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Making case for Stanley Cup playoffs trumping NBA postseason

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rock_knutne

Apr 20, 2010 1:17 PM
I don't watch the NBA at all so it's easy for me to say the NHL playoffs are better but I don't know if that article holds 100% true because the NBA gets much better ratings.
Apr 20, 2010 1:17pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:19 PM
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....no, not even close. And I'm a hockey fan.

1st round, the advantage goes to hockey. After that, I don't even pay attention to it until the Cup games.
Apr 20, 2010 1:19pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:20 PM
I don't really care much for hockey. The Olympics had little affect on the overall sport, which I'm living proof of. I loved watching olympic hockey, but the NHL itself just doesn't do it for me..

I love basketball though, so whatever.
Apr 20, 2010 1:20pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:22 PM
It comes down to which sport you like better. Personally, I watch hockey just about every night this time of year. I'll flip to basketball every once in awhile. But, the NBA is a better marketed (and more popular) US product, so they get the nod when it comes to ratings and coverage.
Apr 20, 2010 1:22pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:23 PM
Not a hockey fan, but the until the NHL gets off of VS....it is barely a major sport. Not a knock on the game...more of a knock on whoever decided to ink the deal with a network like that.

I would probably at least watch a few games if it was on ESPN or a TBS-type of network. I have gone to several NHL games in the past couple of years, so the game is interesting enough to me to watch....just not on VS.
Apr 20, 2010 1:23pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:32 PM
NHL is better overall I'd say.

The scores are low, 3-2, 4-3, so naturally more games are going to be close.

Let's say you're watching a random NBA game and it's 21-10 then 30-17, 41-30. Those games are usually boring as hell unless they get close in the fourth quarter and it comes down to a few possessions.
Apr 20, 2010 1:32pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:37 PM
I will say that these NHL playoffs have been tremendous so far.

A lot of even series and OT games and upsets.

If you just went by what's happened so far it's a strong case for the NHL but it's not always this compelling.
Apr 20, 2010 1:37pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:38 PM
Non wrote: I will say that these NHL playoffs have been tremendous so far.

A lot of even series and OT games and upsets.

If you just went by what's happened so far it's a strong case for the NHL but it's not always this compelling.
The NHL playoffs started?

Seriously though, the NBA playoffs last year were AMAZING.

This year, there have been a few good games in the 1st round, especially the surprising upsets by Utah and Portland on the road.
Apr 20, 2010 1:38pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:51 PM
Last years NHL Playoffs were amazing as well.

-Crosby and Ovechkin both having hat tricks in the same game

-Anaheim and 8 seed upsetting San Jose the best team in the league

-The Rangers forcing a game 7 against the Caps

-Carolina upsetting New Jersey in 7

-Carolina upsetting Boston in 7

-Capitals vs. Pens in a thrilling 7 game series (nuff said)

-Anaheim forcing a game 7 against Detroit (Detroit won)

-Incredible 6 game series between the Hawks and Nucks

-Malkin takes over the ECF

-Detroit dominates Chicago in the WCF

-Pens/Red Wings for the second year in a row

-Pens win the Stanley Cup on the road in game 7
Apr 20, 2010 1:51pm
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Apr 20, 2010 1:53 PM
"If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy"

Robert Montgomery Knight.
Apr 20, 2010 1:53pm
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Apr 20, 2010 2:03 PM
It's like 20-2 NHL in good games so far.

I think people make too big of a deal about Versus. It's 2010. There are a lot of channels. Unless you're 85 years old, it doesn't take much to locate the channels above 10.

I really can only speak for myself. I like all sports even basketball but when I watch an NBA game I usually have to flip back and forth through the first half. It's tough to watch 2 1/2 hours unless it's like those Bulls-Knicks games when it was so intense throughout.
Apr 20, 2010 2:03pm
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rock_knutne

Apr 20, 2010 2:11 PM
The_Crosby_Show wrote: -Pens win the Stanley Cup on the road in game 7
The last 16 seconds of that game was incredible, Fleury making that incredible save on Lidstrom to win the Stanley Cup.
Apr 20, 2010 2:11pm
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Apr 20, 2010 2:34 PM
I like both sports equally and love sports in general. I am an avid soccer fan and I think the World Cup is the greatest sports spectacle on this Earth. With that being said, nothing trumps the NHL playoffs for me.
Apr 20, 2010 2:34pm
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Apr 20, 2010 2:38 PM
HOCKEY!!!!!
The sport MEN play during basketball season.
I guess that tells you how I feel.
Oh yea
LET'S GO PENS!!!
Apr 20, 2010 2:38pm