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US NHL TV Coverage to stay with NBC/Versus
Link
bloomberg.com
It appears that Comcast beat out ESPN in the bidding war for the NHL TV rights. Reports say it's a 10-year ~$2 billion deal. While I would have liked to see ESPN to grab at least a share of the rights so they would make more of an effort to legitimately cover hockey, there's a bit of satisfaction in the NHL sticking it to the network that abandoned it when it went through the lockout. Good news? Bad news? Couldn't care any less? Sound off below.
