#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

which more people might have watched if it hadn't premiered during the game it was hyping

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

But the first ep is available free after it finishes airing, right? (Is that now?)

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Consumers who do not subscribe to SHOWTIME will be able to sample the episode beginning Friday after 9:30 p.m. ET for free on the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel, Facebook page and website, SHO.com. (Including Yahoo Sports.) An encore presentation of the premiere episode will air Friday at 12:00 a.m. ET on NHL Network in the U.S. and on Sportsnet in Canada, and will be available at NHL.com on Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. ET.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I just watched on nhln. Way too much game footage, surely Showtime realizes that their viewers have already watched the games they spend so much time (boringly) recapping? There's almost nothing in this that probably most fans haven't already gotten from the teams' twitters. The coaches' intermission speeches were good, as were the two seconds of practice/training footage. I would have liked to see more practice, equipment management, front office behind the scenes stuff, though they're probably limited in how much they're allowed to show.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Well that doesn't sound too appealing. The only time game footage is interesting is when the players are mic'd but even then I still don't need more than 2 minutes of it.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

It's up now:
https://www.nhl.com/video/showtime-all-access-ep-1/t-277350912/c-44016003?platform=hootsuite

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I really could have done without seeing either the hit on Letang or Ben Bishop's injury from the first game of the series. At the very least they didn't actually have the sound of Bishop yelling though. That yell made me nauseous when I heard it when it happened.

Matt Cullen with his kids was cute.

Probably the best part of the whole thing was finding a new song I liked that I've never heard before.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

What was the name of the song? I've been googling the lyrics but can't find it.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Was this the song at the end or something else? The closing song is True Colors by Zedd (and Kesha), apparently.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

No,if you watch it on YouTube it's about 3:50 in and starts "if you think of the edge of the world". I can't find it anywhere!

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I knew this already but man do hockey players/coaches say "boys" way too much.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

If I hear "fucking right" one more time I'll lose my mind.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

The fact that the Lightning give a camo vest to their player of the game is amusing me. I guess for a team loaded with Europeans they sure have learned to embrace Florida redneck culture.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I felt the Eastern Conference side of things got more coverage, probably fairly as the story there has had more to offer. Just more interesting footage in the locker room with the Eastern teams too. It's interesting how both Pens and Lightning have post-game best player traditions.

Also noticed DeBoer was the only coach without a locker room pre-game speech soundbyte. Did they choose not to air it or were they not allowed in the room?

Agree that it's just a lot of game footage so far and kinda boring. Doesn't have the Road to the Winter Classic storytelling acumen even with the loads of narration going on. But I guess HBO set a high benchmark and the Epix series hasn't lived up to it either. Also probably an access issue, can't imagine teams want anything distracting at such a crucial juncture.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I stopped watching halfway through because of the emphasis on the East, honestly.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I strongly suspect that San Jose aren't giving them much access. There's way less Sharks material compared to the other three.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

"It's interesting how both Pens and Lightning have post-game best player traditions."

I haven't watched it. How are their traditions different from most teams?

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Not necessarily different than others, it's a wearable item like most I've heard of - a camo vest for the Bolts and a viking helmet for the Pens. It's just that they didn't show anything like that for the either of the West teams. (Doesn't mean they don't have them, but I haven't heard about them having their own traditions either.)

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

The Blues used to have a hot dog hat that they made the winner wear while doing their post game interview. They might still have it around and hand it out, but I haven't seen it in an interview for awhile.

Photographic evidence: https://tm4t.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tj-oshie-weenie-hate-stl-blues.jpg

Also, here's Polak in it back when he was a Blue, lol: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a4/d8/7c/a4d87caa4ef84533f6ead52dc4f29c80.jpg

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

They're not. AYRT is either very new to hockey or doesn't pay much attention to teams/media other than her own.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

I'm putting this here because it doesn't really fit anywhere else and it's one of the showtime extras. Everytime I see this it cracks me up.

https://instagram.com/p/BF5dYEaOpNq/

Everyone throws themselves over the boards with joy. And Sid. Strolls down the bench and goes through the door.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! And then he skates over to Flower. <3

I love how Horny shakes Sid harder and harder as the clock winds down.

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Love Horny giving Sid what starts off as a back/shoulder rub and ending up just shaking him out of nerves, while Sid pays him no attention. And then hug!!

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

http://fahbee.tumblr.com/post/145382970520/geno-talking-about-the-birth-of-his-son-nikita

Geno talking about the baby! And first pic of him being a dad. :3

Re: All Access - Quest for the Stanley Cup

[(Anonymous)]

Did this ever get less terrible? The last (?) episode aired Monday?