From what I can tell, the NHL playoffs aren’t getting a 1.0 — http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/16/nhl-night-one-playoff-ratings-for-various-games-on-various-networks/16900
From what I can tell, it peaked at 0.4.
That’s understandable.
At least the numbers, miniscule as they may be, are going up.
ESPN would double those numbers even in a bizarre series like Atlanta-Phoenix.
I was channel surfing one night and I noticed that the SCI-FI channel mentioned that their ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) got higher ratings than the NHL playoffs.