JackBurton
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Not being on ESPN was such a horrific mistake. Remember when they went on the OLN network after they left ESPN? The handling of these US deals on tv have been a mess.
without bettman, carolina and about 10 other teams wouldn't exist.
Brian Campbell calls it quits.
Yeah, I'm kind of surprised by that. I'd have thought Chicago could still use him, and he's a guy I was interested in seeing the Leafs target.
But it may not be the case that Campbell hasn't received any offers. Could always be that he's 38 years old, with $60M+ in the bank thanks to that insane contract Tallon gave him, and he's already won his Stanley Cup and taken his one last kick at the can by taking a bargain contract with Chicago this past season.
So perhaps he's just ready for the rest of his life now.
Not being on ESPN was such a horrific mistake. Remember when they went on the OLN network after they left ESPN? The handling of these US deals on tv have been a mess.
A mess?
A $2 Billion deal for hockey, in a country that by and large doesn't give a shit about hockey, is pretty freaking good.
Losing ESPN is no big deal either. They barely show sports as it is. More than 80% of their programming is just talking head shows.
NBCSN is a fine deal.
Surprised there was no solid interest in him, he was still a pretty decent defender.
Don't think that was the NHLs choice.
Hockey was in a bad spot in 2005.
They went from ESPN to the Outdoor Life Network in between the two. Leaving ESPN for OLN was the mistake.
The fact that they don't really does seem like a missed opportunity. I know cable & satellite companies pay them a lot of money, and that they also count multiple cable and satellite companies as the owners of some of their marquee franchises---but these organizations really need to get with the times before they get left behind.Still feel the NHL would be in a great place to essentially embrace the streaming world, and switch to a nearly all digital model.