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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I still don't like the intermission panel for non-HNIC games.
When the Flames played on TSN, we'd get actual decent between-period discussion. And by that I don't necessarily mean quality, but quantity.
It seems that there's barely any discussion in-between periods on Sportsnet and it's 75% commercials. It was not like that on TSN.
And half the freaking time they replay a segment that was on during the pre-game! What discussion the panel of two might have is ridiculously superficial and designed for children.
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Again though, when the Flames used to be on TSN, that was a National broadcast on Wednesday nights. It's the equivalent of the Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday night hockey that is now on Rogers.
It's not a like for like comparison, critiquing what used to happen on TSN when the Flames got a rare National broadcast spot, versus what happens now on the Flames much lower budget regional games. TSN has never covered the Flames as the regional broadcaster so there isn't a fair comparison point.
Now comparing TSN's coverage of the Flames last year, to what we get when the Flames are on Sunday or Wednesday on Sportsnet is totally fair, and I'm not suggesting your thoughts are wrong.
The problem though is previously, people had a negative opinion on Sportsnet in comparison to TSN and CBC because they were comparing National broadcasts to regional which isn't fair, and now the problem is a lot of people are not distinguishing between the fact that the Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and then all the other Flames games are all different "shows" if you will with different budgets and target audience sizes, so the format and quality will be different, but because for us Flames fans it's all on the same network, I think we just lump it all together.