In league news, the NHL sure as heck looks like they’ve got a new television rights holder — or television/streaming rights holder as it were.
Cue the ESPN National Hockey Night theme song, because the NHL and the Flyers are going to be back on ESPN (and ESPN+) for the next seven years. The key there is geared more towards the plus sign, where ESPN+ is the subscription wing of the Worldwide Leader in Sports.
What that means is that the NHL has found its foray into the streaming world with ESPN after rumors of a possible move towards NBC’s Peacock.