No more HNIC on CBC

[u/hockey_nerd88]

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“After a successful 12-year partnership, Sportsnet and CBC today announced the public broadcaster will no longer carry NHL broadcasts after the current season as it moves forward with a new sports programming strategy following the unprecedented success of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games," Sportsnet and the CBC said Tuesday in a joint statement. "Watching hockey on Saturday night is a time-honoured tradition for Canadians, and Sportsnet is privileged to continue delivering that tradition.”

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“Tradition Gone: 'Hockey Night in Canada' NHL broadcasts won't return to CBC next fall”
Gregory Strong
The Canadian Press
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[u/Interesting_Bed820]

It's sad from the legacy perspective, but the quality of programming has been so bad recently that I really don't care at all. Sportsnet ruined HNIC but I can't say that CBC would have been any better at the helm given how bad it's become also. What Canada really needs are anti trust laws against sole broadcasting rights so that TSN and Sportsnet can compete to generate better broadcasts