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ESPN, NHL agree to 7-year broadcast deal
The valuation of the deal hasn’t been disclosed, but sources told The Athletic that ESPN will pay more than $400-million annually to the NHL.

Smart to do the 2 network thing, with espn being the big dog
When you're on espn, they have a reason to feature you more on their shows, which helps build too
Espn+ is a big upgrade over peacock too for a streaming service, especially with that deal that they offer of disney+ with espn+, and I saw disney is over 100 million subs already, so even if espn is getting an extra fraction of those its helpful
Biggest thing, and I've always said this, is the talent. Either hire the right people, or just use the TSN studio team. ESPN owns like 40% of tsn already, so shouldn't be too difficult. NBC was smart with this getting Bobby mac in their studio shows, and bringing down guys like Ferraro, cuthbert, and miller on game calls. ESPN should do similar
Yep, it will get time now, probably even this year slowly rising since espn knows it's coming nowBingo
Remember when they left ESPN the first time they went down to like 2-4 mins of coverage during SC.
I hope we get Stephen A’s thots on all things NHLYep, it will get time now, probably even this year slowly rising since espn knows it's coming now
But its gonna start getting segments on first take stuff like that too
The big thing will be bringing in someone or a few people to be the face of it, like Melrose was, well known former player
Someone like patrick sharp would be good, hes already really good on tv on nbc.
I dont want espn unless it’s already on or live sports.You hockey folk still watch ESPN or whatever for anything? God if I saw SAS on my tv I'd kick it