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Originally Posted by Certain
The NBA's ratings destroy the NHL. In-game attendance is being driven to irrelevance.
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The only reason this is the case is because ESPN hates hockey and it's relegated to one game/night on NBCSN which many households don't even get. NHL Network doesn't even carry games half the time and even less households get that.
This is all Bettman's fault after the 04-05 lockout, of course.
But if that hadn't happened I don't think it's a stretch to think things would be closer to even.