Comments on: TSN gets 15 Habs games a season http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/05/tsn-gets-15-habs-games-a-season/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/05/tsn-gets-15-habs-games-a-season/comment-page-1/#comment-32641 Josh Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:01:03 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1841#comment-32641 My understanding from <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080603.wspttsn3/BNStory/GlobeSportsHockey/?query=" rel="nofollow">this</a> is that CBC and TSN are going to basically draft playoff series: "In the playoffs, TSN will receive the third, fifth, seventh and eighth picks of the eight series in the first round." That makes it look as though TSN airing a Canadian series isn't contingent on all three teams from one conference making the playoffs. Rather, if say Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto make the playoffs one season, CBC would obviously take the Leafs and Canucks, and TSN, with its third pick, would take the Oilers. My understanding from this is that CBC and TSN are going to basically draft playoff series:

"In the playoffs, TSN will receive the third, fifth, seventh and eighth picks of the eight series in the first round."

That makes it look as though TSN airing a Canadian series isn't contingent on all three teams from one conference making the playoffs. Rather, if say Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto make the playoffs one season, CBC would obviously take the Leafs and Canucks, and TSN, with its third pick, would take the Oilers.

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