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Originally Posted by cityfan247
…to allow NHL rights to go to a small market channel like Premier Sports is unforgivable. Not sure what happened as i doubt Premier Sports can challenge financially the might of the ESPN network so presumably cant see how they would outbid them. if it was the choice of NHL execs ...well that defies any logic
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I think the blame for this lands squarely at the feet of the NHL. They didn't like the fact that one station had the pan-European rights as they wanted to sell individual rights to channels in each country in the hopes of getting more money. It seems to have backfired though, as only a couple of channels went for the rights. I think this will be good for ESPN next time the rights are up for grabs as they'll probably be able to get them for an even better price than before.