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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
If the Flames left Calgary, could Rogers Sportsnet reduce some of the cash they fork over to the NHL? Few Canadian viewers means less advertising bucks. If so, then the probability of Calgary is pretty low if all teams lose a little bit.
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I think there's an assumption that some type of number of Canadian markets involved would be in the contract, but there's no proof it exists. Roger's may have just felt that a Canadian market leaving would be unthinkable and didn't bother to account for it, but I can't see them being optimistic to that level.