Monday night was always going to be a trip toTV ratings sadne s for the NHL; the league and NBC are relient on good showings from local markets.San Jose, already weak as far as those numbers are concerned, is also part of the San Francisco-Oakland market, and sports fans there had, uh, better things Elie Okobo Jersey to do. Lo and behold, the numbers are in for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, and they are ... not great. MORE: Overall,it got a 2.8 overnight rating. That's down from a 4.2 for last year,'s Game 1, which was fueled by the Chicago market, and the worst since the 2.4 Kings-Devils got in 2012. For context,CBS ran a rerun of something called "Scorpion," which your aunt probably watches, and it got a 2.6. "The Bachelorette" pulled in a 4.4. On TNT, Golden State and Oklahoma City were pulling in an 11.2, the NBA's highest-ever cable overnight. Most of all, in the Bay Area,Thunder-Warriorscurbstomped Sharks-Penguins. Overnights in the San Francisco market: a source says the OKC-Golden State was around a 30.9; Sharks-Pens came in at around a 5.3. John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) None of that should matterto folks who watched the hockey game last night. Many, many more people care about the NBA than the NHL. in the United States than any hockey player could dream to be.That's life, and it's OK. MORE: Don't bother saying "it's a Game 7 vs. a Game 1," because it's just as easy to say "it's a conference final vs. an actual final." Don't be insecure. It isn't your problem. If Sharks-Penguins doesn't go six games or so, it'll be a problem for the league but again, not you! Like what you like, and let other people like what they like. Unle s they like trying to explain away their favorite sport's crappy TV ratings. Then, you are allowed to tell them that what they like is bad. Langston Galloway Jersey