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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I can understand if it's like the Rogers national contract where the NHL would take the money and run in a once in a lifetime contract but I'm not sure why the Flames and Oilers felt it was a great idea to lock in for a decade. Maybe there's some animosity towards TSN by the two organizations?

I'd say there's animosity to TSN by the way they treated the teams when TSN had the national contract. Remember those Wed. games or other exclusive nights that weren't televised even though a doubleheader could have happened. Add the fact that those games could have been on PPV or SN instead, but, TSN did not allow that.