re: #209 klys (maker of Silmarils)
We cut the cord this past year, and I pay to get nhl.tv (which really pissed me off this year through any number of stupid moves) but at least I can watch all the games. Of course, I have to wait 2 days to watch any nationally televised games OR games that involve teams that I am deemed to be in the region for. (For me, just the Sharks. There are places that black out 4 teams though.)
Better than nothing, at least.
You can work around that, by the way. I do that with mlb.tv; I got a free subscription through my cell phone provider (T-Mobile is good for something, y’all!), and yet I can’t watch any Twins games live because they’re “in-market” and thus blacked out. But there are services out there that let me appear out-of-market, and so I am able to stream live games if I so desire.