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I'm So High Right Now
Sidney Crosby returned on Monday night, and the ratings on national TV in the United States were horrible. Makes you wonder: Was Jeremy Roenick right when he said we're all sick of hearing about The Kid?
As noted by Puck the Media, the game drew fewer than 200,000 viewers on Versus Monday night. Now, it's worth noting that the game aired locally in Pittsburgh and New York. Because Versus picked up the game on such short notice, it was not an exclusive broadcast. It's not unusual for non-exclusive games to take a dive in the TV ratings, which is why NBC worked hard to get more exclusive games for its cable outlet in the new NHL television contract.
I'm not a big reactionary, so I'm not about to proclaim that the NHL is dying again. I'm also sick and tired of hearing the "Nobody can find Versus on their TV" garbage. If you're a hockey fan, you actually have Versus on your television, and you "can't find it," you're not much of a hockey fan.
I was honestly surprised to see this low of a number, even taking into account Versus' non-exclusivity. Once I saw it, my brain started churning about what it could have meant.
My wife is biased (can't stand Crosby, and has never really liked him), but she has been steadfast in her stance that "Joe hockey fan" -- for lack of a better term -- is just sick and tired of hearing about Crosby.
What if she's right?
What if Jeremy Roenick was right?
But it's hard not to think that Roenick had a point amid all the madness. Maybe people are just tired of hearing about Sidney Crosby. There are 29 teams and nearly 700 active players in this league who aren't named "Sidney Crosby," and maybe fans would like to hear about the other really good ones once in a while.
Sidney Crosby's Return Draws Awful TV Rating; Was Jeremy Roenick Right? - SBNation.com