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The Sports Junkies

NHL Is Trying To Thread The Needle For Ovi's Record

The Sports Junkies

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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From 02/27 Hour 2: The Sports Junkies react to the NHL changing the Caps broadcast rights for Ovechkin's record chase.

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0:00.0

So our pal, Barstool, Nate from Barstool Sports, put out a really good blog yesterday.

0:05.3

Here's the title of it.

0:06.5

Dear NHL, do the right thing.

0:08.9

It would be a travesty if anyone besides Joe B. and Locker were on the call for OV's

0:14.9

record-breaking goal.

0:17.3

So he references the fact that the NHL announced a few days ago that there were changes made to the national TV schedule for the capitals for three games.

0:26.4

March 27th at Minnesota, April 12th at Columbus, April 17th at Pittsburgh.

0:32.9

So the national feed has taken away from monumental for those games because they want

0:39.3

them in more of the national spotlight. But I completely agree with Nate. And I think a lot of

0:45.8

Caps fans do as well. And you can weigh in at 800636-1067. Joe B and Locker, if his health allows him to, should be the guys calling the tying goal and the record-breaking goal.

1:01.7

Because they've been the guys that have been calling the games for 20 years.

1:07.4

Agreed.

1:08.0

They've been calling every single game.

1:10.2

They've been on every road trip. They've been on every road trip.

1:12.5

They've seen every game of Ovi's career.

1:15.3

Like it shouldn't just be some random national guy on the call.

1:21.0

But don't you want the game to be a national game?

1:24.8

I don't care for this.

1:26.5

Okay.

1:27.3

I don't care that much.

1:28.3

I honestly don't care that much whether it's nationally televised or not.

1:31.8

I think if I had the choice, you can either nationally televise it or you can have the guys

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