I count myself as fortunate that I have cable, and therefore I do not miss many games during the NHL season. However, I can't help but wonder why not all of the games are televised.
As an Ottawa Senators fan, I was disappointed to discover that Thursday's game against the Florida panthers was not televised. I find this very odd because I live relatively close to Ottawa. Neither CTV or CBC (Ottawa or otherwise) were showing the game, it was not on Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, or TSN 2. It wasn't even on the NHL channel to which I subscribe. Perhaps it was a pay-per-view game- but considering the current state of the Ottawa team I find that hard to believe. I find the idea of pay-per-view hockey absurd. You cannot guarantee a good game, whereas with fights and the like it can be almost guaranteed that you will see at least one good match up.
I know that the NHL has certain contracts with certain channels, but I feel that you should be able to watch your local team. It frustrates me when I can't see my team on big networks like TSN, but when its not even on a local channel I am beyond angry. I hate resorting to listening to hockey on the radio- or worse yet refreshing TSN's homepage incessantly.
It has come to my attention that the coverage in the United States is even worse than it can be here in Canada. Apparently Versus show the majority of the games, but as it is an extra and another cost when it comes to televsion it reaches a fairly small audience.
I'm sure that I'm not alone when I say it's time the NHL got its act together and got the games out there and available to everyone on major networks- and consistently.
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