At ESPN Insider, Craig Custance writes that one major way the NHL can win fans back after the lockout is to try and lock in HBO for a 24/7 series that focuses on one series in the playoffs.

Bruce Boudreau, who was the Capitals coach during the first season of 24/7, said that he would love to be part of it and thinks it would make for great TV.

John Davidson said that it would be great for fans to see but the idea of doing it in the playoffs makes him nervous based on how secretive teams are during the playoffs.

Boudreau suggests that the show be filmed but put on hold until after the series being documented finishes or until after the Stanley Cup is awarded. He also said that the league needs to do whatever it can to grow the game, “If people understood the importance to the game and to getting viewers in America to watch it, I think it’s worth doing. If we want to be close minded and happy with hockey being a No. 4 sport, then let’s go about our business.”

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Flyers: “No shaking hands. Get off the ice… — this —-.” gotta love hockey players!

— Neil Best (@sportswatch) January 6, 2012

@AdamRotter awesome – even had a Dolan AND slats sighting!

— Andrei Petrovitch (@AndyPetrovitch) January 6, 2012

Unofficial final score: Tortorella defeats Laviolette 49-33 in F-bomb count from all 4 episodes of HBO 24/7.

— theScoreTicker (@theScoreTicker) January 6, 2012

“is the orange juice unlimited?”

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) January 6, 2012

Well that is it for 24/7. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about how John Tortorella handles the team, which was one of the things I most wanted to see. It’s a great thing for the league and I hope that it continues next year.

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Tonight we hear what Tortorella thought of Winter Classic refs in real time! Plus: HBO had seven players miked, including Callahan and Rupp.

— Neil Best (@sportswatch) January 5, 2012

Tonight’s episode is at 10PM and will be replayed at 11PM

One of the highlights of the last episode of 24/7 was hearing Mike Rupp engage in some trash talk with Jody Shelley during the Rangers win over the Flyers.

Rupp said that Shelley was “irrelevant” on the ice and wasn’t going to have an impact on the game.

At Puck Daddy, Rupp said that he didn’t like that what he said in the heat of the moment and on the ice was put out on TV. Rupp thinks that those words should stay between the players.

During the preview episode of 24/7, Shelley called Brandon Dubinsky a “weasel” and Dubinsky responded by saying that Shelley was a terrible hockey player.

Shelley has taken a beating from the Rangers on 24/7.

The two were teammates in Columbus in 2005-06.

HBO moved 24/7 final ep back to Thursday to have extra day of editing since game is on the 2nd, not Jan. 1st #NYR

— Pat Leonard (@NYDNRangers) January 1, 2012