The whole blackout thing is archaic and stupid. A ton of people would happily fork over money to the NHL for NHLtv if they could reliably watch every game. With the Pens, and my situation specifically, I'm looking at like half the season's worth of games falling into blackout restrictions because I'm from NJ (Devils, Flyers, Rangers, Islanders games all blacked out) and with the amount of national games the Pens get (NBC/NBCSports, NHL Network).
It just makes no sense for me to shell out cash to a league that essentially doesn't want my money.