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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
Every time you turn on Sportsnet for a game you should have a bit of anger inside.
He did great for the Canadian teams but that decision to award the NHL rights to Sportsnet took away any goodwill he had built up.
To not even consider TSN into the equation because of his petty grudge set the NHL back in Canada 10 years. November 26, 2013 was our President Trump.
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"His petty grudge"? Making crap up and trying to pass it off as fact only makes you look like a fool, not the target of your scorn.
As far as "his" decision to award Sportsnet the rights, that is how the NHL has long operated. They sell national and regional rights. The highest bidder gets the contract. You can whine all you want, but it is not Bettman's fault that Sportsnet outbid TSN.
As a matter of fact, one of Bettman's goals with this TV deal was to reduce the regionalization scheme that CBC operated under to give the fans
more choice. He bent over backwards to ensure HNIC remained a CBC property, but the CBC chose to be stubborn.