Charles Barkley Joins NHL on TNT Crew to Talk Stanley Cup Final 

Them not being able to promote the NHL is an indictment to ESPN and the league itself. But at the same time a lot of people have to understand that hockey players are a lot different than most sports athletes.

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Bettman's Job is literally to NOT promote it. He has always been an NBA plant.

Right, 30 years of Bettman and nhl in last place of major sports

@@CJ-oj8om Literally worked for the NBA if you didn't know

It's better than the nba at the moment. Chuck has been talking about hockey any chance he can for decades now.

It's hard to relate to ice hockey, you need an entire ice rink for this sport.

You know he got mf PAID for this appearance

@@akshay831If Tampa were in the Stanley Cup Finals again, he’d do it for free

Lol my dads friend attended a charity golf event with him, and tried to talk to guys like Grant Fuhr and got blown off, but asked Chuck about the University games in 1983 (edmonton) and was happy to talk about it. Chuck is the man

Same way in the NBA too

@Arraez 4 MVP But, it was more about LeBron James and not the Toronto Maple Leafs themselves.

EXACTLY! Why else would they do something that ASININE and RIDICULOUS by EXCLUSIVELY putting games on ESPN+ and Hulu?

@@manzac112 he’s basically saying that LeBron is ESPN’s main marketing source. Everything they air has to be related to LeBron and his “legacy.” It’s the ongoing joke with ESPN at least.

What happens when you have all the money sadly.

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Say that again to the Hispanic guy who was thrown by the Round Mound of Rebound through a window with all of those clusters of broken diamond like colored glass all over his body.

Lmao... KD hasn't thrived since he left the Warriors

Robert Horry a better comparison

What a silly comparison.

Except Phoenix.

Strange comparison. Chuck is like a great comedian, put him with any panel and he’ll be entertaining.

That is kinda crazy

He wasn't replaced. It's just his vacation lol.

He works for TNT not ABC.

TNT doesn’t do the finals come on are you that clueless?

@@themontgomeryc yes

Well said PFP. On US television, as far as 1st ballot Hall of Fame former players being great Color Analysts/Commentators only a few I do remember besides Charles on national broadcasts. In no order Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer and more recent John Smoltz (Baseball) Terry Bradshaw and Troy Aikman(NFL)

Only Shaquille O’Neal can do that.

What chu say chuck

@@misslovechild22 "They got them big ol' women in San Antonio" - Sir Charles Barkley, American Hero

They love eatin' them churros

I love it! He's well known, a legend in his own sport and knowledgeable about hockey. A recipe for success.

its clear as day the NHL doesn't want to grow the sport.

Holy sht me neither hahah

Seffi ditto for TNT to also broadcast the NBA Finals. However not everyone has TNT in America. Simulcast the Cup Finals and or NBA Finals say on either NBC or CBS with the TNT productions.

Growing up 60s -70s, -that's the way it was-they were the same fans. But remember there weren't nearly as many teams in either league. NHL and NBA cities/fanbases were the same fans, there were a lot fewer, 4-6 channels, nothing else on TV! They made our daily newspaper headlines. The athletes were accessible, we saw them around town, fishing in Maine... They lived among us-they weren't paid anywhere near what they get now! Carlton Fisk lived down he road, my sister dated a Celtic, (I'm guessing she would have preferred to date the entire team-did I say that? 🤔) They were local celebrities. And we didn't walk around with cell phone cameras. Not so much hockey players cuz they were nearly all Canadian. They went home off-seaso But they were fun to spit at, or throw shoes. 😊 First color tv I recall seeing bruins black & gold and Celtic green. Then Patriots red, white, and blue came in. Yet everybody watched high school & college ball, not the AFL, then NFL, back then so much until mid later 70s. Patriots were boring til Brady- Belichick It's ironic how you're amazed that these fans can come together, when I've tried to figure out what happened to rip us apart to begin with... Johnny Bucky/ Bobby Orr fans, were also Bill Russell & Larry Bird fans. We were all Wilt, Magic, Jordan, Gordie Howe, Gretzky, Jagr fans But not so much anymore. They've commercialized both sports, watered them down into gambling "entertainment." Ticket & jersey prices have also gotten outrageous. We never paid money to watch sports-we paid by watching the commercials. Now we pay a cable bill to watch commercials! Mickey Mouse's ESPN+ app is all we have-until playoffs. Then we're back to cable So they've done a hell of a job ruining both sports Especially telling us how racist we are.

