It’s hockey playoff season. For the small handful of you who aren’t aware of how Canadians feel about hockey, remember: Canadians love hockey and Canadians love Hockey Night, the Saturday CBC broadcast with a 50 year history. This playoff season, the National Hockey League has screwed over CBC’s Hockey Night (yes, I said screwed, sorry mom). CBC was expecting to get Saturday’s Ottawa Senators & Pittsburgh Penguins game. The Penguins’ Sidney Crosby is Canada’s new Wayne Gretzy (or Mario Lemieux if you prefer) adding Canadian appeal for CBC and marketing appeal for America’s NBC. Guess who the NHL decided to make happy? NBC. The game will be played in the afternoon on NBC and CBC gets the Tampa Bay Lightning & New Jersey Devils instead (yawn). CBC will see at most one Canadian team for Hockey Night playoffs. They paid the NHL $500+ million for six year broadcast rights. NBC only pays the NHL if their ads make money (ah ha, incentive!). The Nova Scotia House of Assembly actually passed a resolution protesting the NHL decision. “Screwed” pretty much sums it up. Sorry Canada!