
Of course, not all of these games will be viewed by residents in BC or Alberta, etc because of the regional coverages. Below is a list of how many times Canadien teams play on Hockey Night in Canada, for reference sakes.
Leafs play:
- Canadiens 7 times
- Senators 4 times
- Sabres 4
- Penguins 3
- Rangers 2
- Flames, Devils, Bruins, Red Wings, Capitals, Canucks, Oilers, and Flyers: 1 time.
- TOTAL: 28
- Flames 4 times
- Avalanche 3
- Red Wings 2
- Wild, Oilers, Leafs, and Thrashers: 1 time
- TOTAL: 13
- Oilers 5 times
- Canucks 4
- Sharks 2
- Leafs, Stars, Sabres, Avalanche, and Lightning: 1 time
- TOTAL: 16
- Flames 4 times
- Avalanche 2
- Red Wings 2
- Capitals, Canucks, Kings, Leafs, Predators: 1 time
- TOTAL: 13
- Leafs 7 times
- Senators 3
- Penguins 2
- Avalanche, Flyers, Rangers, Sabres, and Hurricanes: 1 time
- TOTAL: 17
- Leafs 4 times
- Canadiens 3
- Sabres 4
- Bruins 2
- Hurricanes, Lightning, Rangers, Thrashers, and Flyers: 1 time
- TOTAL: 18
There will be twenty-eight all-Canadian matchups.
Alexander Ovechkin will be on HNIC twice, Sydney Crosby five times. (too bad, heheh)
There are seven teams that you won't see on HNIC: Islanders, Blues, Ducks, Panthers, Black Hawks, Blue Jackets, and the Coyotes. I really want to see the Panthers, Ducks, and Coyotes. How unfortunate. Maybe some of these teams will be on Canucks PPV.
As a side note, TSN will cover the Canadiens 9 times, the Senators 6, the Leafs, Flames and Canucks 5 times, and the Oilers 4 times. Some of these are regional as well. That is a more even level for viewing Canadian teams for sure.
Besides the multitude of Hab/Leaf games, and Reality Check's badgering, I cannot wait for the season to start!
Heads up, Canuck fans, the Canucks and Leafs play on HNIC on January 13! I wonder if Sundin will knock some poor Canuck out like he did here.