Here in Oz, the NHL center ice package is crazy cheap. $99US per year. Every game in every market, play off, pre -season. Live, or watch PVR style anytime you want. Pause and pkay, rewind anytime. The home and away broadcasts for each game... It is in HD and wigs a little when commercials kick in. Uhm, when u try to fast forward through them.
Not sure how much back home. By memory $350 Canadian...
It does not help with world juniors, college or any other stuff. I use a VPN to pretend I am in Canada and pay for TSN month to month at Christmas and other times.