Or used to be.. I noticed that recently competitions moved into a 3v3 format for overtime, to rush the end of the game with arcade-style gaming. Urgh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oca_4WD69SQ
I can't imagine that the end of Hockey Night is going to help.
>“Rogers is no longer afraid that the Canadian government and the Canadian people would reject this as a mass cultural massacre,” he said. “We’ve normalized buying over-the-top streaming services.”
It's all about profit.
Also, the video only talks about the costs of training for professional hockey vs other sports, not the cost of watching it or playing pick-up games.