Capitals vs Rangers on October 9. Sportsnet has it, who's in?
Hi all, newbie here 😅 don't laugh but is the Caps-Rangers game on October 9 actually starting that same evening, and what time does the Sportsnet coverage start? Really don't want to miss puck drop, thanks in advance 🙏🏒
Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏
Evening game that night, kid, puck drop lands right around 7 o'clock eastern, so Hamilton folks can settle in with supper still warm 😄 sportsnet's got it nationally, check their tv listings closer to the date since only reruns land mid-day. And trust me, nobody laughs at asking times, i've missed openings forgetting daylight savings half my life. welcome to the thread!
Seen it all, lads.
No one's laughing, don't worry about it 😄 you had it right, puck drop is just the moment the ref drops the puck for the opening faceoff, basically the official start of play. People say it loosely for "game start" too. So for October 9, the Caps and Rangers drop the puck that evening, and sportsnet's coverage builds up to it beforehand. My old man used to say the warmup skate tells you more than any talking head on the pregame show, and thirty-some years of season tickets haven't proven him wrong yet 😉
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
To wrap it up for anyone skimming: yes, same evening, October 9, coverage on Sportsnet with puck drop around 7 eastern — check the listings closer to the date like BadBeatPTSD said. And don't let the standings fool you, kid, an opener's an opener; I've seen 30th-place teams bite somebody on night one more than once 😄 will be parked in front of the tv myself.