You would think that a multibillion dollar company can afford to keep two teams of broadcasters on staff so that the fans of each team can have the best viewing experience.
Sportsnet can then have two feeds, each to home audiences, and sell local ads, on top of the national ads on the other channels for the rest of the country.
They can sell the same amount of ads for each network, regardless of having split commentating team or not.
And Rogers way overextended themselves on the exclusive NHL rights deal for Canada. They've been hacking and slashing anyone and anything possible ever since. There's no way they'd spend on a fully independent second broadcast team. It just makes zero sense.
Even back when CBC were in their golden age with HNIC pre-Rogers...they still never would've even considered a split broadcast for a playoff series like this. It's insane.
And in this case, i really don't even think it matters. Canucks fans are way too offended by Singh being some "Oilers homer" when it's generally pretty mild. DeBrusk usually does a pretty decent job of burying his bias as well (and hopefully we get him, because Canucks Colour Analyst option is far far worse). It's especially funny to me, when it seems like most Oilers fans really do not even care for Singh anyway...as this supposedly huge "homer" play by play guy.
If the Leafs flunk out...the easy solution is just to assign the Cuthbert team to the All Canadian matchup. But even if the Leafs do blow it...that's far from a guarantee. And as a Canucks fan...i honestly still don't care.
Singh is fine. I can't stand him saying "Bouche Bomb" every thirty seconds. And he's far from a perfect play-by-play guy. But he's fine. I don't know why he gets under so many people's skin so badly. Other than...he actually brings some personality to the gig, unlike most modern PBP guys?
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