NHL Trade Deadline: Is 8 hours too much coverage?

[Fred Derf Veteran]

What: Sportsnet is throwing a BASH to mark the NHL Trade Deadline

When: Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Time: 10 am/ET until 6 pm/ET

Where: On Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet.ca

Who: The Hockeycentral crew: Darren Millard, Rob Faulds, Nick Kypreos, Bill Watters, Gord Stellick, Mike Brophy, John Garrett, Ray Ferraro and Christine Simpson

Special Guests: Former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau & Internet Insider Eklund. The Trade or No Trade girls, complete with silver cases.

Also featuring: Live reports from Sportsnet personalities and analysts coast-to-coast; music courtesy Universal Music & Boston Pizza waitresses serving up slices

Surprises: Of course, but our lips are sealed

The 2007 NHL trade deadline is Tuesday, February 27 at 3pm et/Noon pt, and coverage begins on TSN and TSN Broadband at 10am et/7am et.

According to this, The Score will offered 8 hours of coverage last year. I don't know what ESPN and Versus are doing exactly.

[ahhell]

Dear God!!!! 8 hours??!?!

Paint doesn't take that long to dry. I'd rather watch that.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Well, I originally thought 8 hours was ridiculous but then I realized that if it is on and I am near a TV then I will probably watch it. Probably not the entire 8 hours but I'll catch up every half hour or so. The interview with Eklund may hook me for a while.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Today is deadline day

Americans that like hockey can watch SportsNet Live on the internet from this page:

http://www3.sportsnet.ca/trade_deadline_2007/

Don't forget to check Eklund's site:

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/

The Toronto Star gets their data from forcaster.ca so I tend to like what they have:

http://www.forecaster.ca/thestar.com/hocke...log.cgi?2006-07

[Fred Derf Veteran]

One hour is done with only one trade to talk about (Gary Roberts to Pittsburgh).

Recently we learned that Martin Biron was traded but the destination has not been confirmed. The first rumour was Florida but now they are saying Philadelphia (for a 1st round draft choice).

[Fred Derf Veteran]

The Leafs re-aquired Y. Perreault who, apparently, has had an injured shoulder since the all-star game thus making him less effective at faceoffs and reducing his offensive output.

Can someone explain to me the logic of renting a injured player?

[Ayepecks]

Biggest move so far is easily Bertuzzi being a wing.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&a...Page&id=876

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Biggest move so far is easily Bertuzzi being a wing.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&a...Page&id=876

I consider the Ryan Smith move bigger/more significant than Bertuzzi. At least Ryan is healthy.

[Steffan]

I was surprised that Smyth was traded to the Islanders. I agree with Fred, that was the biggest trade of the day.

[Matrix XII]

I say it's too much.

The Score

[Razorwing]

it's alright. Leafs have too many injured players.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Wow, TSN kicked Sportsnet's butt. I was pretty loyal to Sportsnet without really doing much flipping around. TSN charges extra for their HD channel while Sportsnet is free in HD (if you have the Rogers VIP bundle anyway).

I mean, there really isn't much value in seeing Nick and the boys in HDTV but at least they had the "Deal or No Deal" girls (and the Hanson Brothers). Actually the Kipper lives around me somewhere, I see him out and about a fair bit.

For any non-Slapshot fans, I'm talking about these guys and not that kid band:

http://www.hansonbrothers.net/

Sportsnet had Eklund but they kept his identity secret. He sounded like a bit of a whiner. Probably just some internet geek.