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Originally Posted by gstelmack
No one else wanted the games. Ratings were a stinker, and that's why Fox and ESPN got out of their NHL deals. OLN ponied up the bucks when no one else would, so they got it. Of course, OLN was trying to use that as leverage to get broader carriage, but if you want that I'm not sure that NHL games are the stick you want to be wielding...
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I guess it's more like wielding a twig than an actual stick. That said, I think they have expanded their carriage thanks to carrying NHL games. I know I never knew such a channel existed before they got the NHL deal and I imagine the same goes for quite a few folks.
Still, it's a crappy deal and no surprise that it's not working. It wasn't until the playoffs that I finally memorized what channel OLN is and I never knew when regular season games were on. Also, other than their top gus (Emerick and JD?), their announcers suck.
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