Swear to god, I will disown this team if they don't start Reimer.
You promise?
This series is low man on the totem pole when it comes to NBC. All the others have at least one big market involved.
Bay area is a big market, though. San Jose is the third largest city in California, and the tenth largest in the country. Oddly, Phoenix is the 6th largest in the country.
One could say that NBC is looking at from a TV marketplace perspective, but it gets better. The bay area is the 6th top market in the country, trailing only NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, and DFW.
Once we consider that, it's clear why the Sharks' TV contract is somewhat painful. I would belief that the CSN/Sharks contract is probably the best one for NBC. So Sharks should get some better consideration in this playoff season.