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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

Don't discount TV factor in talks to seal CBA deal by November

Opening ceremonies of the quot;Winter Classicquot; between the

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Don’t ignore one element that will be a factor when push-comes-to-shove down the road in the CBA talks: Television dollars and commitments.

In April 2011, NBC did, after all, agree to pay $2 billion over 10 years -- or $200 million annually -- to the NHL for the broadcast rights.

NBC’s national network broadcasts are reportedly scheduled to begin on Thanksgiving Friday, (Last year’s...

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