CTV's Saturday Night Hockey
How long before Hockey Night in Canada leaves the CBC?
I think, from this article, that the current CBC deal expires at the end of next season (if there is one).
CTV/TSN, on the heels of it's successful winter olympic bid for the 2010 games, could use the NHL broadcasts as a natural step for it's development as the premium sports network into 2010.
Certainly, if they pick up top broadcasters like the discarded Chris Cuthbert, they would have the talent to do it - not to mention the stable of hockey commentors at TSN that could be shared.
I think, from this article, that the current CBC deal expires at the end of next season (if there is one).
CTV/TSN, on the heels of it's successful winter olympic bid for the 2010 games, could use the NHL broadcasts as a natural step for it's development as the premium sports network into 2010.
Certainly, if they pick up top broadcasters like the discarded Chris Cuthbert, they would have the talent to do it - not to mention the stable of hockey commentors at TSN that could be shared.