Charles Barkley Joins NHL on TNT Crew to Talk Stanley Cup Final

Charles Barkley joins the NHL on TNT crew ahead of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final to talk the Panthers vs. Golden Knights matchup, his love for hockey and more.
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[@cheguevara8410]

This man can single-handedly do more in terms of promoting the NHL than Bettman and co.

[@manzac112]

Them not being able to promote the NHL is an indictment to ESPN and the league itself. But at the same time a lot of people have to understand that hockey players are a lot different than most sports athletes.

[@SportsClips-jw5ft]

Fr

[@philtookgrenadesforme7785]

Bettman's Job is literally to NOT promote it. He has always been an NBA plant.

[@CJ-oj8om]

Right, 30 years of Bettman and nhl in last place of major sports

[@philtookgrenadesforme7785]

@@CJ-oj8om Literally worked for the NBA if you didn't know

[@manzac112]

I find it very hilarious and very sad that ESPN has the rights to the NHL; yet, TNT has done a better job at broadcasting and marketing the game of hockey as a whole. For the worldwide leader in sports, they sure as hell know how to disrespect one of their four major leagues.

[@papahenry744]

Same way in the NBA too

[@manzac112]

@Arraez 4 MVP But, it was more about LeBron James and not the Toronto Maple Leafs themselves.

[@Suarez05]

EXACTLY! Why else would they do something that ASININE and RIDICULOUS by EXCLUSIVELY putting games on ESPN+ and Hulu?

[@larry2281]

@@manzac112 he’s basically saying that LeBron is ESPN’s main marketing source. Everything they air has to be related to LeBron and his “legacy.” It’s the ongoing joke with ESPN at least.

[@larry2281]

What happens when you have all the money sadly.

[@juan-in3cw]

damn, this is why i'm always on chuck's side, such a charming personality, makes everyone feel welcome it's awesome.

[@M4PAT]

The NHL is getting a huge boost with chuck on there man im glad as a basketball fan to see one of our own go out of his way and help boost the NHL which in my opinion is also a great sport.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

It's better than the nba at the moment. Chuck has been talking about hockey any chance he can for decades now.

[@calebsmith254]

It's hard to relate to ice hockey, you need an entire ice rink for this sport.

[@akshay831]

You know he got mf PAID for this appearance

[@jojijoestar7233]

@@akshay831If Tampa were in the Stanley Cup Finals again, he’d do it for free

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Chuck has been talking about hockey any chance he can for years now. I hope they bring him on more often because this tnt NHL commentary team is awesome!

[@rogerknox9147]

It goes both ways. As hockey fan, seeing Charles Barkley broadcast knowledgeably about the game makes me want to watch his basketball commentary too.

[@jackwatters5322]

Chuck is a national treasure

[@ilcapitano010]

Global ☝🏻

[@magicwanddd]

Say that again to the Hispanic guy who was thrown by the Round Mound of Rebound through a window with all of those clusters of broken diamond like colored glass all over his body.

[@Phil-S8]

I am literally watching hockey because Barkley told me to watch

[@furstfr]

Chuck is like KD. You can put him anywhere and he’ll thrive

[@joshuawhite4330]

Lmao... KD hasn't thrived since he left the Warriors

[@arnoldripley4945]

Robert Horry a better comparison

[@Polimuni]

What a silly comparison.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Except Phoenix.

[@sup9542]

Strange comparison. Chuck is like a great comedian, put him with any panel and he’ll be entertaining.

[@gameimprovements4347]

Hey NHL, you want to grow the sport? Make Chuck a regular/ weekly guest on the show. It'll open the NHL up to newer communities!

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I love it! He's well known, a legend in his own sport and knowledgeable about hockey. A recipe for success.

[@geoff3103]

its clear as day the NHL doesn't want to grow the sport.

[@leysin456]

Let me get this straight...Chuck was killing it on Inside NBA leading up to the Fiinals. Then they replace him with a bunch of no names, and I have to watch him on NHL on TNT to get his compelling commentary on a completely different sport. Absolutely incredible. That's a Hall of Famer right there.

[@revan5293]

That is kinda crazy

[@thedefinitionisthis]

He wasn't replaced. It's just his vacation lol.

[@charlesanderson1855]

He works for TNT not ABC.

[@themontgomeryc]

TNT doesn’t do the finals come on are you that clueless?

[@leysin456]

@@themontgomeryc yes

[@rickbick2206]

The tnt panel has done some great things this year

[@RealMjEditz]

I was watching this with my bro and i looked up from my phone and saw charles and i was like what is charles doing here man😂

[@pfpchad2747]

Chuck is always entertaining. It's rare that an all-time great transitioned so well into broadcasting. But it makes sense because he had so much personality when he played.

