What I also find very disturbing is the general lack of attention to the sport from the local media, both newspaper and television. The Stanley Cup playoffs started this week and all that was in the Reporter-News was a small blurb from the Associated Press on the matchups. Fortunately the Dallas Morning News had an entire section dedicated to the playoffs. The upcoming football draft received an entire page. I will place a good bet right now there will be no coverage of the NHL draft for the new expansion teams after the Stanley Cup finals in the Reporter-News.
Hockey news is buried on the back page.
I wonder how much coverage the NBA will get. Television news and the availability of hockey on cable is even worse. I actually caught a 15-second spot on one local station tonight about the playoffs, after they started on Wednesday night. Hockey scores are never a part of the local sports reports. I have given up on them and have turned to Fox Sports and ESPN at 10 p.m. to catch the scores.