Versus, well, sucks. Their broadcasts are horrible, they don’t show replays, they are uncharacteristically biased, no one knows what channel it is, they botched the Conference Semifinals coverage (how can you not show both games?) and now, the icing on the cake, DirecTV will no longer be carrying the channel. I guess it’s not such a big deal, as DirecTV has only 20 million subscribers. I guess the NHL doesn’t need those 20 million people.

But hey, that’s just my opinion. Why not let the ratings speak for themselves:

According to Nielsen ratings numbers, Versus is averaging 3,000 more viewers at any given time since rebranding itself from the Outdoor Life Network to Versus in 2006-2007. On DirecTV, Versus ranks 61st among 74 English-advertising supported cable networks.

I think the only good thing that Versus has going is Doc Emerick. At least he has passion for the game.

Paging Gary Bettman….. Aw hell, screw it. It won’t work anyway.

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