ESPN may be working their way back into hockey with their reported winning of World Cup rights, but as we discussed a week ago, that doesn’t mean they’re suddenly going to become interested in the NHL. Saturday night was all the proof you need of that.
There were 10 NHL games on the calendar Saturday and no games in the NBA, NFL, and MLB. Yes, there was the NBA’s All-Star Saturday Night’s festivities, but that was it. When it came to the major American professional sports on Saturday night, the NHL was quite literally the only game in town.
And ESPN showed 0 NHL game highlights.
There were 2 NHL highlights in the Top 10, but no game in the run down. Again not a huge NHL fan but that's blatant "we don't give a fuck"
— Ben Koo (@bkoo) February 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/CWalunas316/status/566853094294970368
https://twitter.com/DimeBandit/status/566978441417744384
I get that ESPN is in the middle of college basketball mode, and there’s going to be plenty of NBA All-Star coverage. And I even understand that they have a big PPV deal for the Cricket World Cup. But zero hockey highlights? Especially with no NBA, NFL, or MLB games on the calendar? And with no NFL news of note at all?
That just seems like a blatant slap in the face to NHL fans, doesn’t it?
