MHF - Hockey Thread

[StCapps]

Avs-Islanders at 1900. Good luck to the Leafs against McJesus.

[Smitty-48]

Oilers @ Leafs 1900h EST / 0000h GMT

Thanks.
Leeds are live on the BBC tonight. FA cup 3rd round match against Arsenal starting in 15 mins.
Will be the first time I've seen them play live since their 1-0 victory against Man Utd in 2010 when we were 2 divisions below them.
Will be finished in plenty of time to catch the Leafs play.

Line up is unchanged, Matthews & Marner is now a regular pairing

Hyman - Matthews - Marner
Kerfoot- Tavares - Nylander
Engvall - Spezza - Kapanen
Marchment - Brooks - Gauthier

Rielly - Barrie
Marincin - Holl
Dermott - Ceci

Andersen
Hutchison

First powerplay now includes Nylander and Barrie, Rielly bumped to the second unit

Tavares - Nylander - Marner
Barrie - Matthews

Hyman - Kerfoot - Kapanen
Rielly - Spezza

[Montegriffo]

Leeds resting several top players to concentrate on their promotion back to the top division.
Mid-table Arsenal putting out their best squad as the FA cup is their best realistic chance of silverware this year.
8 mins in and it's been all Leeds so far.

[Smitty-48]

Leeds resting several top players to concentrate on their promotion back to the top division.
Mid-table Arsenal putting out their best squad as the FA cup is their best realistic chance of silverware this year.
8 mins in and it's been all Leeds so far.

It's on Sportsnet World, I don't get that channel on my cable package

[Smitty-48]

I do however have Italian league Series A on Telatino.

Napoli v. Inter Milan

[Montegriffo]

Leeds resting several top players to concentrate on their promotion back to the top division.
Mid-table Arsenal putting out their best squad as the FA cup is their best realistic chance of silverware this year.
8 mins in and it's been all Leeds so far.

It's on Sportsnet World, I don't get that channel on my cable package

No BBC?
Leeds have had 66% possession so far and just hit the crossbar.
WOOP WOOP.

[Smitty-48]

Leeds resting several top players to concentrate on their promotion back to the top division.
Mid-table Arsenal putting out their best squad as the FA cup is their best realistic chance of silverware this year.
8 mins in and it's been all Leeds so far.

It's on Sportsnet World, I don't get that channel on my cable package

No BBC?

BBC doesn't own the sports rights here, it's all Rogers or ESPN owned in North America.

[Montegriffo]

The FA cup is one of the sporting events protected by act of parliament. The ''Crown Jewels'' competitions must be shown on ''terrestrial TV'' ie free to view. They include the football world Cup, Olympic Games, Wimbledon tennis, the Grand National, the Derby, the Rugby world cup and the football Euro's.
God bless big government and fuck the free market...

[Smitty-48]

God bless big government and fuck the free market...

Meh, the Big Government here simply protects monopolies for Rogers and ESPN by way of the CRTC

[Montegriffo]

God bless big government and fuck the free market...

Meh, the Big Government here simply protects monopolies for Rogers and ESPN by way of the CRTC

Well, it works for some events here. League football (where the big money is) is not protected and impossible to watch live without an expensive Sky Sports subscription. F1 only gets 5 Grand Prix a year and the rest are highlights only.
Test match cricket is also not protected although the cricket world cup is.
I've not watched England play 5 day cricket since the 2005 Ashes victory.
I like cricket on the radio though.