EmeraldCitySabre
Yeah, we've got uniforms and everything....
I hate ESPN too, but it's a great deal for the NHL. I'm sure they'll have a great number of games on ESPN+.
Around the NHL 20-21 pt. 1: the season begins
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There was no confirmation from the NHL on an agreement that is expected to see ESPN get the rights to broadcast four Stanley Cup Finals between 2022 and 2028, plus streaming rights for Disney.
Disney Plus is the streaming service. Fighting and cussing will be banned.
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He's available after the Orioles completely ****ed him over.
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I wouldn't count on that.
A lot of people have talked about how the NHL needed to take less money from ESPN for the upside of getting more eyeballs on the sport.
I wouldn't assume anything about the financial package. Especially given how the pandemic has hurt TV ratings. The timing of this couldn't be worse for the NHL.
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Jim Bob
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Yeah, but it's not like the NHL could lineup their deal with NBC so that it didn't expire amidst a global pandemic....
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for most people, that is really bad news. NHL TV is awesome.
for those of us that rely on NHL TV to watch the sabres.....THANK GOD
EmeraldCitySabre
Yeah, we've got uniforms and everything....
With nhl.tv going away, does that mean we're going back to the Center Ice days of not having an option of which broadcast we get to watch? So that means I have to listen to Hack Edwards again? Fml.
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That’s up from 2 billion over 10yrs from NBC. Doubling the yearly take from 200mil to 400mil. That’s roughly 12.5 per for each of the 32 teams. Up from 6.5mil per 31 teams.
Plus that number will be going up. They still have another rights deal to go that can be added to that amount
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Zman5778
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From what the consensus is.......just ESPN+. There won't be an extra fee on top of the $6/month.
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Seems like some sort of warning shot to the creditors? As in "Don't bleed me too dry or you won't get a darned thing"???
Not 100% sure why he'd do it otherwise.....................
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No idea why the Sharks are entering into Kane's mess
How would they void Kane's contract without a material breach, or is there a material breach they aren't specifying? They could buy him out, but then the creditors would go after it
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The article seems to imply that with Kane in Federal Bankruptcy court, the normal CBA rules might not apply. So Kane and SJ might be able to reach a deal on a mutual termination with no buyout. Kane would then be a FA and free from his creditors.
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I was wrong about Don Granato and TNT
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Since he used contract to back the debt, they effectively have a lien on his contract. I have to think any court would step in and stop a mutual termination.
That would prevent a 'mutual termination' like Berglund and the Sabres had.
I'm sure the sharks would love to get out of the rest of that deal for Kane, even though he's still reasonably productive.
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