CBC and Versus have both picked up Sidney Crosby’s comeback game on Monday night. Versus will switch from its previous scheduled telecast of Boston/Montreal.
Coverage on Versus kicks off at 6:30 PM eastern with NHL Live. Dave Strader and Pierre McGuire will call the action.
CBC’s coverage will start at 7 with Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, and Glenn Healy calling the action.
Is it time to cue up the Brass Bonanza? People in Hartford are starting to salivate over the thought of the Whalers coming back. Howard Baldwin is a chronic dreamer and he now has a new dream. He plans to renovate the XL Center in the hopes of luring back an NHL team. It’s a nice thing to think about but how Baldwin could ever do it for only $105 million is an interesting question. That seems like a very low number for this type of project. The Hockey News’ Adam Proteau goes so far as to anoint Baldwin as Hartford’s version of Mark Chipman. There’s only one problem. There’s no David Thomson in the picture and Baldwin is notorious for talking things up and watching them go nowhere.
Unless a Thomson like figure shows up, I don’t see how this deal would ever happen. Baldwin isn’t exactly a terrific financial manager. His management of the Penguins helped lead it to bankruptcy. True, the Penguins had plenty of success on the ice, but it was another story off of it. Just how ugly was it? Under Baldwin’s tenure, the Pens signed one of the worst regional television contract deals in league history.
