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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'll say it again - there just isn't enough broadcasting talent in Canada to cover all the NHL games that are shown on all the networks these days. Not at a professional level anyway. There's enough top-flight talent for about 5 broadcast teams, not 12 or 15. Even the old 2&7 broadcasts were higher quality production than Sportsnet. Whalen was decent, and the color guys (Harry Neale, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman) were excellent. The talent today is simply spread way too thin. I used to chuckle over the local broadcasts of Flames away games in places like Buffalo and Boston that I watched on satellite. But they're a lot better than Sportsnet West.
Mute your TV, turn on the radio, and you can convince yourself that you're watching a professional sports broadcast, and not an AJHL came on community TV.
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I have no idea what the situation is in the WHL, but pretty well every OHL game is broadcast on the local community TV channel in the team's location. There are some good ones (and yes some awful ones) that you can easily bring up to Sportsnet and improve the situation. Heck.. most of the community channels here are Rogers operated anyways.