't feel that the NHL needs at this time to actively seek out said demographic, and that any cross-branding promotion would be a marketing disaster.