Newsflash: Leafs Stink but Hockey Night in Canada Couldn't Care Less
Winnipeg Free Press › November 03, 2009
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"We are ready to make changes whenever we have to," HNIC executive producer, Sherali Najak told The Toronto Sun recently. "We'll watch every week and rely on the numbers, but what we've learned is that fans want to see some variety."
The joke's on us. Because while TV executives might give lip service to reducing the Leafs' exposure to an innocent nation, the numbers scream otherwise. The Leafs have drawn a solid 1.7-million average viewers per game on their first three HNIC appearances against Washington, the Rangers and Pittsburgh.Just save us the empty talk about "variety" and air time "based on performance." Dude, if performance was a criteria then the majority of Canadians under 30 wouldn't be able to pick a Leafs jersey out of a freaking line-up.See the full content of this document
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Newsflash: Leafs Stink but Hockey Night in Canada Couldn't Care Less
11But that's not the funny part.
Turns out, the tall foreheads at Hockey Night in Canada are making noise about cutting back on subjecting the Leafs to ...See the full content of this document
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