NHL isn’t what it used to be....they ruined their own sport in the mid 90’s...play is way to defensive and boring now. Gretzky and Lemuiex etc also ruined the league with their greatness...every thing after them means nothing. No watches..no one cares.
The first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs proved historic for ESPN and Turner Sports, with ratings for TNT and TBS the highest since the advent of cable television.
Games covered on ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and TBS averaged 768,000 viewers, an increase of 58 percent from last season on NBCSN, CNBC and USA Network.
Turner Sports broke records for individual game and total rounds. The series-deciding game between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins on TBS on May 15 delivered 2.3 million average viewers, making it the most-watched first-round game ever on cable. The number was the most for a non-Stanley Cup Final game on cable since Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Final, when 2.6 million watched the Washington Capitals defeat the Tampa Lightning 4-0.
Scoring is up. Ratings are up. Revenue is up.
In other words every single sentence of yours is WRONG.