NBC's coverage of Stars/Wings w/ the Preakness

FYI...

Just head that if the Stars/Wings game goes longer than 1 OT, they are going to switch the coverage over to VS so that NBC can show the horse race except in Dallas and Detroit.  We'll see how long that will last in those two cities if it goes longer...

Also, apparently they are still working out details in Baltimore (they have full race coverage) and Cleveland (they show the Indians games on NBC), but I wonder if anyone in those cities cares about either hockey team.

Don't believe that there's any issue with Sunday's game.

Yeah I heard that yesterday too. NBC guaranteed 4 periods and thats it. At least they have a plan this year instead of last year when they said "We'll be right back to the NHL on NBC!" then the next thing you heard was the Kentucky Derby announer saying "NHL is on VS now".

With the exception of the Indians, NBC should be forced to show the hockey game nationally. The NHL signed a contract with you for NATIONAL TV rights and you should uphold that contract. I'm sure people in Baltimore can watch BS about the horse race on some other channel. NHL fans in Baltimore cannot watch the NHL game on any other channel.

NBC has poor coverage.

CBC have good coverage , they do there home work  on a teams before they say anything about the teams.

NBC they don`t know crap about the players or the teams .

Go Wings

I'm with you C&W, seems like a night game on NBC would make more sense.  Not like Saturday night TV is that important.  I get why they would need to show the Preakness, but why set yourself up for the remote possibility that there could be a conflict. 

Poor planning on NBC's part, but on the bright side, no glowing puck!

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bew, here's an interesting article out of the Detroit Free Press. Apparently Versus is going to try an experiment with some sort of "puck-tracking" technology. I guess they never learned their lesson from Fox. I still remember that red vapor trail after a slap shot. Even if it was a dump-in.

I still have nightmares watching that!

Here's my question, why not use this technology for the replay officials in Toronto?  If you could see the puck through the boards, you should be able to see it through the players, right?  Just a thought.