Rich Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I've been taking a closer look at the Jets 2016 schedule today because we are having our ticket draft for our seats tonight. The Jets really got a horrible schedule this year. Home game against the Kings, Sunday November 13th @ 2PM. Same time / day as the CFL Semi Final playoff game. (Playoff games are at 12 and 3:30 that day, so if the Bombers are in a semi final game, there is a conflict) Jets home game against Nashville on Sunday November 27th @ 5PM. That happens to be the same date the Grey Cup is played. Start time 5:30 PM. The semi-final game I can mostly overlook, but why would the NHL schedule any home game for the Canadian teams at the same time as the Grey Cup? There is a lot of tradition amongst Canadians in terms of Grey Cup parties and the like. Also 2 of the other people we share our Jets seats with are the same people I have my Bomber tickets with. The Jets don’t have any weekend night games until February. These are usually the games I go after first as the atmosphere in the arena is usually the best.... Fair number of weekend afternoon games (team has historically been very flat for those games) and lots of weeknight games. I completely blame Sportsnet for this... #FirstWorldProblems The Unknown Poster, Noeller and FrostyWinnipeg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I will take any tickets that do not suit your criteria. One caveat: paying for them does not suit my criteria. (You're totally right though, the schedule blows this year - although they do always tend to find ways to tempt me into a Jets vacation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Pop Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Yep, I'm the same boat. We're already trying to find people to take our Sept.30 Jets tickets. So speaking of, if anyone's interested let me know! And without having any knowledge of how the sked works, I'm fully ready to blame Sportsnet! Why can't they just go back to worrying about the Jays and NBA and leave the sports we care about to the real pros?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said: Yep, I'm the same boat. We're already trying to find people to take our Sept.30 Jets tickets. So speaking of, if anyone's interested let me know! And without having any knowledge of how the sked works, I'm fully ready to blame Sportsnet! Why can't they just go back to worrying about the Jays and NBA and leave the sports we care about to the real pros?! At least the September 30th game is a pre-season game. Not a big loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 What's the big southern tour this year? I'm also always tempted to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Pop Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Grey Cup Sunday Jets game is a TSN3 game, so likely takes the blame away from Rogers (still, screw you Sportsnet). I think the NHL will eventually have to answer for this after the World Cup. Doesn't do them any favours having the game at that time and seems like an even bigger F-U considering the Bombers are hosting the NHL at our stadium this year. Payback for not bowing down to the league last season re: Heritage scheduling? H&L just said through the last 25 years no Canadian team has ever had a home game same time as GC on Sunday. This year, both Ott and Cgy have road games during the GC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Gary Lawless starting this war on Twitter as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebusrankin Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Its the NHL. The league is run by a group of douchebags. They'd rather cater to the US who does not care about hockey. kelownabomberfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Lawless, on Twitter, says Jets and NHL are attempting to change the schedule to avoid Grey Cup. Lot of moving parts and people involved, but "confident" they can work something out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Seems like a fairly common sense thing to do. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Glad they were able to make that work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 yeah now I don't have to worry about flipping between three things at Once or having to change channels if things go south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Fixed problem that should never have happened. CAL/OTT changing sched as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Would be quite the day to go to the Jets game and then directly to a Bomber home playoff game after. I wonder if the CFL would now consider pushing the kickoff back by an hour to allow people some time to do both. Of course this is based on the Bombers finishing second in the west... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 The NHL probably thinks its hard enough making schedules with everyones building commitments as it is, they dont want to screw around for the CFL. But its a respect thing to Canadian fans. Also, NHL probably doesnt care about TSN's feelings whereas in the past they would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 I just want to bring a heads up about this friday's preseason jets game not being televised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 21 minutes ago, iHeart said: I just want to bring a heads up about this friday's preseason jets game not being televised Oh well. It's pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 well I can always listen to it on the radio if there's no blue jays games being broadcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 I see the Jets going with 6 wins and 3 losses in October this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Now they just have to change the NFL game on Sunday night so it doesn't conflict with the presidential debate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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