[rwilson99]

The fact is that Dish can give free center ice at a cost of $69 per person (wholesale) who complains, which would be about 40,000 viewers tops, than pay 10-20c per month to OLN for 4,000,000 subscribers.

4M x 15c x 6 months of hockey = 3.6 Million
40,000 x $69 (free center ice for year) = 2.8 Million

It's a no brainer.

[rwilson99]

Whoops... I though Dish had 4M subscribers... not 11.4 Million.

Triple all of the numbers involved.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The fact is that Dish can give free center ice at a cost of $69 per person (wholesale) who complains, which would be about 40,000 viewers tops, than pay 10-20c per month to OLN for 4,000,000 subscribers.

Wrong. Dish Network cannot just give the Center Ice package away for free to it's subscriber base. The Center Ice package is an NHL product, not a Dish Network or DirecTV product or ala carte sports package. To give it away for free, that's a decision left up to the big wigs at NHL.