re: ESPN just cut away from the Rangers game...

When the Capitals and Maple Leafs played in the Heritage Classic years ago, NBC stupidly cut away from the game with 5 minutes left. And moved it to NBCSN. Cable was included in my lease at the time. And NBCSN wasn't included. It pissed me the hell off NBC devalued the product that much to take the rest of the game off network TV. You never see networks do that anymore with other sports.

I forgot to mention it earlier, but sometimes NHL Network also showed the start of some playoff games if the one before it went long.