re playoff telecasts in atlanta in article c jabd acsu buffalo edu hammerl acsu buffalo edu valerie s hammerl writes i d personally prefer buffalo boston as a birthday gift from espn but i don t think the folks at espn will accomodate that for me espn has this inexplicable affinity for the patrick division it seems first happy birthday val second espn s affinity with patrick has probably more to do with the travel production costs for a once a week nhn national hockey night affair espn abc owner capital cities is a company known for being quite thrifty with minimal overhead costs it s quite possible that jim schoenfeld may be working for doughnuts gary thorne and bill clement are both nj based and the rest of espn crew resides in the suburban ct with a very close proximity to tri state area plus it makes sense in terms of solid hockey following in the northeast corridor pa ny nj dc maryland whereas in the adams you have only american based teams out of which buffalo and hartford are not in top us tv markets ppv mark
