from Joe Lucia of Awful Announcing,

It doesn’t appear that we’re going to be learning the NHL’s next television home until sometime in 2021.

According to a report from the Sports Business Journal, the NHL is halting all negotiations regarding its next rights deal until the end of 2020. More specifically, they’re waiting for the NFL to get their rights deals done. To date, the NFL has only re-upped with Amazon for another three years, while ESPN (expiring after the 2021 season), CBS, Fox, and NBC (all of which expire after the 2022 season) have still not been renewed. All (understandably) want to remain in business with the NFL going forward.

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