NHL has plan to deal with on-ice language during playoffs

There's no question hockey will look and feel different when it finally returns in August. Very few, if any, NHL games have ever taken place without the roar of the attending crowd to block out the things players say to each other while battling for the puck. Some of those things could end up getting the league in a lot of trouble if they were to air on live TV. It looks like the NHL is preparing to deal with that.

"Hearing the NHL plans to put the World Feed broadcasts from the hub cities on a 5 second delay to monitor the players' language," NHL Insider John Shannon posted to Twitter.

This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Yes, most people watching understand what goes on during play and the language players use with each other during the intensity of the game and are ok with hearing it. That doesn't exempt the NHL from the rules laid out by the FCC, CRTC and regulatory bodies in other countries, though. The reality is unedited, live feeds would subject the NHL to massive fines that it doesn't want to deal with.

Some of the responses to Shannon's Tweet brought up an interesting solution. Perhaps those with the NHL Network could get an unedited, uncensored feed of the broadcasts. There's no doubt there will be many hilarious words exchanged on the ice between opposing teams. For some, they may even be willing to pay extra to have access to that. However, this is only a suggestion right now and nothing has been officially released by the NHL. One thing is certain, whatever production team is responsible for monitoring and editing feeds should probably rest up now as they have several incredibly busy and hectic nights ahead of them.

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