I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but a couple of counterpoints:

Doesn't the west coast get Mariners games over Blue Jays games (in situations where they overlap)? Because of the time zone you can usually get both games though.

To be fair, if you haven't grown up watching hockey this makes it hard for a casual fan to get into (especially in the pre-HD era). Next time you watch a game try and keep track of how often you can actually see the puck and how often you just know where it is, based on how the players react, where you expect it to…

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