Amazon acquires Monday night NHL package in Canada from Sportsnet - will broadcast games exclusively on Prime Video

[BLNY]

....have you read his scouting reports? They are horrible and tell you nothing about the player.

Reciting where a guy is from and who his junior coach is, isn't "a wealth of knowledge". I can do that in 5 seconds on google.

We'll have to agree to disagree here. He's well connected at the junior level, takes in a lot of games, etc. Of everyone working in a media capacity in North America, and not working as a professional scout, he's about as capable as it gets.

 

[bossram]

We'll have to agree to disagree here. He's well connected at the junior level, takes in a lot of games, etc. Of everyone working in a media capacity in North America, and not working as a professional scout, he's about as capable as it gets.

I'm not disputing he's not well connected. That doesn't mean he is able to provide any insights on prospects to his readers/listeners though.

Like, look at these write-ups from his most recent draft rankings. What does this tell me about either player? What do they play like?

 

[varsaku]

I disagree with paragraph 1. TV has been around for a century and it will be around for another 100 years.

TSN has football (Canadian College, U.S. College, the CFL and the NFL in the summer / fall / winter. They have the World Juniors. They have March Madness. They'll be more than fine.

If Amazon, Apple and Netflix want the streaming rights to Canada, take em - they'll burn thru money like Rogers did.

The NHL will want a presence on Canadian TV - and that's something Amazon, Apple and Netflix cannot provide. TSN and Sportsnet should work together to negotiate a very profitable deal with the NHL for TV. If the NHL isn't interested in their terms, walk away and we'll see who blinks first.

Whats the point of being on TV if newer generations are not getting cable and instead using stream subscriptions. You will destroy future generation's interest in the sport.

 

[ORRFForever]

Whats the point of being on TV if newer generations are not getting cable and instead using stream subscriptions. You will destroy future generation's interest in the sport.

Be on both - and the NHL will. Just don't overpay for it like Rogers did 10 years ago

 

[Craig Button]

Canadian Team games should be free over the air.

This is a Canadian Human rights issue

 

[stampedingviking]

I'm not sure why some posters want to see TSN and Rogers pay thru the nose for the NHL package? Are they worried about the Salary Cap?

As a Canadian, a shareholder in both companies and someone who subscribes to one of these companies for phone, cable and internet, I want to see TSN and Rogers get the best deal possible.

Rogers tried streaming and paying big 10 years ago. It's come back to haunt them. They both need to put shareholders first and play hard ball - and if that means walking away from the NHL, so be it.

Again, my guess, the NHL blinks first.

Can tell you're a shareholder. They should put customers first, give them a very good product, the profits will then follow.

 

[Chainshot]

They won't rest until there are 82 different services, each with a single game.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Netflix got fake fighting in Canada which is going to be a huge get in terms of streaming. It guarantees them six or so figures worth of subs who will never cancel because they will pay $15 a month to see Triple H wrestle for life.

Amazon going after the NHL makes sense. There is a lot of synergy that is possible with the league as well. They could replace the Zamboni drivers and ice girls with people from Intelcom. I could see Spartacat shooting misdelivered Amazon packages out of a bazooka at fans as a good in game activity. It's like you don't know if it's a PS5 or bootleg crest white strips but just getting an Amazon box mid game would turn the NHL into a magical experience.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Canadian Team games should be free over the air.

This is a Canadian Human rights issue

Might be a human abuse issue if they air every game for free depending on the team you cheer for...

 

[MMC]

 

[FerrisRox]

Does this sale only apply to Canada , or will it allow Amazon to stream SN Monday Night Hockey to the US ?

Sportsnet has a Canadian deal, and this would be a subset of that existing deal.

 

[MMC]

 

[Golden_Jet]

I do care about getting the broadcasts on an intuitive, stable platform with great picture quality which neither TSN and Sportsnet have.

I’m quite enjoying the playoffs on the 4K channel, vs the crap streaming options.

 

[red devil]

Pastrnak, Q. Hughes, Nylander and Draisaitl are some of the names that Amazon is following this psst season.

 

[Golden_Jet]

This wouldn’t affect TSN Monday games.

Adding more platforms, just makes it worse for the fan, don’t need to have a handful of platforms to subscribe to like the US.

 

[Ducer]

Amazon should hire Cherry to do some promo with the "wammmo blammmo" and now kids remember never skate down the ice with your head down.

 

[Kerberos]

Amazon should hire Cherry to do some promo with the "wammmo blammmo" and now kids remember never skate down the ice with your head down.

 

[thegazelle]

Anything that is not Rogers or Bell, I welcome.

 

[MXD]

Hard to tell whether it has any impact on the French broadcast. My legal reflexes tells me it doesn't, but they also tell me that I should know better than to speculate on this since it'S not like I've reviewed the Quebecor/Rogers deal (or the Rogers/Amazon deal)

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I think the word he was looking for is "attained" not "retained". Retained would imply that Amazon had the rights and kept them.

 

[TheNumber4]

Does it come free with Prime? If so great news I could always use more streams.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Amazon buying everything...first Monday night raw for 5B and now this.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Amazon buying everything...first Monday night raw for 5B and now this.

Amazon didn't buy the rights to Raw. Netflix did.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Amazon didn't buy the rights to Raw. Netflix did.

Which sucks because having WWE on SN+ was so convenient. One $250 payment for something that also includes MLB and NBA vs a $20 monthly payment for a declining service with fewer and fewer movie options.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Amazon buying everything...first Monday night raw for 5B and now this.

They didn’t buy “raw”.