[@americangiant1003]

Well said PFP. On US television, as far as 1st ballot Hall of Fame former players being great Color Analysts/Commentators only a few I do remember besides Charles on national broadcasts. In no order Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer and more recent John Smoltz (Baseball) Terry Bradshaw and Troy Aikman(NFL)

[@amya.5852]

Absolutely loved every minute of that and anytime Charles Barkley talks hockey:))

[@giladplen]

Chuckster is so funny, he remembers NHL player names like that, but NBA players? Noooo 😂 You gotta see him calling NHL games at Inside the NBA

[@christopherlau3996]

I was so fixated on Barkley that I didn't realize king Henrik was sitting next to him

[@spencerweiss6337]

Holy sht me neither hahah

[@Hyperslob]

Amazing to have the great Charles Barkley on the panel, and apart of the hockey family. Yes!!

[@BleachCowboy2016]

Love what he said about the NBA compared to the NHL. How hockey players don't care about load management and creating super teams, they just care about winning. It's 100 percent true and it's a real problem for basketball.

[@hainavidotcom]

Let me say this. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE NHL PLAYOFFS! We love it!

[@carboncubss]

It is really great seeing these basket ball players, rappers loving hockey and really seeing what the sport can bring to a community for youth and even the elder. More and more people are seeing how amazing this sport is, can be, and will always be.

[@danielvasquez3758]

Love these combinations!!

[@leafsfreak4771]

That was awesome!! Great to see all of them, but very cool to see Sir Charles and The Great One there together!!

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Please tell me they ask him about them women in San Antonio

[@seffishestopal5950]

Only Shaquille O’Neal can do that.

[@misslovechild22]

What chu say chuck

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@misslovechild22 "They got them big ol' women in San Antonio" - Sir Charles Barkley, American Hero

[@oaktree1626]

They love eatin' them churros

[@Shivavishnubrahma]

Charles loves hockey Cause he winning in hockey

[@ericdiaz6568]

St. Charles has been my fav. player since I start watching the NBA. I wanted him to win the Championship so bad. I am glad he is doing well..

[@thebrucechannel8061]

Sir Charles is looking good, he dropped a bunch of weight

[@ericyi1184]

Ozempic and now mounjaro

[@53block92]

He didn't want to compete with them big ole women down in San Antonio

[@mezmurati2191]

​@@53block92 say it again chuck 💀

[@mindylca]

​@@mezmurati2191 😂😂

[@saifabdullah9249]

I literally watch Charles Barkley anywhere on tv .. he is tons of fun ..

[@chad_b]

I love Charles. He's such a good guy

[@vivek.487]

Great to see him again having fun this time with NHL

[@thunderbird1805]

This man is never going on holiday 😂

[@julio3275]

I like that he's transparent about using medication to lose weight.

[@Aasiantuntija]

Got me a second on that "theres only fat young people, not old" lmao this mans honesty is pure gold

[@LizardoiL]

TNT knows what they are doing.

[@seffishestopal5950]

TNT should broadcast the SCF from here on out.

[@americangiant1003]

Seffi ditto for TNT to also broadcast the NBA Finals. However not everyone has TNT in America. Simulcast the Cup Finals and or NBA Finals say on either NBC or CBS with the TNT productions.

[@normalguycap]

heartwarming

[@shaddy9883]

If a doctor tells a young person they are fat nowadays, they get offended and try to cancel that doctor

[@rankobarensic]

Chuck❤

[@MosheModeira]

This is the best. The absolute best.

[@tonychen3368]

When the NHL meets the NBA, this is insane!

[@thegulch1780]

Growing up 60s -70s, -that's the way it was-they were the same fans. But remember there weren't nearly as many teams in either league. NHL and NBA cities/fanbases were the same fans, there were a lot fewer, 4-6 channels, nothing else on TV! They made our daily newspaper headlines. The athletes were accessible, we saw them around town, fishing in Maine... They lived among us-they weren't paid anywhere near what they get now! Carlton Fisk lived down he road, my sister dated a Celtic, (I'm guessing she would have preferred to date the entire team-did I say that? 🤔) They were local celebrities. And we didn't walk around with cell phone cameras. Not so much hockey players cuz they were nearly all Canadian. They went home off-seaso But they were fun to spit at, or throw shoes. 😊 First color tv I recall seeing bruins black & gold and Celtic green. Then Patriots red, white, and blue came in. Yet everybody watched high school & college ball, not the AFL, then NFL, back then so much until mid later 70s. Patriots were boring til Brady- Belichick It's ironic how you're amazed that these fans can come together, when I've tried to figure out what happened to rip us apart to begin with... Johnny Bucky/ Bobby Orr fans, were also Bill Russell & Larry Bird fans. We were all Wilt, Magic, Jordan, Gordie Howe, Gretzky, Jagr fans But not so much anymore. They've commercialized both sports, watered them down into gambling "entertainment." Ticket & jersey prices have also gotten outrageous. We never paid money to watch sports-we paid by watching the commercials. Now we pay a cable bill to watch commercials! Mickey Mouse's ESPN+ app is all we have-until playoffs. Then we're back to cable So they've done a hell of a job ruining both sports Especially telling us how racist we are.

