Episode 109:
Discussion on the NHL Awards we’d replace, & what we’d replace them with. Speculation on how to pluralize new & interesting front office hockey titles. The end of the NBC-NHL broadcasting contract. Eric Bischoff’s comments about WWE vs NHL TV audiences in the US, & hate-watching hockey games. The long-term injured reserve (LTIR) “loophole” to bury contracts to keep teams under the cap. ESPN taking over NHL broadcasting starting with the Seattle Kraken expansion draft & 2021 Entry Draft. Question of the week: If the Seattle Kraken use local Seattle area celebrities to help announce who they’ve picked in the expansion draft, who & what would be the best landmark-personality pairing?
Recorded 5 July 2021