Hockey Randomness

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:10 am

Which is far, far more distracting than little ads in the corners...so...we're good...

Postby **dodint** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:11 am

Rotating ads in boards has been tested.

Not sure how long it's been happening, but I just noticed this year that at PPG some media intern runs out during intermission and peels the ads off the boards exposing another layer of ads. They're probably selling the space at 40% of a full game ad and netting a increase in revenue. Neat.

I don't know if that's what you meant but I thought it was cool from a marketing standpoint.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:14 am

Are the digital board ads still a thing? I remember seeing a few arenas with them and thinking they were unnecessarily distracting.

Also, I hate the superimposed ads on the glass. Throw a damn logo bug in the upper corner instead of pretending like it physically exists.

Postby **Jim** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:44 am

Source of the post a couple of small ads in the corners won't do anything...there's four ads at center ice already, no1curr...
And in a year or so, your next post will read "a couple of small ads at the blue line won't do anything...there's four ads at center ice and a couple of small ads in the corners already." I'm not arguing the business decision, just that I think it a) looks gaudy and b) can become distracting.

That's how it starts... with oohing and awwing... then later there is running and screaming!

Postby **Jim** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:45 am

Which is far, far more distracting than little ads in the corners...so...we're good...

I am most annoyed (still) by shrill screaming girl (on tv) when the Pens score.

Postby **meow** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:48 am

If there are ads on the ice, then there will add on the jerseys. It’ll be anarchy!

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:33 pm

mikey's going to petition Knorr - the makers of pasta sides - to sponsor the Pens.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:38 pm

F that...I'll be their spokesperson, spokesman, spokesass...whatever...

I mean, with pasta sides, you're always seven minutes away from scraping burnt noodles off the sides and bottom of a non-stick pot with a metal fork you found outside on the way home from work...I'd go to bat for them any day...

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:39 pm

TF are you doing burning them?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:41 pm

If I knew how to cook anything, do you think I would be using pasta sides...?

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:42 pm

You do eat frozen chicken patties...

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:22 am

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/whe ... hip-award/
Wheeler, Simmonds, Engelland finalists for Mark Messier Leadership Award

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:53 am

What a weird award, attributed to an odd player in history...

Very few players have actually documented situations where they tore a locker room apart and more or less damaged a team out right...Mark Messier is one of those players.

The award should be named for Jean Beliveau or if history enjoys being ignored, I wouldn't mind a tribute to late Steve Yzerman...

Postby **meow** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:58 am

Steve Yzerman died?!

Postby **Silentom** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:58 am

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:59 am

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:00 am

Haha not "the late"...oh damn it...

Postby **MR25** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:01 am

2 of the 3 "candidates" for the award aren't even captains on their team.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:02 am

So...you're saying it's a lock...?

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:03 am

2 of the 3 "candidates" for the award aren't even captains on their team.

IMO, not being a captain doesn't have much bearing - especially if we're talking about the Flyers.

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:04 am

Also, I hate the superimposed ads on the glass. Throw a damn logo bug in the upper corner instead of pretending like it physically exists.

I remember when they first showed up. people on HF were posting things like, "if I was sitting behind that ad I'd be PISSED!"

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:09 am

Also, I hate the superimposed ads on the glass. Throw a damn logo bug in the upper corner instead of pretending like it physically exists.
I remember when they first showed up. people on HF were posting things like, "if I was sitting behind that ad I'd be PISSED!"

That's the most appropriate and accurate summary of HF that I've ever read.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:25 am

RIP Stevie Y

Postby **Tomas** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:40 am

Before: Owner/GM/Head Coach of HC Pilsen; After: Owner/GM/and possibly Head Coach of the Czech National Team

Before: Chairman of the Board/Head Coach of HC Litvinov; After: Chairman of the Board

Before: Florida retiree/up his butt shoveler/Tomas' all time favorite player; After: Head Coach of HC Budweiss/still Tomas' all time favorite player

Before: single mother of two/grocery store cashier/holder of 2 extra jobs so that the son can have skates; After: "Mama Pasta" doing exactly what "Mama Jagr" did for the other guy at the start of his career

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:33 pm

I know we hashed this out before, but the revisionist history of Mark Messier is impressive.