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Originally Posted by Lathum
Non NHL markets bolded, granted some like Hartford and others probably get Bruins, etc... but there are a lot of markets there like Seattle where hockey just isn't available and that is the problem. If there were 3-5 games a week in those markets I could see people getting attached to the sports, but when people have to activly search for it they probably wont.
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Based on the listings I've found, WPB gets the Panthers (71 games on FSN-Florida, 45 of those in HD), Baltimore should be getting the Caps on CSN-Washington, I know the Thrashers are available [i] ... in Georgia and South Carolina, as well as Alabama (excluding the Huntsville/Decatur DMA) and Mississippi (excluding Mississippi counties in the Memphis DMA and the counties of Pontotoc, Union, Lee, Itawamba, Prentiss and Tishomingo in the Columbus/Tupelo/West Point DMA), the Hurricanes have a similar footprint around NC as well, Kansas City should get the Blues via FSN-Midwest (rather than FSN-KC), and so on.
Point being, that there aren't as many markets where games aren't available this list might indicate. Only reason I kind of knew that was having bought spots in hockey on the RSN's out of market a few (such as the Caps in Baltimore, and the Hurricanes/Thrashers which used to have to share a footprint with split feeds on the old SportsSouth).