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This means after this season, TSN will no longer do national NHL broadcasts across Canada, which they have done, starting with the 1987-88 season (remember that black and yellow logo?) until 2000-01, before SportsNet took over. They have done NHL national telecasts across Canada since 2005-06 (the post-lockout season). However they will remain with Jets and Habs local telecasts. So TSN is NOT completely out of the NHL picture.
SportsNet is no stranger to Canadian national TV broadcasts of NHL games. From 2001 until 2004 they were the national cable carrier for NHL telecasts across Canada. However it is Rogers' (parent company) multi faceted platform that was the main decision for the league to sway away from TSN after this season.
However the one thing not changing about the Canadian NHL deal: CBC will remain the FTA home of the NHL, similar to NBC here in the states. This will continue the long standing deal between the CBC and the NHL dating back to the 1953-54 season, as their telecasts of NHL hockey remains the longest running tenure that a broadcast network has with a league or event. HNIC is currently in its 61st season, and is the only NHL broadcaster currently with regional action just about every week (NBC will do this every once in a while, and Fox and ABC used to do it when they had NHL rights).
So there you go folks. The NBC/NBCSN deal will remain unchanged. TSN will still also have IIHF events, so hockey isn't going nowhere from TSN.
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