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Report: NHL to Use Delay to Monitor Language

By Russ Joy

Published: Jul 20th, 2020 · 11:53 AM EDT

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Despite Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella recently saying he, “[doesn’t] give a shit,” about additional arena mics picking up profanity on national telecasts, it appears all hopes of unfiltered language are going the way of the dodo:

Hearing the NHL plans to put the World Feed broadcasts from the hub cities on a 5 second delay to monitor the players' language.

— John Shannon (@JShannonhl) July 20, 2020

It’s not a total shock as we’ve seen Major League Soccer deal with profanity on a delay by muting all audio whenever a four-letter word is uttered, which should be expected as they’ve nearly doubled their number of microphones on and around the field versus traditional telecasts.

I imagine this might be good news for players like Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton who are notorious for their chirping on-ice:

Here's why people love Travis Konecny. He scores the goal, but is effusive in his praise of his teammate. "Great f*cking pass! What a pass!" pic.twitter.com/0coDxRJmtL

— Russ Joy (@JoyOnBroad) January 19, 2020

On @SnowTheGoalie w/ @AntSanPhilly @JoyOnBroad, @NHLFlyers All-Star Travis Konecny revealed why he called Evgeni Malkin a "****ing nerd", fans yelling "Eat Up", what he's watching and more.

Full video, pod, and transcript here: https://t.co/WglRvIpLGt pic.twitter.com/Pzu9Uhwlyi

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) January 24, 2020

Scott Laughton, friend of @SnowTheGoalie, was awarded the Yanick Dupré Class Guy Award, given to honor a @NHLFlyers player who best illustrates character, dignity and respect for the sport both on and off the ice. Here he responds to Travis Konecny calling him the best chirper: pic.twitter.com/kfJmF68W91

— Russ Joy (@JoyOnBroad) July 7, 2020

There have been rumors of the NHL taking a similar approach in the event they opt for arena sounds over the virtual crowd noise we’ve seen piped into telecasts in Major League Baseball, the EPL, Bundesliga, and La Liga. The difference, of course, is MLB is the only league to pipe crowd noise into the stadium for players to hear. Will the NHL employ a similar tactic? Will fans prefer virtual noise or should the league take the opportunity to double down on the arena-only sounds?

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