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We're hockey. We don't need NBA fans. Bettman's done enough We're good. 👍 But thank you anyway...! 😊

Listen to chuck and start lmaooo

not naturally...

“If it taste good, spit it out.” - Chuck’s diet plan. 😂

Basketball in the new NBA TV contract it might happen. I could see TNT with the NBA Finals being simulcast on say NBC or CBS.

Wrong. Enforcer maybe but just a power forward

Different timeline. Chuck was a hockey player 😂

@@Lionheart-cr1fk lmao

The MLB is the only league without a salary cap,soooooo what are you saying?!

@@bckgfr666 I’m saying nhl teams would make super teams if they had enough salary cap. NBA has what 40-50m more in salary cap? Imagine having that much more.

You should have went with that to begin with. But even so, hockey players are a proud breed. They typically ride for their sweaters till the wheels fall off. And if I’m being honest I’m pretty sure Chuck was only calling out the NBA. Because the term “Super Team” didn’t emerge until LeBron went to Miami.

We had no salary cap in the NHL and it gave us the 2001 Red Wings hall of fame team, we don’t need that again in the NHL. The parity we have today is so much more enjoyable as a fan to watch than what we had prior to 2005-2006. What needs to happen though is yearly increases to the salary cap so teams can retain the stars they draft while maintaining a competitive club.

@@BobbyBoucher228 The Avs won the Stanley Cup in '01. With that point, if you mean the Red Wings "Mini Dynasty" between 1998-2002, then a valid point.

What's disappointing about someone getting healthier? Use all the tools available at your disposal.

It’s also not some magic pill. Using weight loss supplements still requires a lot of discipline and good habits. If it was easy, there’d be no overweight people in the world.

The goal is for him to improve his health, not to appease some random weirdo on the internet. The hell are you on about? Lmao

@@alex337x2 Chuck's weight has yo-yo'd his entire life. Chances are, he will regain it if he ever goes off of mounjaro; like you said, it sill requires establishing healthy eating and lifestyle habits to maintain the weight loss.

@@paralleluniverse99 I'm a weirdo for expressing my opinion? Okay, then. Most stories of celebrities using ozempic or other type 2 diabetes meds are those who are using it to lose weight fast (which it seems like what he's doing)... which has created shortages for those who really need access to it... So, that being said, unless he's able to make a concerted effort in maintaining a better lifestyle without the drug, it's just another band-aid fix in his long history of failed weight loss. Not to mention, a waste of resources.

Wayne did a commercial with McDavid for MGM and he’s been friends with Chuck for almost forty years.

You mean Matthew Ketchup!

I think he made up for it betting on the Nuggets. 😊 He was one of the few to pick them from the beginning. Surprised me.

Honestly all of the for major North American leagues, besides the NFL, do a horrible job at marketing all of their teams. You should watch some Stanley Cup playoff games because they are some of the best high-intensity action you will see ever.

Chuck openly promotes the NHL and talks about games during thr NBA on TNT broadcasts. He’s a pretty big fan. He does a better job promoting the game than ESPN.

I'd absolutely watch chuck talk about hockey, what are you smoking? Great for TV and a major promoter of the sport.

@Arraez 4 MVP he's been an nhl fan even before tnt got the nhl contract.

@@skervenboireau4893 when people.just talk out of their ass 🤣🤣

Ozempic and now mounjaro

He didn't want to compete with them big ole women down in San Antonio

​@@53block92 say it again chuck 💀

​@@mezmurati2191 😂😂