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Originally Posted by heep223
Yeah they seem to have their priorities totally backwards. Kypreos really grew on me and they should have renewed him IMO.
Hometown hockey is “pat on the head” cute, I don’t hate it per se but completely unnecessary and often cringeworthy. A giant meh for what I assume is a very high cost.
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As always, it's about the money. Scroll to the bottom of this page:
https://www.hometownhockey.com/en/ro...e-town-hockey/
Look at the sponsors list. 6 different companies paying to be associated with Hometown Hockey and that doesn't even include the naming sponsor, Rogers. I don't know if the telecom side of Rogers pays the media side of Rogers for the naming rights, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do.
On the other hand, Kypreos being on the HNIC panel isn't going to bring in any extra money. His absence this season isn't likely to change the ratings one bit. Even if it did, it would have to be a significant drop to cost them more in ad revenue than what they were paying him to be on the panel.