I totally agree, it also drives my dad crazy when a game is on versus. I think thatwas the dumbest ever! "Let's put hockey on a channel not EVERYONE in the world can get. I mean my parents are old school, they have basic cable. I tried talking them into getting digital and my dad says why just for one channel. But you also get other channels as well. I think if it hasn't been done we need to start a petition and see if we can't get bettman out of there! He is ruining the game with these stupid descions to put hockey on a channel that isn't national like nbc.
Now if they could drop this stupid channel and get nbc to do the games during the week, that would be awesome! I'm not sure about getting back with espn, they dogged hockey so bad before. Why would they change now. We need a network that would actually care bout the game, that's what the NHL needs. They also need to maybe advertise more. Not just when a game is on but even when there isn't one!