On the other hand they are also likely to snub this may come as a shock Internet companies, since these have usually only put a small fraction of their shares on the market (which helps to explain their often still giddy valuations).
"When there was no national broadcast, a lot of fans really didn't have an option, " said the NHL's often dour commissioner Gary Bettman, who was downright giddy during a news conference Monday in New York.