fansince1948 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Habs, Winnipeg & Ottawa fans in Southern Ontario have been jilted by the NHL, selling the complete TV rights to Rogers Communications, Leaf owners. Where once we could watch all Habs games on RDS , they are now blocked from showing by Rogers. We have regressed back to the 50's where if you want to watch hockey in our area it's Leafs or none. Rogers has total control over what games we see. Oh yes, they do show other games but very few from Eastern Canadian teams, Montreal, Ottawa or Winnipeg. They show us California & Arizona teams. like we care about them. Rogers seems to be worried about losing Leaf fans to other teams. Leafs have had that problem since for ever... thus no team allowed in Hamilton or any other S Ontario city & Buffalo had to pay large to the Leafs before NHL gave them a team. I don't & never will buy any Rogers products, they don't support us, I won't support them... Simple.... I'm old & I'm pissed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I use to have the RDS package here in S Ontario. For $5 a month I had all the games. Now totally blacked out since the rights were awarded to Rogers. My choices are Center Ice ( which I hated when I did have it for one year) for a small ransom, or use the Rogers account and put up with that damn 1 to 2 minute delay which I've been forced to watch. And they ask why do I hate the Leafs? Let me count the ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, H_T_L said: I use to have the RDS package here in S Ontario. For $5 a month I had all the games. Now totally blacked out since the rights were awarded to Rogers. My choices are Center Ice ( which I hated when I did have it for one year) for a small ransom, or use the Rogers account and put up with that damn 1 to 2 minute delay which I've been forced to watch. And they ask why do I hate the Leafs? Let me count the ways. I used to have RDS too, and of course that's no longer an option. I still get the games but like you, there's a lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs1952 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 4 hours ago, H_T_L said: I use to have the RDS package here in S Ontario. For $5 a month I had all the games. Now totally blacked out since the rights were awarded to Rogers. My choices are Center Ice ( which I hated when I did have it for one year) for a small ransom, or use the Rogers account and put up with that damn 1 to 2 minute delay which I've been forced to watch. And they ask why do I hate the Leafs? Let me count the ways. 21 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: I used to have RDS too, and of course that's no longer an option. I still get the games but like you, there's a lag. You guys gotta move to Kingston. I get it all, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS and TVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, habs1952 said: You guys gotta move to Kingston. I get it all, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS and TVA. Uhhhhh, that's where you live, and KIngston isn't big enough for the 2 of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs1952 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Uhhhhh, that's where you live, and KIngston isn't big enough for the 2 of us. It's plenty big for the 2 of us. Htl and I can live in town and you can live on Wolfe Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 18 minutes ago, habs1952 said: It's plenty big for the 2 of us. Htl and I can live in town and you can live on Wolfe Island. I'm on to you,,,, there's not even a bridge to Wolfe Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs1952 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 39 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: I'm on to you,,,, there's not even a bridge to Wolfe Island. You can use the ferry. Or swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HabsRuleForever Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 $3.00 a month for RDS, those were the good ol days. Sure the games were in French but I enjoyed it. Now it costs $220 plus tax for Centre Ice but I only want to watch one team. I need a new laptop before I can watch games that way. I'll have to bite the bullet next season and purchase a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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