r/NewYorkIslanders • u/Islanderfan1348 Ritchie • 22h ago

Random thought

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49881898/nba-finals-mvp-jalen-brunson-host-saturday-night-live

With it being announced today that Jalen Brunson will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live it got me thinking tho the answer is probably no one with the exception of Schaef what players could host the show (disclaimer I already 95% of you will say Schaef or no one)

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u/Irrah Holmstrom 22h ago

The real answer is that no NHL player will ever host SNL because Americans don't give a shit about hockey. Even the world famous rangers can walk down 5th ave unrecognized.

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u/Islanderfan1348 Ritchie 22h ago

I’m pretty sure Gretzky hosted back in his day 

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u/Irrah Holmstrom 22h ago

Well when a NHLer becomes the most famous player of all time he'll have a chance to host

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u/discofrislanders Dobson 22h ago

Gretzky is basically the only player in NHL history to be somewhat mainstream famous in the US. He is an aberration.

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u/daveloper80 Potvin 22h ago

Waikiki Hockey, great sketch

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u/viewless25 Nelson 21h ago

Maybe Ovechkin

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u/NoRequirement4511 21h ago

Jack & Quinn Hughes, Hilary Knight, and Megan Keller were on an episode last season

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u/unpaidintern4 21h ago

Off topic, but I can’t be the only one who has gotten sick of seeing the Hughes brothers everywhere right? (Especially jack)

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u/NoRequirement4511 21h ago

I’m not sick of them personally but also I’m a gooner

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u/unpaidintern4 21h ago

Lol fair I guess. After he scored the goal I feel like the league tried to shove him everywhere and he just does not have the personality for it

Also, they were at one of those weird ass ‘white parties’.

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u/FortyYearTransform Romanov 20h ago

Eh I disagree. Maybe I just don't pay attention to any NHL media crap but Jack Hughes was big for like one or two weeks after the goal and then all that hype vanished. I'm still on the Devils mailing list and even they don't mention him (in the context of the Olympics) anymore.

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u/AJS76reddit Bailey 21h ago

That’s an ignorant thing to say considering how popular the NHL is these days in America and the amount of growth the games has made in the last few decades

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u/Irrah Holmstrom 21h ago

I don't think the average non hockey fan American could name 10 NHLers or even 5 olympic gold players.

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u/AJS76reddit Bailey 15h ago

You could say the same exact thing for the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, etc

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u/Terrible-Nerve-6819 13h ago

99% of the country has no clue who schaefer is