Where are those “ it doesn’t effect watching the gameplay” people now
intelpentium400
Imagine paying to watch this. Piracy or GTFO.
dm3030
I’ve stopped watching.
According_Arm8384
This is really bad, and I hate the ads, but I hate them more when I can’t see the puck in the air along the boards….it’s sometimes unwatchable
Edit: spelling
Hutch25
To this day it still pisses me off they chose to spend a ridiculous amount of money on CGI for ads, rather then improving and expanding player safety, the very reason they are able to operate and they don’t spend money on improving it.
nogomet365
they could have just sell ads on jerseys but they wanted this. some jerseys like in football would look much better with some name on it
MarsupialAltruistic1
At least it’s a Publix ad lol Still hate this garbage tho
ExperienceNo7751
End it. Now. It’s noticeably distracting, the ads and graphics animations especially when puck is in play is infuriating. Pretty sure everyone who wants to gamble is aware they can
pangaea1972
The temporary eye patch is becoming closer to permanent every day with that fuckstick ruining our sport.
Hockeylover420
I would much rather have LED panels in the boards than digital ads
RosesAreFreeGH
I was excited about the NHL season but I stopped watching. You can’t have digital ads while play is ongoing. Ads should only happen during stoppage
Throw_Trash_3928
People don’t tune in to a hockey game to watch hockey. They tune in to learn about grocery stores and phosphate mining.
SaulTBalls
NLL has 0 issues with their digital boards
DominionMM1
People are complaining about this? I thought everybody loved it.
Judge_Rhinohold
The poors prefer these virtual board ads!
throwawayyourfun
I think my favorite moment was when my local broadcast was calling out a special moment for the home team and they had something special on the boards and the broadcast showed the digital ad instead of the special static tribute. It was great.
Basic_Ask1885
It’s perfect that it’s Publix too, for all the NHL’s performative and sanctimonious diversity and inclusion efforts.
stosh59
Never seen that on a Dallas Stars broadcast either.
CreateorWither
I like it better this way because Gary told me!
CrypticGorillaCaulk
These are anti-ads for me and my friends since we hate them so much, instant boycott.
burningapollo
Publix does have good king cake though….
valgrym
is this for real?!
Chonkernaut
Guess Publix paid extra
TSAdventure
The ads can’t keep up with the action, it’s a terrible blur. The games should not be allowed to be advertised as HD since they are not clear at all.
learn2die101
Oilers Canucks national broadcast last night was borderline unwatchable.
So many moving ads. The game before the ads were vibrating on the boards all game??? Fix your shit or get rid of it… preferably the latter.
AccomplishedCod1234
The flames games always seem to be terrible for that.
LeanMrfuzzles
I want a pub sub now
godzilla_gnome
They should replace the players with betting percentages on skates
The_BusFromSpeed
Yet another reason why I’ll never pay to stream a game. It’s a pirate’s life for me.
Catssonova
I’m pretty lucky with mostly still ads on the Wings broadcast. I only notice a player cut out occasionally, usually when they are falling down and the AI can’t quite compensate for it. I still miss seeing the beat up boards.
I have no problem with the ads if it means hockey can grown, but alienating the fan base with poor execution isn’t going to help.
HarrisonHollers
I haven’t seen anyone bring up the point that advertisers who already paid for the physical boards at arenas are losing out from exposure with digital boards? Aren’t they pissed off?
nolesfan2011
These are awful, should just be static ads on the boards that aren’t distracting
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Where are those “ it doesn’t effect watching the gameplay” people now
Imagine paying to watch this. Piracy or GTFO.
I’ve stopped watching.
This is really bad, and I hate the ads, but I hate them more when I can’t see the puck in the air along the boards….it’s sometimes unwatchable
Edit: spelling
To this day it still pisses me off they chose to spend a ridiculous amount of money on CGI for ads, rather then improving and expanding player safety, the very reason they are able to operate and they don’t spend money on improving it.
they could have just sell ads on jerseys but they wanted this. some jerseys like in football would look much better with some name on it
At least it’s a Publix ad lol
Still hate this garbage tho
End it. Now. It’s noticeably distracting, the ads and graphics animations especially when puck is in play is infuriating. Pretty sure everyone who wants to gamble is aware they can
The temporary eye patch is becoming closer to permanent every day with that fuckstick ruining our sport.
I would much rather have LED panels in the boards than digital ads
I was excited about the NHL season but I stopped watching. You can’t have digital ads while play is ongoing. Ads should only happen during stoppage
People don’t tune in to a hockey game to watch hockey. They tune in to learn about grocery stores and phosphate mining.
NLL has 0 issues with their digital boards
People are complaining about this? I thought everybody loved it.
The poors prefer these virtual board ads!
I think my favorite moment was when my local broadcast was calling out a special moment for the home team and they had something special on the boards and the broadcast showed the digital ad instead of the special static tribute. It was great.
It’s perfect that it’s Publix too, for all the NHL’s performative and sanctimonious diversity and inclusion efforts.
Never seen that on a Dallas Stars broadcast either.
I like it better this way because Gary told me!
These are anti-ads for me and my friends since we hate them so much, instant boycott.
Publix does have good king cake though….
is this for real?!
Guess Publix paid extra
The ads can’t keep up with the action, it’s a terrible blur. The games should not be allowed to be advertised as HD since they are not clear at all.
Oilers Canucks national broadcast last night was borderline unwatchable.
So many moving ads. The game before the ads were vibrating on the boards all game??? Fix your shit or get rid of it… preferably the latter.
The flames games always seem to be terrible for that.
I want a pub sub now
They should replace the players with betting percentages on skates
Yet another reason why I’ll never pay to stream a game. It’s a pirate’s life for me.
I’m pretty lucky with mostly still ads on the Wings broadcast. I only notice a player cut out occasionally, usually when they are falling down and the AI can’t quite compensate for it. I still miss seeing the beat up boards.
I have no problem with the ads if it means hockey can grown, but alienating the fan base with poor execution isn’t going to help.
I haven’t seen anyone bring up the point that advertisers who already paid for the physical boards at arenas are losing out from exposure with digital boards? Aren’t they pissed off?
These are awful, should just be static ads on the boards that aren’t distracting