NHL draft on TV is a mess.

[Eleven]

"Pick is in" seven minutes before pick is announced.

C-list celebrities and/or Jeremy Roenick (D-list) announcing picks and taking forever to do so.

Little analysis.

This is the garbage I expect out of my favorite league.

[The Jokeman]

Just now, Eleven said:

"Pick is in" seven minutes before pick is announced.

C-list celebrities and/or Jeremy Roenick (D-list) announcing picks and taking forever to do so.

Little analysis.

This is the garbage I expect out of my favorite league.

At least they aren't saying presented by Upper Deck with every pick.

[Eleven]

Just now, The Jokeman said:

At least they aren't saying presented by Upper Deck with every pick.

Yet.

[PromoTheRobot]

Gotta fill 3½ hours.

[shrader]

16 minutes ago, Eleven said:

"Pick is in" seven minutes before pick is announced.

C-list celebrities and/or Jeremy Roenick (D-list) announcing picks and taking forever to do so.

Little analysis.

This is the garbage I expect out of my favorite league.

Well yeah, espn. They’re rolling out D list media members. I miss nbc or whatever other company just piggybacking the TSN feed instead. It would save from this bad format, but you’d at least get the analysis. 

[inkman]

Having the GMs interview the players immediately after drafting them?  About as cringe as I can imagine.  

[Mr Peabody]

This is such garbage I should have driven over the border to get a hotel and watch TSN

[Eleven]

42 minutes ago, inkman said:

Having the GMs interview the players immediately after drafting them?  About as cringe as I can imagine.  

Over zoom or whatever, no less.

[LGR4GM]

Knew we were in trouble when Bettman opened by blabbing about how amazing it was with them new fangled video chat thingies

[Taro T]

42 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Over zoom or whatever, no less.

Just shocked their IT people were adept enough to keep them from getting Zoom bombed.  THAT would be pretty much par for the course.

[Big Guava]

As usual, the other leagues are miles behind the well oiled machine that is the NFL.

[SwampD]

I forgot it was on.

 

[Taro T]

17 minutes ago, SwampD said:

I forgot it was on.

 

Lucky bastage.

[Slack_in_MA]

Pretty dull

[Brawndo]

The fact that the clock resets when a trade is made is ridiculous 

[gilbert11]

10 hours ago, Eleven said:

"Pick is in" seven minutes before pick is announced.

C-list celebrities and/or Jeremy Roenick (D-list) announcing picks and taking forever to do so.

Little analysis.

This is the garbage I expect out of my favorite league.

Five minutes per pick was really like 15.

[PromoTheRobot]

3 hours ago, gilbert11 said:

Five minutes per pick was really like 15.

The NFL 1st round gives 10 actual minutes (used to be 15) between picks. The NHL clock is 3 minutes but it starts whenever they feel like.

[gilbert11]

The Zoom room with the team members was a decent idea but the execution was poor.

The NBA & NFL do well with teams in their own war rooms, so I’m not sure the NHL needs to have them at the draft.  It always seemed strange to me to have up to a dozen people climb up on the stage for one to make the selection.