Eklund: Sources: Next Winter Classic: Flyers To Visit Capitals

Flyers

great, we get to be 0-3 in the WC

Eklund: Sources: Next Winter Classic: Flyers To Visit Capitals
- Eklund

Jesus H Christ. Can't they pick somebody else besides Philly? Why do the Flyers invite this kind of distraction and BS upon themselves?

Florida gets an outdoor game before Colorado?

Florida gets an outdoor game before Colorado?
- motar

Jesus H Christ. Can't they pick somebody else besides Philly? Why do the Flyers invite this kind of distraction and BS upon themselves?
- Jsaquella

Philly is owned by the tv network that hosts it.

I think it wreaks of desperation that NBC and the NHL have to keep going back to the same wells in the northeast to guarantee tv ratings. NY Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Capitals with single appearances by Buffalo and Boston and Detroit being a semi northeast market.

Philly is owned by the tv network that hosts it.

I think it wreaks of desperation that NBC and the NHL have to keep going back to the same wells in the northeast to guarantee tv ratings. NY Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Capitals with single appearances by Buffalo and Boston and Detroit being a semi northeast market.
- Buffalo-Sabres

We are having the Leafs & another game in California, so that's quite a change

Philly is owned by the tv network that hosts it.

I think it wreaks of desperation that NBC and the NHL have to keep going back to the same wells in the northeast to guarantee tv ratings. NY Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Capitals with single appearances by Buffalo and Boston and Detroit being a semi northeast market.
- Buffalo-Sabres

detroit is a two timer tough guy after january 1, rangers only have 1

Philly is owned by the tv network that hosts it.

I think it wreaks of desperation that NBC and the NHL have to keep going back to the same wells in the northeast to guarantee tv ratings. NY Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Capitals with single appearances by Buffalo and Boston and Detroit being a semi northeast market.
- Buffalo-Sabres

I'm with you, but I doubt it's got that much to do with the Flyers being owned by NBC's parent company.

If they didn't pull good ratings, they wouldn't be involved. I'm just happy theyre not in one of the outdoor games this year. I'd rather see something like St Louis-Colorado myself

Florida gets an outdoor game before Colorado?
- motar

Was more amazed that Florida gets an outdoor game . Did Bettman make a deal with Jack Frost and the Heat Mizer ?

@Eklund 19m
New Rumor Blog>Sources tell me where the next Winter Classic will be played...and who will play in the game> http://www.hockeybuzz.com

09.21.2013 / 10:17 AM
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=683348

you know WHERE the game was going to be has been announced months ago

Was more amazed that Florida gets an outdoor game . Did Bettman make a deal with Jack Frost and the Heat Mizer ?
- cabin

Hell Vegas had an outdoor game 20+ years ago. In the parking lot of Caesar's. in 95 degree heat.

Lame....let's get to know some new teams. How about Colorado and St-Louis? I'd love to see Patty Roy in the locker room.

detroit is a two timer tough guy after january 1, rangers only have 1
- watsonnostaw

The Rangers play two ourdoor games next month.

Jesus H Christ. Can't they pick somebody else besides Philly? Why do the Flyers invite this kind of distraction and BS upon themselves?
- Jsaquella

Agreed. Let some other team play.

Philly is owned by the tv network that hosts it.

I think it wreaks of desperation that NBC and the NHL have to keep going back to the same wells in the northeast to guarantee tv ratings. NY Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Capitals with single appearances by Buffalo and Boston and Detroit being a semi northeast market.
- Buffalo-Sabres

NY rangers have been in 1 WC. The Stadium series is something completely different.

@Eklund 19m
New Rumor Blog>Sources tell me where the next Winter Classic will be played...and who will play in the game> http://www.hockeybuzz.com

09.21.2013 / 10:17 AM
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=683348

you know WHERE the game was going to be has been announced months ago
- DDM-Coga

Lol @ Tampa.

Flyers again? Well, it must be a good market for this.

One concern with having so many outdoor games was that it would get stagnant. How about putting the same damn teams in year after year?

Ithink I will voice my opinion by watching college football instead even though I could really care less about those games either.

NY rangers have been in 1 WC. The Stadium series is something completely different.
- tomburton99

Ok so the winter classic will have been held 6 times with 8 participants. The just screams parity.

They've both already been in it.. wtf?

Why not an Avs/Wild game in either St.Paul or Denver?

What a joke.

They've both already been in it.. wtf?

Why not an Avs/Wild game in either St.Paul or Denver?

What a joke.
- DutchCanSaveUs

West teams will never get the actually winter classic besides Chicago bc of Ratings and Time Difference, no one on the East Coast is going to watch a new years day Avs Wild game, which would have to start somewhere around 9:00 local time to make up the time difference.

Avs best chances of being an in outdoor game are the visiting team in either St. Louis or Montreal in 2015, or Winnipeg in 2016

They should have one on a real pond, somewhere in northern Ontario.

No live crowd.

No TV.

No gentlemen in vertical stripes.

Maybe a couple of reporters so we can find out who won.

Back to basics.