Steve Complains About NHL, VERSUS Again: HHOF Ceremony Deserves US TV Treatment
Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, much like jersey retirement ceremonies, are super boring if you don’t have a personal investment in the athlete being honored (there, I said it, Joe Sakic fans who complained about VERSUS on opening night). The fact is, it’s just a bunch of guys giving speeches about how blessed they are by God and how they couldn’t have done it without their teammates, and very rarely does anything revelatory come out of it.
Still… it should be on VERSUS.
For a few years now, the league has been thinking of ways to make HHOF induction weekend an event a la the Winter Classic or the All-Star Game. Something like shutting down games to air the ceremony. This would be a great idea. An even better idea would be the one I’m proposing.
VERSUS is airing a game between LA and Chicago tonight. Hey, what’s that? One of the players being honored tonight played for one of those teams? Great! Why not show the HHOF induction ceremony before the game? The ceremony will run from 7-8:30 on NHL Network tonight (thank you), so why not just move the hockey game back a half an hour and dedicate your entire night to the great history of the sport.
One of the best HHOF classes ever deserves, as do their multitude of fans.
Personally, I think there should be zero games on HHOF induction nights. That way the entire who’s who of hockey can be there or watch it on tv.
It’s a great idea. But I kinda agree with Chris. Especially when it’s such a worthy HHOF class.
At least with it being on the NHL Network more people will see the ceremony if they want to, If it were on Verses the millions of people who use DirecTV would be excluded.