TNT Extends Deals For Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette & Rest Of NHL Studio Team (9/21/23) TNT is playing the long game with its NHL studio team, inking multiyear contract extensions for Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter and Henrik Lundqvist weeks before the 2023-24 season faces off. The Warner Bros Discovery-owned network also said today that veteran broadcaster and 13-year NHL goalie Brian Boucher is joining as an ice-level analyst, working alongside A-team announcers Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk. All-time NHL points leader Gretzky and ex-NHLers Bissonnette and Carter have been with the NHL on TNT since it began in 2021, and newly minted Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Lundquist joined last year. They all will be teamed again with studio host Liam McHugh. TNT’s NHL game commentators also will include play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke, analysts Darren Pang and Jennifer Botterill and reporters Jackie Redmond and Tarik El-Bashir. The NHL regular season starts October 10, with TNT’s first games airing the next night as part of its 62-game 2023-24 schedule. The opening matchup is an Original Six doozy, with the Chicago Blackhawks and phenom No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard facing the Boston Bruins, who are coming off a record-shattering season. That will be followed with a late West Coast matchup of the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche. NHL on TNT snagged a Sports Emmy nomination this year for its coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Over its first two seasons covering the league, TNT’s viewership has increased 30% over comparable cable telecasts during the 2020-21 season.