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@meseeksnthinks @BFW @speedgoalie Good God. Maybe it isn't intentional.

@UNC_LL @BFW @speedgoalie Buddy… Carolina fans deserved to be chirp for attendance if there’s that many seats open in double OT. You’re the one being purposefully dense here. And i agree with BFW, it looked like there were many lower bowl seats empty.

Why is Carolina’s arena so empty in double overtime of a playoff game?

@DGabriel_52 Same but we finally fixed it somehow I think. Or they finally did. Hopefully yours is better too.

@UNC_LL Happening on both ESPN games for me right now

Anyone else getting a weird echo reverb distortion of crowd noise during the Sabres Bruins broadcast on ESPN. Come on ESPN just let the crowd noise be what it is.

@SelectOneNow @KPapetti I agree.

@UNC_LL @KPapetti This Montreal-Tampa game is fantastic.

The Metro bracket has four teams that play some pretty damn boring hockey

@SelectOneNow @KPapetti That's fine, you do you. There's plenty of defense optional hockey out there. But I like a team that can actually forecheck and also score.

@UNC_LL @KPapetti People often forget that the NHL is a business. There's so much competition for entertainment. NHL like every other business has to continously adapt or get left behind. I like a two-way game. But rather watch and offensive game than hard defensive trap hockey.

@Uglycarlspitale We finally fixed it somehow or it just went away. It was so bad though!

@UNC_LL Yes!!!! Came to X to see if I was crazy

@SelectOneNow @KPapetti Solid 2-way hockey isn't defensive shell hockey but don't take my word for it. Now, in fairness, some of these will shift after all teams get in game 2 but would argue there's some offense happening in the Metro bracket. They just don't play defense optional hockey.

@UNC_LL @KPapetti I don't know much about NBA. Know they have higher tv ratings than NHL. Amd NHL ratings got better once they pushed for more offense. The worse ratings was through the dreadful defensive dead puck era. Real snooze fest to watch.

@SelectOneNow @KPapetti People who need the game to be manipulated into a cookie cutter formula because they have a short attention span & don't value a well rounded 2 way game are boring. Just go watch a tiktok of the goals and let people who actually enjoy more than one type of hockey watch the game.

@UNC_LL @KPapetti Doesn't the NBA have much higher TV ratings? Remember when the dead puck era almost killed the league? Offensive hockey is a better product to watch both in person and on the TV. It's why all the leagues promote it. They even make rules to help offence.

@AnvilJosh @CaniacChic I expect it if they left before the game was over intentionally. But after the Canes Win announcement, I don't blame people for not noticing. It's not like they walked out with time left in the clock. They just didn't hang around after what they thought was the end of a game.

@UNC_LL @CaniacChic Thats fine but then expect to get some shade on the interwebs from the talking heads about the lower bowl being being noticeably thined out.🤷🏽‍♂️ It is what it is.

Dude even Rod left lol, it wasn’t clear at all

@Mullin_95 @PastaYt_ @MoneyPuckdotcom So there's no value in understanding why a team is losing? If everyone including the team & coaching staff assume Ullmark is a problem when really he's standing on his head preventing 9 goals a game, that feels logical? Their team is playing well. Canes are just better imo.

@PastaYt_ @MoneyPuckdotcom Have played the game , understand the game , and know in the playoffs , 16 wins is the only stat that counts. Analytics get brought up to make people feel good about losing

Playoff goalie rankings moneypuck.com/goalies.htm

@AnvilJosh @CaniacChic How about people do what they want after supporting their team and it just be announced when there is a super delayed review.

@UNC_LL @CaniacChic I was there as well and saw the officials all at the scorers table and could tell it was being reviewed almost right away. How about instead of "Come on let's get the F out of here" ppl try living in the moment and take it in? We were all tired, we'll all had to work toady.

I’m home. Go heels 🩵🤍 #ripauntie

@AnvilJosh @CaniacChic If everyone waits out the traffic, it will never be reduced. I hear you & stayed for the game last night because we noticed but don't blame people who wanted to get out of the building & thought the game was over. The simple way to prevent this is to announce the review quickly.

@CaniacChic Tired "let's beat the traffic" PPL anyway. Wired "Let's wait out the traffic"

@SelectOneNow @KPapetti Yeah, because that sentiment has made the NBA so much more fun.

@KPapetti NHL shpuld do as much as they can to promote uptempo offensive hockey. Such a better product to watch.

@BFW @speedgoalie Assuming I don't hold my breath waiting for that insightful & analytical coverage, I'm sure I'll be fine.

@UNC_LL @speedgoalie Hope you survive this.

@BFW @speedgoalie Nah, I am super sensitive to crappy click bait content though and the overwhelming amount of it in sports coverage vs actual analysis or insight.

@UNC_LL @speedgoalie No. You guys are super sensitive to being called out for having empty seats in a playoff game.

@StaceyR15148744 @RLtwenty2 @FrankieBorrelli Some Sens players even went toward tunnel before skating back. We saw it because we were stuck getting out for awhile. Fans caught some people before they got out but the lowers, esp near center ice have a straight shot to the exit. Couldn't get back in once left.

@RLtwenty2 @FrankieBorrelli No so- Not sure if you have ever been to a NHL game. 2 things gave it away- 1) Ottawa players never left bench or ice. 2) all the officials over at the scoring box, and 1 more thing- scoreboard never changed.

How did half the arena empty out in Carolina? The review was right after the goal.. and they’re not letting the people back in? Insane.

@RLtwenty2 @FrankieBorrelli This. We only noticed because we had to wait a long time to get out of our row. It happened during a reg season game too. Thought we had an OT loss and didn't realize it was called back and we actually won until we got home. I don't know why there is no announcement.

I don’t know how it played out on tv but in the arena there was no sense anything was under review, it was a goal celebration lights flashing team celebrating etc. half the people got up and left unless you turned around and looked you wouldn’t have known its under review. A lot of people left the arena then tried to come back in and couldn’t

@FrankieBorrelli They didn't announce there was a review though. Super loud arena. Song already played, win announced. You had to be looking to see the players weren't leaving. We almost left and just had to wait in our row long enough to notice what was happening. They should've announced.