NHL Back to ESPN on Seven Year Deal

[billchao]

NHL back on ESPN with 7-year multiplatform deal

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The NHL will once again be broadcast on ESPN after the league agreed to a seven-year multiplatform deal.

I don’t know how I feel about this. NBC has done a great job with the NHL over the last decade and a half and from what I remember, the NHL was a bit of an afterthought the last time ESPN held the broadcast rights.

[Vinsk]

The last time I watched an entire hockey game was the miracle on ice.😐

[iacas]

It's good for the NHL to be on the worldwide leader in sports, full stop. They can put some plays in their Top 10, talk about it even jokingly, show goofs/gaffes, whatever.

It'll keep hockey more in the minds of sports fans.

[Golfingdad]

5 hours ago, billchao said:

NHL back on ESPN with 7-year multiplatform deal

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The NHL will once again be broadcast on ESPN after the league agreed to a seven-year multiplatform deal.

I don’t know how I feel about this. NBC has done a great job with the NHL over the last decade and a half and from what I remember, the NHL was a bit of an afterthought the last time ESPN held the broadcast rights.

See and the way I always remember it (could be misremembering)  is that the NHL became an afterthought after one of their lockouts that involved them leaving ESPN for the "Versus" network.  They've worked their way back somewhat it seems, but I agree with Erik - getting back on ESPN is a good thing.