I don't like the TV coverage either. I usually mute the intermissions. But I didn't think it was very good back in the SC days either. Many components of the broadcast are standardized across the NHL. When I watch other teams home feed it's kind of the same thing.
I guess I have low standards. I'm a pessimist. I just expect the broadcasts to be bad.
Maybe it's a bit sexist for me to say, but Carrlyn is there to be cute, sweet, cheery and pleasant. Almost every team has one. It was the same thing with Heidi Androl and Alex Curry.