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Originally Posted by PeteLFan
Glad to see I'm not in the minority. CBC gives you the playoff feel, and other then regional coverage in sports net it does a good job of covering the team playing not Toronto 24/7, along with a silly quiz.
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Really? Isn't the CBC airing a Leafs game practically every night this upcoming season? I'd say with Cherry and Healy on board the CBC designates much more time on average to the Leafs than TSN does. Also with TSN having TSN2 you will actually be able to watch other 5:00 games almost every week whenever the Habs, Sens, or Jets are playing. You couldn't do that with CBC unless you wanted to watch it stream, or had a fancy cable package I suppose.
Also if TSN does get HNIC they probably will change their current format on Saturday's to what CBC offers now. They will add more pre and post game coverage, and not cut straight to Sportcenter like they do on other nights. Just because they do that now does not mean they won't make some changes if they can acquire the rights. They know what Canadians want on Saturday's, wall to wall hockey coverage, and they can throw Sportscenter and other crap on TSN2 if need be.
I honestly can't think of one major reason why I would want CBC to retain the rights. Maybe just because they stream games online for free, but TSN might start doing that as well (they already have occasionally). Everything is better on TSN from the production values, to the commentators, even the theme music. Sure it would be a jarring change for a year or two, but you'd get used to it eventually. Also considering TSN/CTV have real money to spend maybe they'd venture out to find a few more veteran analysts (coaches, former players, etc), and we wouldn't be forced to listen to Healy/Stock/Weekes every night.
I would just hope TSN would go after Friedman and maybe Hughson to join their team going forward.