Head of Rogers’ NHL coverage hopes exciting Jets, Leafs will draw strong ratings
It has been a quarter century since a Canadian team has captured the Stanley Cup. Two teams will try to break that string starting this week when the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets join 14 American-based teams in their quest for the NHL crown.
Scott Moore, president of Sportsnet and NHL properties at Rogers Media, has his fingers crossed that at least one of the Canadian teams goes deep into the playoffs.
“We have two legitimate contenders that both play in Canada,” said Moore, who led the broadcast team in 2013 that acquired the rights to all national NHL games in a 12-year, $5.2-billion deal.
So far, that deal has paid uneven dividends.