Aren't those games blacked out due to local coverage? I know that normally when the Bruins are given an ESPN game (maybe once a year, if that much) that we normally still get the piss-poor NESN coverage.
yes, they are always blacked out, I don't think that I have seen a non- Stanley Cup Finals game that wasn't blacked out for the Red Wings and sometimes even when they are not blacked out depending on who they play and if its the playoffs, I have watched Wings games on three channels (ABC/FOX/ESPN, local station, and the holy grail of hockey coverage, CBC)