UPDATE 5/23 - Golden Knights select ROOT/AT&T Sports for local TV

[TheBeastCoast]

That is unfortunate for Vegas.

 

[TheLegend]

TSN Veteran Gary Lawless joining the Golden Knights on the content team.

https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/n...-join-golden-knights-content-team/c-289240854

Does he still do work with the Jets? Edit: I guess not at lease anymore

Quite the irony after all the venom Lawless spewed over hockey in desert climates.

 

[BattleBorn]

Quite the irony after all the venom Lawless spewed over hockey in desert climates.

Like I said on the Vegas board, if we can convert him it's a good thing for both teams.

 

[rt]

Quite the irony after all the venom Lawless spewed over hockey in desert climates.

HILARIOUS!!!! Hahaha

 

[Masked]

That is unfortunate for Vegas.

But a very fortunate thing for people who watch TSN. The only other person they put on air who comes close to being as bad is Jason Botchford.

 

[Elephant Igloo]

Why did the Vegas organization see a grumpy old man from the Winnipeg Free Press and say "this is the person we absolutely need"?

 

[Channelcat]

Why did the Vegas organization see a grumpy old man from the Winnipeg Free Press and say "this is the person we absolutely need"?

He might write like a 6 year old and be completely incompetent, but people seem to be interested in what he says. I really don't mind him at all.

 

[saffronleaf]

I have said from day 1 that TV rights in Vegas would be a huge problem.

Vegas is the 40th largest TV market in the US which makes it the smallest in the NHL outside of Buffalo - however the Sabres can also pick up eyeballs in Rochester and Syracuse, Vegas has no such option.

I have to assume when the NHL vetted Vegas as a market they told Foley what to expect for TV revenue.

Not to mention that, you know, people in WNY like hockey.

 

[cutchemist42]

He is not good at his job. I say this having lived in Wpg since 98

 

[htpwn]

TSN Veteran Gary Lawless joining the Golden Knights on the content team.

https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/n...-join-golden-knights-content-team/c-289240854

Does he still do work with the Jets? Edit: I guess not at lease anymore

Can Steve Simmons go with him?

 

[Llama19]

TSN Veteran Gary Lawless joining the Golden Knights on the content team.

https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/n...-join-golden-knights-content-team/c-289240854

Does he still do work with the Jets? Edit: I guess not at lease anymore

Lawless' first article...The new Vegas Golden Knights Insider shares his story of why he's excited to be part of the franchise

Source: https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/lawless-first-column/c-289241194

 

[Big McLargehuge]

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...en-knights-tv-deal-taking-time-to-consummate/

Perhaps because it's not a "one size fits all" situation.



Nice zone. They want to be billed as the "team of the Rockies" (so, the non-Colorado Avalanche's ).

I'm confident in saying that they're not going to get much of any traction in Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming...even if there was a network that spanned that 5 state region they're talking about.

Seattle or Portland could make a decent dent in Western Montana & Idaho...but that's it. Too much distaste in those places for basically any major city that isn't in the PNW, and the distance is just too far away. There's just too much distance between the states on top of the overwhelming cultural differences (13 hour drive between Missoula & Vegas, for example).

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

There's also just not that many people there to begin with..

 

[BattleBorn]

I'm confident in saying that they're not going to get much of any traction in Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming...even if there was a network that spanned that 5 state region they're talking about.

Seattle or Portland could make a decent dent in Western Montana & Idaho...but that's it. Too much distaste in those places for basically any major city that isn't in the PNW, and the distance is just too far away. There's just too much distance between the states on top of the overwhelming cultural differences (13 hour drive between Missoula & Vegas, for example).

All that being said, I'd rather have the Knights on TV there than not. If they can make it happen, they should.

 

[Acesolid]

The evil Canadian pundits can't write articles asking your NHL team be relocated to Canada...

... if you hire them yourself.

 

[TheLegend]

The evil Canadian pundits can't write articles asking your NHL team be relocated to Canada...

... if you hire them yourself.

Yeah but there are plenty more there to take their place if they haven't all decided to become stand up comics.... they're like a Hydra.

 

[madhi19]

Quite the irony after all the venom Lawless spewed over hockey in desert climates.

Looking at what happened at ESPN and what may very well happen soon at TSN* it not a bad move. Any port in a bad sea.

*How long can you keep running a network with a full hockey staff, but no national games to feed the beast?

 

[Bjorn Le]

Looking at what happened at ESPN and what may very well happen soon at TSN* it not a bad move. Any port in a bad sea.

*How long can you keep running a network with a full hockey staff, but no national games to feed the beast?

TSN's financials are sound.

 

[adsfan]

No. The Wild have Milwaukee.

Which is true and sickening to me. It doesn't make any sense! As much as I dislike the BlackHawks, we should be in their territory since they are 90 miles away versus over 300 to St. Paul.

The ratings will be low as long as Nashville gets ignored here. Nashville started in 1998 and have been affiliated with the Milwaukee Admirals since that time. The Wild started in 2000. With Liarpold and Suter over there, Nashville fans hate them!

The NHL and Fox Sports TV should fix this!!!

I wish LV success.

 

[King_Stannis]

He is not good at his job. I say this having lived in Wpg since 98

If I recall from my time on the Return of the Jets message boards back in the day he was often smugly dismissive of efforts to return the NHL to Winnipeg. Am I remembering that correctly?

 

[cutchemist42]

If I recall from my time on the Return of the Jets message boards back in the day he was often smugly dismissive of efforts to return the NHL to Winnipeg. Am I remembering that correctly?

I actually never visited those boards so cant say.

He's incredibly smug on the radio, and not that smart about his opinions. I dont know if its an intentional troll thing or not either. Im actually glad he's leaving the radio show and Jets broadcast.

 

[Yukon Joe]

If I recall from my time on the Return of the Jets message boards back in the day he was often smugly dismissive of efforts to return the NHL to Winnipeg. Am I remembering that correctly?

IIRC, he was smug and dismissive early on, but at some point close to the move he had switched and was a cheerleader.

 

[skeena1]

I doubt if they were ever "struggling." These things take time.


https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...en-knights-select-root-sports-as-tv-provider/

 

[Brodie]

the Avs should really be pissed that they lost TV territory in their own state to an effing expansion team in Vegas, let alone the entire rest of their region.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Which is true and sickening to me. It doesn't make any sense! As much as I dislike the BlackHawks, we should be in their territory since they are 90 miles away versus over 300 to St. Paul.

The ratings will be low as long as Nashville gets ignored here. Nashville started in 1998 and have been affiliated with the Milwaukee Admirals since that time. The Wild started in 2000. With Liarpold and Suter over there, Nashville fans hate them!

The NHL and Fox Sports TV should fix this!!!

I wish LV success.

Well that's the problem, there is no Fox Sports in Chicago. The only way the Hawks get into Milwaukee is if

- Come 2020 when all the Chicago team CSN deals expire, Fox returns to the market and gets the Hawks rights
OR
- NBC gets Brewers rights and sets up a CSN/NBCS Milwaukee, and carries the Hawks there.