Quote Originally Posted by CFLfan View Post
I agree about November but for the past few seasons the CFL has started the season while the last round of the NHL playoffs are still going. But Canadians teams have been knocked out by the end of April and ratings drop after that. With the NHL expanding again and still requiring the same number of games I can see the NHL playoffs going into July.
As Paul points out the league has never played a regular season game prior to the end of the Stanley Cup finals. Regarding Canadian teams going to the finals, I don’t believe it matters. TSN has way to wall coverage of the NHL playoffs on Spoetscentre regardless of who is there. They have a huge crew on the road at every game in the finals and the CFL would get backed up 15 minutes into the show on sportscentre. If they continue to start after the playoffs are over, the opening of the season will continue to lead off sportscentre. Sorry, but that is very important.