[@misslovechild22]

I see the Chuckster I watch

[@Nate-hw1nc]

Biz and chuck!! TNT hockey with both of them is comedy! TNT has the formula of hiring the right people!!

[@SportsClips-jw5ft]

Great for the sport

[@adventure_time145]

GO GOLDEN KNIGHTS

[@doneask1746]

One more

[@Erin-bd6jg]

The guy knows his shit. Respect

[@Colmenero444]

The hockey community loves you chuck.

[@tony484x]

Damn the chemistry was great. I might start watching hockey lmao

[@SomaGyal]

Can Chuck be any more adorable 😂

[@anonymous134y]

So much better than ESPN

[@CP4Z167]

Biz chirping Tom Brady at the end lol

[@geoff3103]

Chuck should and could be an analyst with the Finals. Hockey and basketball both have the same playoff format, its 5 on 5 team sport, roughly the same game duration, same amount of games, same time of season, mostly plays in the same arenas and cities, shape/playing surface isn't terribly different, same "objective" of putting an object in a basket; these two sports overlap despite the fans not liking the other. They NEED Charles, no two ways about it.

[@Lionheart-cr1fk]

Chuck look like he lost a few lbs.

[@MichaelScott-fw9pz]

not naturally...

[@kimking5928]

“If it taste good, spit it out.” - Chuck’s diet plan. 😂

[@papahenry744]

🏆🏆🏆

[@greatestsportslegends]

If there were five athletes I could invite out for a pint, Chuck would be at or near the top of that list. What a good dude.

[@joanfelicianoo]

i absolutely love the way TNT and Warner Media treats their events. NBA, NHL and MLB on TNT or TBS are awesome, they care about them, and they treats those events with significance in the way the fans deserves, ESPN on the other hand, sucks dick!

[@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556]

Phil Kessel and Charles Barkley would be absolute gold whether its a Hotdog eating competition or a game of Mini golf.

[@fkjla]

I dont watch no hockey, just Chuck whenever he speaks 😂

[@SportsClips-jw5ft]

Listen to chuck and start lmaooo

[@johnz5418]

Chuck is the best

[@millizaable]

I already know what position Chuck wouod play... It was his era, the Goon...😎

[@davidkruse4030]

Wrong. Enforcer maybe but just a power forward

[@malmalspur]

I'm only a casual hockey watcher but the TNT crew they've had has been great. At least compared to ESPN.

[@BasketballJones48021]

Wish TNT had the NBA Finals too! What a damn shame

[@americangiant1003]

Basketball in the new NBA TV contract it might happen. I could see TNT with the NBA Finals being simulcast on say NBC or CBS.

[@topspot4834]

I didn't know the NHL Stanley cup finals was even on, let alone who was playing in it. Nice promotion ESPN, it took Charles Barkley for them to bring eyes to their sport. They should offer him $20 mil a year (seriously) to start his own hockey show on ESPN.

[@thegulch1780]

We're hockey. We don't need NBA fans. Bettman's done enough We're good. 👍 But thank you anyway...! 😊

[@srik88]

And the great one is there too

[@martindavis9930]

Gretzky is loaded

[@bigpapapacks5247]

Chuck bet on the wrong team but I love his opinion and much respect! GO VGK!!!

[@JammastaJ23]

The Tom Brady crush meme will never not be funny

[@kmacksmcdonald6475]

Charles Barkley is the best ambassador for Hockey we could ask for. Hope the NHL uses him as a spokesman or something.

[@360nofx]

No one told Charles that everyone beats Toronto....

[@echobay2023]

Chuck been losing weight lately, looking so much healthier too

[@davetechme]

When it comes to presentation, there's 2 things the NHL has unquestionably gotten right: - The Stanley Cup presentation. - Hiring Chuck for these cameos (because we know he doesn't do anything without getting 🤑🤑🤑).

[@doneask1746]

3:2 sorry chuck 😊

[@StewieGriffin111]

Thought I read this wrong

[@kenarthur6253]

Chuck trails Gretzky by only 894 goals.

[@Alwaysonadiet]

CHUCK ON NHL !!! Give the man his vacation!!! Buts srsly just stay on chuck, just stay ON

[@Ewabound571]

Id watch the nhl if Chuck was a regular analyst for the nhl lmao, for real

[@NDMac]

chuck has slimmed down a lot!

