Comments on: First Look at OvechKam

By: dorgeloh

dorgeloh — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:27:13 +0000

didn’t like it at all, distracted from the game and as one poster said, the iso left him out in space, you couldn’t switch from the game to the iso fast enough to see the context of his skating and scoring. thumbs down

By: mark

mark — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:26:07 +0000

Agreed. The best way to watch him is at a live game — to see what he does away from the puck without having to tune out the rest of the game. Even the replay of his goal on the cam showed him surrounded by open ice — you didn’t see where the pass came from, you didn’t see how close he was to the goal, you didn’t see where the puck went. But kudos to Comcast for trying something different.

By: The Peerless

The Peerless — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:53:28 +0000

Proposition tested, and apparently it didn’t do well, based on the small sample here.
Didn’t strike me as a very good idea, not just for reasons Ted noted, but for the timing. This kind of distraction in the midst of a “fight for their lives” playoff run isn’t the smartest idea that’s come down the pike recently.
If it’s going to be done, do it early in the year…but having read these comments and some others, it seems that the test of the “OvechKam” won’t be repeated.
Personally, I’d rather watch him live

By: hotdog88gt

hotdog88gt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:29:33 +0000

Would it have hurt JB to let me know one channel up on Center Ice was the Ovechkam? Huh? Huh? HUH????!!!

By: SpartyCuse

SpartyCuse — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:53:10 +0000

I saw it, and didnt watch. The iso makes it hard to see whats going on in the game, and, 2/3 of the time, he’s on the bench. Interesting idea, but it doesnt work, IMO.

By: Scai

Scai — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:26:25 +0000

I also found it boring. Like Ted said, hockey is a team sport, no sense in focusing on one player solely.

By: Chris Green

Chris Green — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:40:27 +0000

I have it here in Staunton, but the time delay annoyed me as I went back and forth. What would enhance it maybe is to follow three different forwards during the night. Ovie isn’t exactly electric sitting on the bench.
Real entertainment would have been putting a mic on Ollie, and hearing his comments on officiating, herding the D, etc.

By: nadir

nadir — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:01:39 +0000

I watched it for all of 30 seconds, right at the time of the first goal. I was distracted by the OvechKam and never saw the goal, so I switched back to the HD feed. Never went back.

By: Gmann

Gmann — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:51:18 +0000

No dice on CSN+ here in Hampton Roads either. Par for the course, alas. Should anyone have captured it on DVD, I know of one household that’s interested in it….

By: vt caps fan

vt caps fan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:13:52 +0000

Its minor… but I wont watch it cause its not in HD.
WEAK SAUCE.