When ESPN reclaimed the rights to the NHL from NBC in March 2021, many wondered how the network would approach a sport it seemed to abandon after the lockout-canceled 2004-05 season.
Two years in, the answer to that question seems to be that it’s work in progress.
ESPN received widespread criticism Monday evening for appearing to ruin a crucial result in the NHL's draft lottery—a lottery that already had fans up in arms as the Blackhawks were crowned as an unpopular winner.
