2024-2025 Around The League Part 2

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It wasn't just any regular season game. It was #5 vs #6 in the SEC, and came down to the last shot of the game. The ratings for that will be way higher than this outdoor regular season NHL game.

The optics look bad for the NHL, not for ESPN. If the NHL doesn't want that to happen, then they need to move the game to TNT, or get a better deal with ESPN that mandates the game, and pregame, be shown in its entirety.

Sucks for hockey fans, but that's the reality of where the NHL sits on the sports priority list.
 
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Fair? What do you mean lose a player?

They don't own the player's rights if he isn't under contract and you can't "lose" something you don't have.

That's extorsion, pure and simple.
I don't know about that. It would be like a Russian team signing a 22 year old NHL star RFA to a HUGE contract in the summer when his entry-level contract is up but he hasn't signed his 2nd deal yet - and suggesting that the NHL team didn't hold his rights - so they should bend over and take it?

Just figure out an appropriate transfer fee - it's not like NHL teams are hurting for money.
 
The Canes got stuffed by Calvin Packard lol.

I'm really happy for Pickard extending his career, but did it really have to be with Edmonton? I guess he made a good bet he'd get playing time lol.
 
It wasn't just any regular season game. It was #5 vs #6 in the SEC, and came down to the last shot of the game. The ratings for that will be way higher than this outdoor regular season NHL game.

The optics look bad for the NHL, not for ESPN. If the NHL doesn't want that to happen, then they need to move the game to TNT, or get a better deal with ESPN that mandates the game, and pregame, be shown in its entirety.

Sucks for hockey fans, but that's the reality of where the NHL sits on the sports priority list.
Also, gonna be honest, it was a really good ending. Who gives a f*** about CBJ and the ded things
 
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