If only the NHL had a better TV situation. NBC considered a prime-time game in the splendid Pittsburgh-Washington series two Saturdays ago. But multiple overtimes would have run into cash cow “Saturday Night Live” so the network passed.
Hockey deserves better than this and Versus and Pat Foley off the air. When the Phillies won the 1980 World Series with local voices silenced, fans protested vociferously. Baseball changed its policy. That’s a hint, Hawks fan
Bob Verdi in his column today about Dale Tallon and the Blackhawks. Somehow the last two paragraphs seem the most fitting. Glad someone in the mainstream media is as mad as me about the TV deals.
(via excitablehonky)
