1. Turner Sports officially announced its deal with the NHL on Tuesday morning. TNT and TBS will join ESPN as the league’s television partner starting with the 2021–2022 season. Turner is now aligned with the NHL for seven years.
While Turner, which airs the NBA and MLB, has a strong roster of broadcasters, they are starting from scratch when it comes to putting together a stable of NHL broadcasters for studio shows and game coverage.
Turner will surely hire some people from NBC, where the NHL aired for the past 15 years. They also have some in-house options for content.