Hey All!
We got to interview Brian Engblom with the Hockey Blogger Insider’s program from Versus! The interview is posted up in the Web Prowlin section if you wanna take a listen.
Good stuff in there from opinions on teams, players, state of the NHL, head shots and much much more.
To everyone who called me out a few months ago when I said we probably wouldn’t get Blake Wheeler…. a big fat razzberry!
I am not too sad… (you gotta wanna be here, wanna give your heart and soul every shift to be a Coyote these days). The bad old days of having to take what we could get are dead and gone.
Betcha DMGM has some pretty plans for that 35th pick!
Coyotes Will Receive 35th Overall Pick in 2008 NHL Entry Draft as Compensation
We asked Coyotes executives Don Maloney (general manager) and Doug Moss (president) what they thought the NHL could do to appeal to even more fans.
Maloney: “I wish I had an answer. . . . The speed of the game is just phenomenal. How we can get more people watching - I think attendance around he league is pretty strong, and we hope to be better next year in Phoenix, but the television audience . . . the people at the NHL office are trying to get more people engaged in watching the sport.
“I heard some talk about bringing back the gold puck, technology to be able to follow the puck a little bit better on television. So much of the game is anticipating where the puck (is going) . . . When I watch a game, you’re not glued strictly on the puck.” . . . We get 12 (thousand), 15 (thousand), 18,000 people to come to your building, it’s not a problem. It’s that fan sitting at home and being able to turn it on and say, ‘Yeah, this is a great sport to watch for two hours on the couch.’ ”
Moss: “Television is one thing, and a lot of people have pointed to that. But TV is just a part of how fans get their information. What the NHL has done with nhl.com is a fabulous resource. For the future season-ticket holder, it’s about how they get their information and how they get their content.”
“Versus is on more TVs in hotels, restaurants and bars, I’ve noticed. It’s starting to really grow. . . . ESPN giving hockey more time, and adding (Canadian broadcasting legend) Don Cherry - maybe it’s an indication they’re willing to get back into the business.”
My thoughts?
