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Originally Posted by $ven27
I'd much rather see a 60-65 game season but that'll probably never happen.
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I thing the only problem is that the NHL doesn't have the uber lucratic tv deals that the other sports have, nor stadium capacity or draw of NFL,MLB. So like the NBA, who has decent tv deals in place, we have to have a longer season to make ends meet with players wanting to be paid like the other leagues( to a degree) as well as other costs associated with running a professional sports team and farm system. Baseball has great tv deals, large capacity stadiums and yet still pay 162 games plus playoffs so we're not to bad when you compare.