Do you guys think the NHL will get the same TV money like the NFL?

[dr robbie]

NHL is far more likely to get passed by pickleball than it is to catch up with the NFL.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Hell no

 

[3074326]

Only way the NHL catches the NFL is if the NFL fails somehow.

The Super Bowl had 113 million viewers. Sunday Night Football averaged almost 20 million viewers, Monday Night Football almost 12 million.

The NHL had 1.6 million viewers for game 1 of the SCF. Negotiating power isn't even remotely the same.

It's like... a highlight of my day to meet and talk NHL with a fellow fan. Everyone I meet and know loves the NFL.

 

[JPeeper]

Opening week the NFL averaged over 21+ million viewers per game.

The NHL averages around 550k per game (depending on the team). There are other factors such as more games played in the NHL, etc. but it's not even close.

 

[ItWasJustified]

What's funny? From a viewship perspective, the poster is absolulely right.

If by viewship perspective you are referring to as a viewer being bored out of your mind and bombarded with ads, I guess it's the best sport to watch if you hate watching real sports.

 

[crowi]

They need to convince a star player to start dating Justin Bieber, get that casual fan base going.

Isn't Matthews already dating him?

 

[archangel2]

NHL will NEVER get a TV contract on the level of NBA, NFL or MLB

 

[DueDiligence]

N

Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.

Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?

What are the pros and cons from this perspective?

Not in a million years. No other sport gets NFL money.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.

Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?

To quote the great Rosa Parks, "No.".

 

[joelef]

Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.

Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?

What are the pros and cons from this perspective?

A wnba game beat out an nhl playoff game and Caitlyn Clark is more popular then any of your big stars. They can’t even beat out the wnba but think that they can get nfl money? Can I get that of those drugs.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

If you add up the ratings of every NHL game in a season put together, would it equal the Super Bowl?

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Never in a million years. I don't understand why people can't just enjoy hockey. There are more than enough teams and they make good revenue. Players make good money. They will always come and go.

Young kids in the states (and even in Canada now) are all into hip hop culture and NBA. NFL too.

 

[the valiant effort]

In a few years NBA bench players will be getting “that NHL salary cap” money in AAV

 

[stymie]

Maybe.