Blog Watch: Top NHL Sites
Sports Media Challenge's Sports Blog Index compiled the top ten NHL blogs in the marketplace. The following sites, ranked in order, were selected with a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis. The three general criteria for ranking are influence, community and relevance. Click here for more information. Visit www.SportsBusinessDaily.com for more info.
Below are a few of the more entertaining posts from some of the top sites.
Off Wing Opinion
Posted by: Eric |
| “Because the vast majority of NHL revenues are generated at the local level, there simply isn't any way to support the sort of national ad buy everyone would like to see in order to win the league some new fans. … Why shouldn't the NHL outsource a piece of their marketing/advertising function to organizations like NFL Films and MLB Advanced Media?” |
Barry Melrose Rocks
Posted by: Kevin |
| “Thursday night the Predators open their season at home, and things are looking bleak already. There are apparently still almost 8,000 tickets unsold for the game in an arena that seats about 17,000. I imagine Gary Bettman would play the role of Bill Lumbergh well; 'Yeah so... Nashville. I'm going to need you to go ahead and move to Kansas City, OK? Grrrreat. Yeahhhh.... and could you do that ASAP? Grrrrreat. Thanks.’” |
The Battle of California
Posted by: Earl Sleek |
| “It seems playing in England was a pretty good opening gesture for the NHL--no major head hits or stick swings, some decent back-and-forth hockey, and two rookies getting the season's first two NHL wins. It did take 15 minutes for the lights to turn on, 5 periods of hockey for an even-strength goal to be scored, and a bit longer to find out that English fans love fights, but those glitches aside, it seems to have gone off rather well, or at least not badly.” |
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