[@happybeingmiserable4668]

Now he is 3-1

[@emmanuelmondesir]

Inside the NHL 👀?

[@BondandBourne]

Who doesn’t love Charles Barkley?

[@kickstart6785]

panther meat for lunch - go knights

[@leftovers2go198]

NO LOAD MANAGEMENT in Hockey - Chuck Barkley

[@Centure120]

What universe this is???

[@Lionheart-cr1fk]

Different timeline. Chuck was a hockey player 😂

[@Centure120]

@@Lionheart-cr1fk lmao

[@johnnysecular]

i thought he went on vacation?!

[@mgt7473]

They’re not trying to pack super teams because of the salary cap. Imagine no salary cap in NHL.

[@bckgfr666]

The MLB is the only league without a salary cap,soooooo what are you saying?!

[@mgt7473]

@@bckgfr666 I’m saying nhl teams would make super teams if they had enough salary cap. NBA has what 40-50m more in salary cap? Imagine having that much more.

[@bckgfr666]

You should have went with that to begin with. But even so, hockey players are a proud breed. They typically ride for their sweaters till the wheels fall off. And if I’m being honest I’m pretty sure Chuck was only calling out the NBA. Because the term “Super Team” didn’t emerge until LeBron went to Miami.

[@BobbyBoucher228]

We had no salary cap in the NHL and it gave us the 2001 Red Wings hall of fame team, we don’t need that again in the NHL. The parity we have today is so much more enjoyable as a fan to watch than what we had prior to 2005-2006. What needs to happen though is yearly increases to the salary cap so teams can retain the stars they draft while maintaining a competitive club.

[@americangiant1003]

@@BobbyBoucher228 The Avs won the Stanley Cup in '01. With that point, if you mean the Red Wings "Mini Dynasty" between 1998-2002, then a valid point.

[@hurricanestarang]

This just shows right here how sad it is they still cant market Hockey properly

[@viktor.nikolaev]

So Chuck's bets don't work in hockey either...

[@mgt7473]

My doctor told me I was fat

[@JahRage]

Haha! Sir Charles 3-1 :)

[@jonklass]

Bottom line TNT know what they're doing when it comes to sports broadcasts. ESPN should be ashamed

[@privateuser3042]

Notice Wayne as Chuck says he's giving the pick because he's 3 for 3 so far. He looks over and is like are you kidding me? This fat guy? I would score 2,000 goals on him not just 200.

[@pikiwiki]

"there's no fat old people there's only fat young people" uh huh

[@stantonsullivan-readdelillo]

Is Wayne steamed about Barkley on because he didn’t like Charles’s calling out all the gambling sponsorships or what

[@ezioaltairac]

Wayne did a commercial with McDavid for MGM and he’s been friends with Chuck for almost forty years.

[@Shivavishnubrahma]

NHL has lousy camera angles Too cheap to invest

[@MichaelScott-fw9pz]

At least he's honest about taking weigh-loss meds... kinda disappointing though.

[@scottmandel20]

What's disappointing about someone getting healthier? Use all the tools available at your disposal.

[@alex337x2]

It’s also not some magic pill. Using weight loss supplements still requires a lot of discipline and good habits. If it was easy, there’d be no overweight people in the world.

[@paralleluniverse99]

The goal is for him to improve his health, not to appease some random weirdo on the internet. The hell are you on about? Lmao

[@MichaelScott-fw9pz]

@@alex337x2 Chuck's weight has yo-yo'd his entire life. Chances are, he will regain it if he ever goes off of mounjaro; like you said, it sill requires establishing healthy eating and lifestyle habits to maintain the weight loss.

[@MichaelScott-fw9pz]

@@paralleluniverse99 I'm a weirdo for expressing my opinion? Okay, then. Most stories of celebrities using ozempic or other type 2 diabetes meds are those who are using it to lose weight fast (which it seems like what he's doing)... which has created shortages for those who really need access to it... So, that being said, unless he's able to make a concerted effort in maintaining a better lifestyle without the drug, it's just another band-aid fix in his long history of failed weight loss. Not to mention, a waste of resources.

[@theskimaskboy]

Gretzky is like wtf is this guy doing here?!

[@kimking5928]

Imagine I have to come here to see my boy Chuckster. I don’t even watch hockey. 😂

[@AlexAnteroLammikko]

Thats why the Panthers lost, Barkley bet on them!

[@SpicyNFL.]

First

[@jaskiratbal]

So Chuck is on the obesity drug Mounjaro as well. It is amazing how big pharma can convince us to take appetite suppressants to lose weight with unwanted side effects rather than just working out in the gym !

[@bcon610]

Whats his take on florida woman and the dirty swamp filled with rats like Tkackoke?

[@wakanda6754]

You mean Matthew Ketchup!