It's fun to throw out hypotheticals but it's important that when doing so facts are correct.
2k Sports didn't stop making NHL games because EA Sports has the sole rights. In 2012 2K said they were taking a year off their hockey franchise on Xbox and playstation to revamp their game. This was done because it was far inferior to EA's offering. I might be wrong here but I think you will find EA has no such exclusivity deal with the NHL.
2Ksports also had a baseball game, it was terrible and pretty much unchanged for about 4 years straight. This did not force EA to make a better baseball game. The largest changes and best advances are arguably the show introduction which was after 2K had already released poor showings in 2K12 & 2K13. They announced they will not release a game in 14 because they know they have an inferior product and sales show that.
To assume 2K releasing another terrible hockey game would lead to innovation would be a stretch because it did no such thing in their previous hockey, baseball and football offerings. It seems the only thing they get right is basketball.
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