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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Lol.
The contract is predicated on the Canadian teams. Losing a Canadian team jeopardizes the whole deal. It is a CANADIAN national broadcasting deal. A team in Seattle doesn't help Rogers sell products in Western Canada. I don't know if a 15 percent reduction in game rights they can carry fits the original scope of the deal.
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I'm willing to bet there is a re-opener in there somewhere based on the number of Canadian teams.
If Rogers didn't insist on having it put in, then the NHL might have because they would hope to squeeze a few more dollars from Rogers if QC got a team.