Hey, yeah. What happens if you live in the USA, drive to a hockey game in Canada? Are there tarrifs on merchandise? How would the border guards know you bought a puck and a jersy?

I'm not certain these are the same type of ads you're talking about, but I want to chime in on the too many #$@%ing ads topic. My hockey watching is pretty much limited to Leafs playoff games, although I watch a lot of NBA, MLB, and CFL games - so I know sports broadcasts. Anyway, the ads along the sideboards that 'fly in' on NHL TV broadcasts are ridiculous, imo, in how much of a 'suppression of visual distraction' (mental effort) it takes to follow the puck and game as a viewer

“All players, no matter which country they play in, get paid in U.S. dollars,” Bettman told CNBC’s Becky Quick on Squawk Box on Wednesday. “So if the impact of the tariffs is to see the Canadian dollar drop relative to the U.S. dollar, it will make it more difficult and more painful.” Okay, but we put a tariff on our Canadian labour and we get 25% bonus. Win-con!

They should put like a blue glowing outline on the puck to make it easier the follow. And, like, make it streak red when someone does a slapped shot to make it more exciting! Subscribe to my channel for more groundbreaking hockey ideas.

Probably since it’s less than a certain amount of dollars, like under 1000$ or 500$, then it’s not considered significant enough? I don’t know frankly and I doubt the American administration knows either since they change things every other day.

Chirping in, it’s probably because you watch the Leafs. No but for real, I agree. The amount of ads since Covid has increased drastically and it’s so annoying. So many board ads, so many jersey/helmet ads, betting ads are everywhere and it’s just.. urgh. I love the sport, but it’s such an horrible league. I’ve been going more to LHJMQ and it’s more fun (local Québec league).

If that's the case, why apply the tarrifs to individual purchases online?

Those are the ads. They also blur pucks, sticks, and bodies sometimes. And also are super bright so your eyes are drawn away from the play of an already difficult to track sport. Fuck Bettman.

I would take the glowing puck back over what they've done with flashing banner ads everywhere. At least one attempted to draw your eye toward the play.

Shipping companies tend to take more than one item

First off, fuck the Leafs. Canucks forever! Now we've got done with that. I've moved to the UK, I watch literally one game a year live. I pirate cast it, as I'm not paying extortionate money for channels I'd watch once. I stay up til ~1am for puck drop for a single Canucks game during the playoffs. Always on or around my birthday, usually pretty lucky and there's actually a game on my birthday. Well...early the day after in my timezone anyway. Also luckily, I don't think I've ever had those ads! Who knew not paying for watching the game would make it a way better experience?

As it was said just bellow, it’s due to shipping companies. As regular citizens, we can « import » up to 800$ without paying tariffs. However, let’s say company A imports items from the US. They will do so with numbers over 800$, probably in the thousands or millions. This means it’s over the limit of obligatory signaling to the border agents and then they pay tariffs on that amount. It’s kinda that process.

My problem with him is that NHL just blocks the whole Russia-Ukraine war discussion and when somebody asks him about it (or other NHL suits) he just tries to dodge it or talks about difficult political situation and doesn’t have balls to use word: WAR. Ovechkin who still has Putin’s pic in his IG thumbnail is a god to them. Politics and sports go together these days and Putin’s has used athletes in his propaganda for decades. (4 Nations also had a strong political vibe.). NHL just doesn’t want to hear about it and their (or Caps fans) only defense is that politics shouldn’t be mixed with sports.