from Richard Deitsch of The Athletic,

With the 2019-20 NHL regular season beginning Wednesday, I thought it would be a good time to examine how to improve the NHL as a television product. (Disclaimer: I work for Sportsnet 590 radio in Toronto and Sportsnet airs the NHL in Canada.) I paneled NHL writers from The Athletic for their thoughts on how to improve the television experience and presentation. Let me know what you would do in the comments section.

Rick Carpiniello, Rangers writer:

This is a pet peeve of mine with most U.S. hockey broadcast outlets, but especially NBC Sports. They sell, sell, sell the rough stuff — NBC’s old Wednesday Rivalry Night slogan was “The Night You Love To Hate” and their opens feature fights, etc. — yet at the first sign of a fracas, the camera instantly switches to a closeup of somebody not remotely involved. It’s as if they’re ordered to not show the tough parts of the game live. Then they will show the full replay in slow motion etc. But live, nope. It’s breakneck speed to get away from what is actually happening on the ice. The Canadian outlets generally focus in on what happens pre- and post-whistle. I could go on, but that’s the one that really bugs me, and NBC is a major offender.

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