NHL 2020-2021 season start/schedule
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What does 1 NASCAR race that was moved to CNBC have to do with anything?
If anything, you're proving his point. If the NHL played during the Olympics, they would be forced onto CNBC.
If anything, you're proving his point. If the NHL played during the Olympics, they would be forced onto CNBC.
Hutch,
Are you saying that if the NHL played during the Tokyo Olympics, that NBC would show the NHL?
no, and what NBC Universal network, that typically doesn't have Sports programming, would, it's hypothetical, MNN, I just know that USA/SyFy/Oxygen, to name three NBCU Properties, outside of NBC/NBCSN will be a part of the coverage.....
the last time it occurred USA ended up broadcasting the NBCSN Feed.....
Last time what happened?
It doesn't matter. The point is that NHL has to maintain a good relationship with NBC. For that reason, NHL won't conflict itself with the Summer Games. They just won't. If they did, it would be the playoffs which would be put on something other than the main channel. And NBC isn't paying what they are paying just say they have programming on their minor channels.
So, NHL simply won't conflict themselves with the Olympics.
That's what everyone has been saying.
Further, the playoffs will be where by then, because the league might pause the regular season for the Winter Games, but they won't pause the playoffs.
That's why the season is scheduled at 56 games
correct, exactly, to keep everything on schedule for 2021/22 AND return to "normal" business year....
where did we all go wrong here
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Ernie
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Lots of comments made about avoiding the Olympics with the new NHL season but I think it's also obvious that the league wanted to avoid playing late into the summer.
This is a made-for-TV season. The playoffs last year showed that public appetite for watching hockey in the summer is limited even in a pandemic.
This is a made-for-TV season. The playoffs last year showed that public appetite for watching hockey in the summer is limited even in a pandemic.
NHL will still make $$ off the TV deal regardless of how many viewers are actually watching. This has to do with more to do with NBC having Olympic tv rights than it does to do with ratings. If they could play more than 56 games and not have to deal with the Olympics then they would.
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where did we all go wrong here
Simple explanation ...
The were disagreeing to agree.
Ernie
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The NHL is up for a new TV contract and the viewership they pull off this season will affect how much they can get for that contract. The low ratings in the summer were not exactly beneficial to that.
As far as I know the language of the current NBC contract isn't public so we don't know the terms and conditions and we can't say what the NHL is going to be paid this season.
umm the next US tv contract is going up not flat or down... How much will it increase who knows but it should go up with Vegas and now Seattle.
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my best bet is NHL pulls the we will have the canadians teams in the US for a year on the provinces and if that doesn't work the league will go ahead and do that.
LadyStanley
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sounds like me they are trying to leverage better terms from the NHL when we still have a couple week before the season starts.
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I'm Canadian so I'm probably biased but it seems like if the NHL wants to have a successful season they should take the Canadian health authorities seriously and consider implementing their recommendations south of the border as well. The NBA already has had a game postponed and we've seen covid tear through the other leagues.
Film productions in BC are at a record high, and that's because the industry has a proper framework to operate designed by provincial health authorities. Costs of a shutdown are extremely high so the restrictions have actually helped to attract productions to BC. The NHL should take note. There's an interesting article in Variety about how the film industry has adapted in BC. If the film industry and its many thousands of employees can stay safe, the NHL should be able to as well.
Film productions in BC are at a record high, and that's because the industry has a proper framework to operate designed by provincial health authorities. Costs of a shutdown are extremely high so the restrictions have actually helped to attract productions to BC. The NHL should take note. There's an interesting article in Variety about how the film industry has adapted in BC. If the film industry and its many thousands of employees can stay safe, the NHL should be able to as well.
Mightygoose
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Is this the NHL's official response to the letter?
If the league agrees to more testing but want to keep the schedule the same, will the health officials still have issues?
They travel private charters and there won't be any fans. If the government is going to say no can they do it before the 11th hour for once?
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