8:30 is pretty reasonable. Sorry you can’t stay awake past 10pm
DominionMM1
Aren’t Dallas and St. Paul both on CST? 8:30 seems pretty late.
75Minnesota
Gary: “We need to grow the game!”
NHL: has marquee event unavailable to half the continent
frostyjack06
I’m thankful for modern recording services. Anything 7pm or earlier on a weeknight, I’m usually in, otherwise that’s getting watched with supper the following day.
RedWingsForever
That’s fucked
Charmander_Chazz
I feel your pain, and you just know it’s gonna go to multiple OTs until like 1am
Bellsie19
As an Oilers fan I feel this in my soul.
LegendaryWeapon
This is pretty normal being a Canucks fan living in Edmonton.
thatguy11
Not gonna lie… I kinda like the late starts. I can get hammered at a normal hammerin’ time.
lordofpersia
Mtn time best time.
jjbjeff22
Much better than a 1pm local start on a week day.
baconcow
I watch Oilers games from Nova Scotia, so I see 8:30 pm and think that is super early.
Old_Mistake5816
As a Finn: Oh! A 5am start time? Sweeet!
Enough-Ad-3111
Makes me glad the Red Wings got moved into the Eastern Conference a decade ago… even though we haven’t been in the playoffs for several years.
zhaozhenghaozhonguo
That’s literally primetime you moron.
Jawsinstl
Central teams get no love when it comes to scheduling.
DrOddcat
Lol. You think the 8:30 games are starting on time. You will get a 9pm puck drop after the rangers lose in overtime and like it.
natertottt
Well they need to spread the games out so all the fans can watch the games that are blacked out in their region.
mlg2433
Pffft. I’ll just be tired for work. Who needs sleep when my team is gonna be having playoff hockey?
Bee_Rye85
You mean every western conference team not just the stars.
Willmatic88
TBF Texas is a better fit for the Atlantic division than the Wings… but i dont think you would like it here.
EasyThreezy
830 MT starts do suck for watching Avs/Nuggs, but this is one of the few benefits of being someone that doesn’t go to bed before 1130.
jbr2811
Pat Foley had a great rant about this during a 8:42 Central time puck drop.
As a UK fan I need the latest starts possible so I can catch the end of them when I wake up🙃
dizcostyk
I work until 6:30-45 mountain zone, and the 8:30 starts are a blessing. Nothing is worse than missing half the game while your still at work. You give me a matinee or a 5:30 start and you’ve ruined my whole day. More 8:30 starts please!
ThisIsNotMy1stAcct
Anything to pander to the east coast
DopeCookies15
NHL has to fix this. It’s insane to have to watch a game start a 9pm in the central! I understand if it were out West, do better NHL.
idontwannatalk2u
Try living on the east coast
skankhunt_relapse
Welcome to Atlantic Canada’s pain.
4rt4tt4ck
Being a Wings fan in MI in the 90s (when they were the only western conference team in the eastern time zone), it was difficult when they regularly matched up with teams on the west coast and half the games started at 10 or 1030pm.
beeblehousin
Hi I’m a Wild fan and I’m here for the Playoffs Puck Drop support group
CaptainGoodyear
What’s wrong with an 8:30 start? Almost every single Toronto game starts at the earliest 8 pm. Seems pretty normal to me.
Grizzly_Addams
Lol. It is lame as shit. Can people on the east coast really not swing a 6pm game?
rokken70
Yeah that’s BS
Tyfoid-Kid
And no TV without cable except for some afternoon game in ABC.
AMWChicago
I remember a hawks preds playoff game in 2015 started at 930 pm local. Absolutely ridiculous
SmallStepGoalie
**Laughs in beer league.**
zavtra13
Ugh, can’t wait to watch the first period of the Oilers games this year when the puck doesn’t drop before 20:45.
Flex1855
I swear the NHL hates western teams so much if the ducks played the rangers in a final they’d still start the games in NY at 930 east just so nobody would watch the ducks
Beerkiller2
Texas shouldn’t have to stand for this.
outofcontrol420
Ya every single Edmonton game is set to LA time. Even our home games fuck
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8:30 is pretty reasonable. Sorry you can’t stay awake past 10pm
Aren’t Dallas and St. Paul both on CST? 8:30 seems pretty late.
Gary: “We need to grow the game!”
NHL: has marquee event unavailable to half the continent
I’m thankful for modern recording services. Anything 7pm or earlier on a weeknight, I’m usually in, otherwise that’s getting watched with supper the following day.
That’s fucked
I feel your pain, and you just know it’s gonna go to multiple OTs until like 1am
As an Oilers fan I feel this in my soul.
This is pretty normal being a Canucks fan living in Edmonton.
Not gonna lie… I kinda like the late starts. I can get hammered at a normal hammerin’ time.
Mtn time best time.
Much better than a 1pm local start on a week day.
I watch Oilers games from Nova Scotia, so I see 8:30 pm and think that is super early.
As a Finn: Oh! A 5am start time? Sweeet!
Makes me glad the Red Wings got moved into the Eastern Conference a decade ago… even though we haven’t been in the playoffs for several years.
That’s literally primetime you moron.
Central teams get no love when it comes to scheduling.
Lol. You think the 8:30 games are starting on time. You will get a 9pm puck drop after the rangers lose in overtime and like it.
Well they need to spread the games out so all the fans can watch the games that are blacked out in their region.
Pffft. I’ll just be tired for work. Who needs sleep when my team is gonna be having playoff hockey?
You mean every western conference team not just the stars.
TBF Texas is a better fit for the Atlantic division than the Wings… but i dont think you would like it here.
830 MT starts do suck for watching Avs/Nuggs, but this is one of the few benefits of being someone that doesn’t go to bed before 1130.
Pat Foley had a great rant about this during a 8:42 Central time puck drop.
[video](https://youtu.be/2TUzO8fzDzg)
And it’s gonna go to multiple overtimes, watch
As a UK fan I need the latest starts possible so I can catch the end of them when I wake up🙃
I work until 6:30-45 mountain zone, and the 8:30 starts are a blessing. Nothing is worse than missing half the game while your still at work. You give me a matinee or a 5:30 start and you’ve ruined my whole day. More 8:30 starts please!
Anything to pander to the east coast
NHL has to fix this. It’s insane to have to watch a game start a 9pm in the central! I understand if it were out West, do better NHL.
Try living on the east coast
Welcome to Atlantic Canada’s pain.
Being a Wings fan in MI in the 90s (when they were the only western conference team in the eastern time zone), it was difficult when they regularly matched up with teams on the west coast and half the games started at 10 or 1030pm.
Hi I’m a Wild fan and I’m here for the Playoffs Puck Drop support group
What’s wrong with an 8:30 start? Almost every single Toronto game starts at the earliest 8 pm. Seems pretty normal to me.
Lol. It is lame as shit. Can people on the east coast really not swing a 6pm game?
Yeah that’s BS
And no TV without cable except for some afternoon game in ABC.
I remember a hawks preds playoff game in 2015 started at 930 pm local. Absolutely ridiculous
**Laughs in beer league.**
Ugh, can’t wait to watch the first period of the Oilers games this year when the puck doesn’t drop before 20:45.
I swear the NHL hates western teams so much if the ducks played the rangers in a final they’d still start the games in NY at 930 east just so nobody would watch the ducks
Texas shouldn’t have to stand for this.
Ya every single Edmonton game is set to LA time. Even our home games fuck