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The NHL has similar issues. There are regional blackouts and it's a pain to figure out what you can watch, where to watch, and how much everything costs. It's just too much hassle for a lot of people vs an IPTV sub with everything for a couple hundred bucks a year.

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This is literally killing NHL for me.

I grew up playing hockey. I think NHL playoffs are some of the best, most intense sporting events.

However, it's so dang hard for me to consistently watch the NHL that I've kind of stopped caring.

I wish it hadn't come to this, but SportSurge and its mirrors have nearly every game from many different sources. I grew up watching games free over the air on CBC; I just can't stomach paying hundreds a year for what used to be free.

If the NHL looked toward Apple during the next cycle, I would be ecstatic as long as they kept the local broadcasting crews. No blackouts, added content, and significantly higher streaming quality.

Sometimes I feel as if I need 10 different subscriptions to watch a single NHL season.

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