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Originally Posted by Corral
NHL hockey belongs on CBC on Saturday nights because of tradition alone. Why is our culture so dismissive of tradition as a value?
HNIC is an institution. TSN is a broadcast. There is no comparison.
Here's an option. Ask the players what they would like to see happen for Saturday nights. Some of them will take the Bell money for sure. But I think most would choose CBC. Even after all these years and their rich lifestyles, you can still tell it is a privilege to put on that white towel and be interviewed by HNIC at ice level.
HNIC commentary might not be to everyone's liking - but surely it is better than what TSN gives us on That's Hockey. What a bunch of blowhards.
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I really think the tradition angle is something to be considered. When HNIC lost their theme song to TSN, I thought it might somehow take a bit of that magic away because so much history was ingrained in that song. Now, I think the new song is great, and when I hear the old one on TSN it just rings hollow to me. It's because it's not the song that carriers the tradition, it's the experience you attach to it. Hockey on a Saturday isn't special or unique, but HNIC on CBC is.
As cheesy as it sounds, having it on TSN would instantly take away that magic. It's HNIC because it's on CBC. Remembering sitting down with my dad when I was a little kid, watching HNIC on a Saturday night, it was part of where I started loving hockey. It's been around for longer than most of us posting here have been alive. If it moved to another station, it's just Saturday hockey.