Hockey returns

If a sports league rises in a forest and no one is there, does it matter?

So the NHL has finally come to a deal to bring us hockey next year. Big deal. The teams are decimated, as most don't even have half their stars under contract. Those under contract are going to have to take pay cuts. This whole thing is an utter joke. But what really bothers me is that the wonderful sports networks (ESPN and others) didn't bother to keep people's interest in the sport by televising other hockey leagues or events other than the US college hockey playoffs. You would think they would want to guarantee viewership of the sport. But alas, they are shortsighted.