Winnipeg hockey fans say paying for streaming services too expensive

If you wanted to watch this Winnipeg Jets game, you'd need an Amazon Prime subscription. To watch this game, you'd need a subscription to Sportsnet+. And for this game, you'd have to pay for TSN. Weekly games free on CBC ended last season. And hockey fans in Winnipeg say there's too many games in too many places, and it's too much money. It's very frustrating, especially with some of the premium subscriptions right now. We're talking about a Monday night game twice a month. And it's being treated like a pay-per-view when it's just a regular season hockey game. The Jets play 50 games on TSN this year. 21 other games are on Sportsnet. New this year, nine games are exclusively on the Sportsnet Plus add-on. Prime is also needed for four more games. Viewers could be paying $25 to $45 a month for Prime and Sportsnet+, depending on if they have an existing cable package. People are struggling as it is, and now you're having to get subscriptions for two games in a month to add on to the cost. I was even at a bar around the corner the other day, and they didn't have the game on because they couldn't get access to it. That disappointment is part of a national trend. New data from Angus Reid shows 78% of hockey fans say it's bad more games require additional subscriptions. It's a pain in the butt. You know, because we really want to watch hockey. You know, I'm a Canadian. I love watching hockey. I've played hockey my whole life. Brown gets it away, looking for Singer! The Canadian Football League is also handing off some broadcasts next year. 21 Saturday night games will only air on DAZN, another sports streaming service. That's roughly a quarter of the season. John Hodge is the managing editor of the CFL website Three Down Nation. The Canadian Football League has had its games exclusively broadcast on TSN for 20 years, and so I do think it's going to throw fans for a bit of a loop come next season. Also in the Angus Reid poll, 74% of fans say losing free NHL hockey in Canada is a major loss. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg.