REPORT: Gary Bettman Screws Canadian Markets With Latest Decision
The NHL has announced its broadcasting schedule for the upcoming season. The league has slighted several teams when it comes to national broadcasts.
Canada Loses The Primetime Spotlight
With the release of the NHL's national television schedule for TNT and ESPN, many fans are noticing a lack of Canadian representation.
As this graphic shows only 31 total games are being shown including a Canadian team. Of these 31 games 29 are taken up by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers. The only other team to get a game is Vancouver who was able to secure two games.
Total Disrespect To Canada
With this news, that means that 4 Canadian NHL teams will be without a primetime game on TNT or ESPN. Every American team has at least one game in primetime including the Anaheim Ducks and Arizona Coyotes who were two of the worst teams in the NHL last year.
This is just the latest miss step by the NHL in their broadcasting partnership in the United States. The league cannot grow properly if all of the teams and regions are not properly represented.
American fans will now not get to see players like Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson, or Cole Caufield. All of these players are up-and-coming American stars in the game of hockey. Unfortunately for American hockey fans, they will be unable to watch these players play under the brightest spotlight.
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| POLL | ||
AOÛT 30 | 237 ANSWERS REPORT: Gary Bettman Screws Canadian Markets With Latest Decision Should the NHL re-work its television schedule to get more Canadian teams in primetime? | ||
| Yes | 189 | 79.7 % |
| No | 48 | 20.3 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||