NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues​

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are one of four teams that will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season.

The league announced Tuesday that the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues will also have local broadcasts done by NHL Productions when the season begins in late September.

The NHL branching out into centralized production of local games is another part of the evolution and challenges faced by teams with the demise of regional sports networks. Seven franchises had agreements last season with Main Street Sports, including the aforementioned four teams. Main Street operated 15 regional channels under the FanDuel Sports Network brand and went out of business at the conclusion of this past season.

"I think we've been looking at this day for a long time. If something happened in the middle of last season, we would've been quickly able to mobilize and not miss a beat," said Steve Mayer, the NHL's president of events and content. "In some ways, this is a lot of time from the end of one season to the beginning of the next in terms of being able to do what we ultimately want to make it a great production."

Columbus Blue Jackets land NHL broadcast deal, leaving fans with one big question​

Specifics are still in the works, but the Blue Jackets have added stability to their television broadcasts with a June 21 announcement that NHL Productions will produce their games along with three other NHL teams for the upcoming 2026-27 season.

The league will provide centralized TV productions for the Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, St. Louis Blues and Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes with the possibility that more teams may join the list before the season opens in late September.

Details on the broadcast crew and platform to access Blue Jackets broadcasts were not released.

“We are excited about working with the NHL and its award-winning production team to continue delivering the best Blue Jackets coverage to our fans,” Blue Jackets vice president of business Intelligence and broadcasting Marc Gregory said in a statement. “This partnership allows us to leverage the league’s industry-leading production resources and storytelling capabilities to bring the game closer to our fans than ever before. We are continuing to work on our distribution platforms and look forward to announcing those details in the near future.”

Partnering with the NHL eliminates the need for deals with regional sports broadcasters such as the former Fox Sports regional networks and Bally's/FanDuel regional networks that operated under Diamond Sports Group to broadcast Blue Jackets games.

In recent seasons, Diamond Sports Group was under the constant threat of bankruptcy and cast a cloud of uncertainty on broadcasts for its teams, including the Blue Jackets, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Fans curious about where Blue Jackets games will be available to watch can look to the Reds and Guardians for comparisons. Each team uses Major League Baseball to produce games with each offering streaming packages to purchase.

The Reds are streamed on Reds.TV, MLB.TV and Fubo, while the Guardians are streamed on CLEGuardians.TV, MLB.TV and Fubo. The Guardians also simulcast select games on local TV networks, which the Blue Jackets have also done for select games the past two seasons.

Herb Kirkstreit said:

I might need help. Because I witnessed this last night (and he had more words for the ump when he was walking away from the mound after the 3rd out.

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Whatever

Notice Reds highlights are never related to winning anything? It's always a fight or some weird bullshit, like walking seven straight fucking hitters at the Major fucking League fucking level.

No talent ass clowns. They should be embarrassed to cash their checks.

Lets face it... he looks good coming off the bus. Father was a gym rat.

LSU is given no respect by Cody Campbell (Texas Tech's "billionaire board chair") in ESPN article on how Brenden Sorsby was handled:

"If this had happened at LSU, people would say, 'Ah, it's LSU,'" Campbell said. "They're always going to do what they do. But it happened at Texas Tech, and people don't want to compete with us."

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Georgia RB Dante Dowdell hospitalized after ATV accident​

Georgia running back Dante Dowdell was involved in an ATV accident and is being treated for serious injuries at a hospital in Atlanta, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

Dowdell, who transferred to Georgia from Kentucky this offseason, was injured near his home in Picayune, Mississippi. Details of the accident aren't known.

"He's injured," Smart said at SEC Media Days. "We don't know when his return will be. I don't know the specifics of it, to be honest with you. It was a recreational vehicle, and he had some serious injuries."

Smart told ESPN that Dowdell is being treated at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in treatment and rehabilitation, including spinal cord and brain injuries.

"He's out of the really tough range, but as far as his complete health and coming all the way back, I don't know what that looks like in terms of this year," Smart said.

jwinslow said:

but not if you do not get your head around to play the ball.

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As you well know, they’ll call that every time.

pnuts34 said:

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Cant say that I’m surprised by this. Coochie is going to be the big winner in the NIL game when it’s all said and done. Social media is filled with young women waiting

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Classy.

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Cant say that I’m surprised by this. Coochie is going to be the big winner in the NIL game when it’s all said and done. Social media is filled with young women waiting

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Bagman

Jagdaddy said:

A number of years ago a drunk ass dude peed on my sister in law at a concert.

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Too bad it wasn't your mother in law.

A number of years ago a drunk ass dude peed on my sister in law at a concert.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Stein could be a good hire. If kentucky has some money to get the players he needs for his system, they certainly could improve.

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Just sayin'; Yeah,

1) he could be Curt Cignetti 2.0; however, I seriously doubt it.

He just a former Louisville QB with some decent assistant coaching experience.

2) Power 4 college football teams need at least $25M - $30M to be highly competitive these days. Maybe even more in the really highly competitive SEC. Somehow I doubt that Kentucky (an acknowledged "basketball school") will allocate that much NIL money to their football program. Kentucky finished in 11th place in the SEC last season. Is it really worth it to the school to fund a lesser amount of money (i.e. $10M) to football and maybe move up 5 or 6 spots in the SEC standings when that additional money could make their basketball team a legitimate contender for a Natty again?

Jagdaddy said:

And you can go in all of those directions in phase if you first put your foot in the ground.

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but not if you do not get your head around to play the ball.

Jaxbuck said:

If you stayed up to watch these clowns play West Coast night games you need help.

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I might need help. Because I witnessed this last night (and he had more words for the ump when he was walking away from the mound after the 3rd out.

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Buckeye86 said:

Will they go with tempo?

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If they know what's good for them they will. That, and MOXIE!

808 Buck said:

That’s because they don’t know how to play in space.

Or on an island.

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Great point! If they pin their ears back and keep their heads on a swivel, that will help!

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It's hard for non football experts at home to follow the really detailed stuff

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That’s because they don’t know how to play in space.

Or on an island.

buckeyemania11 said:

I'm guessing this is the type of "allowed negative press" we are going to get

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49418138/um-run-investigation-ai

It'll get buried quick and never be seen again. It already is pretty much, you got to scroll down a bit on ESPNs home page to even see it.

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The firm spent about six months conducting 350 interviews, chasing down about 90 calls to a tip line and analyzing more than 20,000 pages of documents. The bill is already approaching $12 million.

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Just sayin': The Jenner & Block investigation was a total joke; the results were determined even before they stated, i.e. scUM has no "widespread problems". Needless to say, Jenner & Block does not have any subpoena power for their investigation. Nobody was forced to respond and those that did weren't under oath. I'm betting that key people like Conner Stalions, Matt Weiss, and Jim Harbaugh, etc. were never even contacted; and if they were, none of them returned their calls. The law firm got a very nice $12M payday and scUM got exactly what they wanted:

1) they can say it was thoroughly/honestly/fairly investigated (even though it wasn't) and
2) there were no widespread problems were found ........

Jagdaddy said:

And you can go in all of those directions in phase if you first put your foot in the ground.

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It's hard for non football experts at home to follow the really detailed stuff

Jesus wept. That woman announcer made me fast forward