RIP NHL on TSN; TSN loses rights

[Dean Ambrose]

Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
Official announcement expected Tuesday by NHL: CBC and Rogers have exclusive English-language NHL rights deal. Believed to be 12 year deal.

Insane. RIP TSN.

[Josh]

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Oh god. Sportsnet is terrible :(

[Dean Ambrose]

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I have to watch all Habs games in French. Fuck.

[_13_]

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I have to watch all Habs games in French. Fuck.

I dont think so as regional coverage is not affected, contracts with Habs, Leafs and Jets are still good

[Jasmine]

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Oh god noooooooooooooooooooo :(

[Dean Ambrose]

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I have to watch all Habs games in French. Fuck.

I dont think so as regional coverage is not affected, contracts with Habs, Leafs and Jets are still good[/quote:y5d3m7kn]
Rogers doesn't get TSN-Habs.

[Jasmine]

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I know the feeling, Videotron doesn't get SNet Sens... ^^

[Matt the Aussie]

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13, I'm pretty sure that Rogers has rights to ALL NHL games for the next 12 years - as in, no more regional broadcasts at all because Sportsnet will have them carried nationally. So TSN Jets and TSN Habs will cease to exist.

The only thing they've really confirmed so far is that CBC will still have Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays.

[Josh]

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13, I'm pretty sure that Rogers has rights to ALL NHL games for the next 12 years - as in, no more regional broadcasts at all because Sportsnet will have them carried nationally. So TSN Jets and TSN Habs will cease to exist.

The only thing they've really confirmed so far is that CBC will still have Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays.

Wait, does that mean Center Ice will be able to show in-market games now??

[Matt the Aussie]

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Rogers also got the rights to Centre Ice, so if I had to guess, it should mean that there are NO blackouts.

[Dean Ambrose]

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Lots of hockey on Saturdays starting next season with this new deal, and I have all these channels:

[Dean Ambrose]

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There's also no more blackouts, so we're getting a shit ton of hockey games on TV with this new deal.

As it stands now, on Saturdays, unless there's an afternoon game CBC plays, I get 4 Saturday games. Sens broadcast on CBC, since I live in Ottawa, Leafs broadcast on every other channel, Habs on RDS and the 10pm game. With the new deal, there's 10 unique games to choose from on a Saturday night. Awesome.

[Josh]

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Definitely getting Center Ice next year now.

[Dean Ambrose]

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Because of the broadcasting teams on those channels or because you don't have access to most of those channels?

[Matt the Aussie]

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Lots of hockey on Saturdays starting next season with this new deal, and I have all these channels:

If that's really how we can expect it to look, I am going to be a very happy viewer!