they misrepresent their blacked out games as "technical difficulties"...
I have literally no other use for Sportsnet - may as well have just one SN channel (Pacific) - paying for the package is useless/annoying.
They do have 8 players 24 and under, half of those 22 and under, a 25 yr old captain, and a 25 yr old rookie goaltender....not to mention Motte is only 25 himself....
I'd say neither a nor b, and more likely just rust and conditioning - at least that's what I hope.
He is much better than this - he's not Tanev - but he's had an uncharacteristically bad start imo.