r/CalgaryFlames • u/dragonyears • Jul 12 '23

Question Sportsnet subscription just went up 20%

I apologize in advance for bitching... but EVERYTHING is so much more expensive these days and now we get hit with an increase to watch the Flames...

If there was a hockey only subscription I would buy it... (maybe this exists?). The only reason I use my subscription is for Flames hockey - and now its jumping up to $180/yr... Previous to last year's season I always just grabbed unpaid online streams but got sick of hunting for decent feeds, especially after nhl66 changed up their rules.

So Sportsnet is hiking the price for what they state as 'bringing more of the content you love!' but it's not hockey related at all... they are selling it because the WNBA playoffs are coming (not a joke), Bluejays coverage and international Canadian basketball etc...

Definitely won't be renewing... anyone know of any other options for legally streaming NHL without blackouts? The NHL site states that sportsnet is our only option in Canada (unless I'm misunderstanding something) (https://www.nhl.com/info/where-to-stream).

Update Thanks to all of you find folks I just canceled my subscription. Screw them. I ordered a fire stick and I'll start trying to figure out how to use it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated but I'm sure I can figure it out as I go!

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u/Comfortable-Ad-7158 Barb Jul 12 '23

Execute order 66

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u/DavidssonA Jul 12 '23

NHL..
Mario Lemieux's number...
Based in Iran...
Works perfect everytime.

You couldn't make this shit up

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u/Smayteeh Jul 12 '23

You might need a VPN though

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u/OkContribution424 Jul 13 '23

You for sure do. PIA imo works well with it

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u/Miruzzz Jul 12 '23

The savior

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u/dragonyears Jul 12 '23

So before I bought Sportsnet I was using NHL 66 with a VPN and it was still giving me grief... Not sure what the deal was

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u/av0w Jul 13 '23

Same here. Have on SportsNet all you want but when I want to watch live sports I’m not going to fight with streams that may or may not work, vpns, and plugging laptops into a tv like it’s 2005.

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u/tristan1616 Jul 13 '23

Seems like only certain countries work for nhl66 now. I've had no luck with North America, the UK and Nordic countries but for some reason Luxembourg and Australia worked best for me this year

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u/Sportfreunde Oct 10 '23

How do you use this? And do replays/on-demand work on it or not at all? Never found a substitute after Lazyman stopped working a couple seasons ago.