Newsday – NBC Sports believes the Rangers had a good offseason, as reflected by the network’s NHL national broadcast schedule released on Tuesday.
The Rangers, who drafted Finnish wing Kaapo Kakko second overall in June then signed marquee free agent Artemi Panarin and acquired defensemen Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox of Jericho after missing the playoffs for the second straight season, will have 13 of their games broadcast by NBC or NBC Sports Network. That’s just two fewer than the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues.
The Islanders, who advanced to the second round of the playoffs, have two games on the initial national schedule as they host the Devils on Jan. 2 and the Flyers on Feb. 11. Both games are at Barclays Center at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast by NBCSN.
HAHAHAHAH. This is absolutely amazing. Frankie Borrelli and those garbage Islanders were deemed so unappealing by NBC Sports, that they only received two nationally televised games. Hey Frankie, you might not want to read the next sentence. The New York Rangers received 13 games. They didn’t even make the playoffs! You really hate to see the Brooklyn Islanders get shamed so bad by NBC.
Nobody goes to their games and nobody wants to watch them. The Islanders are such a shit organization. 36 years and counting. I wonder when they’ll break ground on the horse stable over at Belmont.
