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As we all know TSN690 stopped sending crews to broadcast road games, preferring to go the cheaper route of calling those games from a studio in Montreal. They also use the cheapest on air "talent" that they can get away with. Pretty soon people will just pay TSN a fee for the privilege of being the Habs play by play announcer for a month.

But it's not just Montreal. Last week the Rangers were on a west coast road trip. MSG Network decided to have Sam Rosen call the game from NYC and while the Rangers did send a radio crew to cover the games, they took half as many people as they normally would have.

The Rangers are the most valuable franchise in the NHL and if they have to pinch pennies on their in house TV network coverage it means things are bad.

I also read that the Blow Jays will be remotely broadcasting their road games on radio next season using a crew in a Toronto studio watching it on TV.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
As we all know TSN690 stopped sending crews to broadcast road games, preferring to go the cheaper route of calling those games from a studio in Montreal. They also use the cheapest on air "talent" that they can get away with. Pretty soon people will just pay TSN a fee for the privilege of being the Habs play by play announcer for a month.

But it's not just Montreal. Last week the Rangers were on a west coast road trip. MSG Network decided to have Sam Rosen call the game from NYC and while the Rangers did send a radio crew to cover the games, they took half as many people as they normally would have.

The Rangers are the most valuable franchise in the NHL and if they have to pinch pennies on their in house TV network coverage it means things are bad.

I also read that the Blow Jays will be remotely broadcasting their road games on radio next season using a crew in a Toronto studio watching it on TV.
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Bowen was bemoaned earlier this year he was calling road games from studios.ESPN covered the Australian Open from Bristol (Fowler was not happy).
 
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Predators Sale Closing at Near-Record $880M

The Nashville Predators are set to be sold to former Tennessee governor Jimmy Haslam. The reported price is just shy of a league record.
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Small note: He's buying 60%, but not at $880M. He's buying 60%, with the total value calculated at $880M. So in reality, it's around $528M.
 


So Bettman had dinner with Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz & the MLS franchise over there.

Salt Lake City's one of the leading candidates to host the 2030 winter Olympics, and they just might need a new arena for it.

Welp... If you follow the bread crumbs...
 
GGpX said:
frontofficesports.com

Predators Sale Closing at Near-Record $880M

The Nashville Predators are set to be sold to former Tennessee governor Jimmy Haslam. The reported price is just shy of a league record.
frontofficesports.com frontofficesports.com

Small note: He's buying 60%, but not at $880M. He's buying 60%, with the total value calculated at $880M. So in reality, it's around $528M.
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Funny how politics is such a lucrative grift, err, "career".
 
GGpX said:


So Bettman had dinner with Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz & the MLS franchise over there.

Salt Lake City's one of the leading candidates to host the 2030 winter Olympics, and they just might need a new arena for it.

Welp... If you follow the bread crumbs...
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Finally! A less desirable place to play than Winnipeg.
 
GGpX said:
For those who've followed Hockey Quebec over the last 10-15 years, none of this should be surprising to anyone.

But I really don't have a clue why there are less and less Québécois in the NHL. Must be racism.

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A higher than average divorce rate among Quebeckers (8 per 1000 people versus 7.7 for the national average) means more single parent households. The cost of hockey is astronomical even for 2 parent families. So that will cut the number of francophone hockey players right there. Quebec is also a more diverse society now so there are fewer pur laines per capita than there used to be. And you know as well as I do that when they talk about "Quebecois" hockey players, they aren't referring to the Mike Matheson's or the Marco Scandella's.

When the NHL had 6 teams, there were only 120 NHL jobs to be had and they were pretty much 100% occupied by Canadian-born players, about a quarter of which were francophones. That works out to about 30 players. Today, the NHL has 32 teams with 23 man rosters or 736 players. Those players now come from many countries, not only Canada. Canadians now comprise roughly 43% of NHL players and the other 37% come from other countries. Of that 43% there are 51 francophones or about 16% of the Canadian total and about 7% of the overall total. So yes, it's declined a bit but the depth of the competition for jobs at the NHL level is exponentially higher than it was in 1967. Given this and all the other societal and financial factors now at play (not to mention environmental, because global warming being what it is means there are fewer pond hockey players anymore. You either play organized hockey once or twice a week in an arena or you don't play) I'd wager that there are as many francophones in the NHL as you could hope to have in 2023.
 
It think it’s simple really: kids are playing other sports. Quebec is a power in other winter sports. Mikaël Kingsbury and Charles Hamelin are probably the most dominant male athletes of the last decade. And football is yuge (LDT, Rouge et Or ), basketball is yuge and soccer is huge.

I think it’s just that.
 
Snoop Dog wants in on ownership of the Sens?

I can hardly think of of a bigger coolness mismatch in anything or anywhere.

That would be like asking celeb chef to make a margarine sandwich on wonder bread.
 
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