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haha that'd be perfect! Where did you go about watching the games?
NHL TV is available in the UK but it's utterly kneecapped by blackouts so I'd recommend giving Viaplay a look.
I used them last season and never had any issues. Zero blackouts and they've got apps on consoles, smart TVs, web and mobile.
They just had an offer on, ยฃ59 for 12 months, but iirc that's ended now.
NHL.tv has blackouts in the UK?!?! How? Do they count all the New England area teams as "local"?
Technically we've got a 'national broadcaster' in Premier Sports. The product is garbage, and it can be impossible to access if you've not got the right set up. And to make matters worse they sub-contracted out one game a week to another channel that requires a subscription (also atlast one game from each round of the playoffs).
So I said eff that, and went with Viaplay (who I think owns the entire thing). All the games, all online, no blackouts. It's absolutely awful, and a more.... serious league would make a fairer option, but I long since stopped thinking the NHL gave a shit about its European fans.
Even in the US the entire playoffs are blacked out because they have network coverage. But at least this year there wasn't any over-the-air broadcast network coverage, only paid cable subscription. And all home games are blacked out if they have network coverage (which they usually do via paid cable channels) even ones they play away. My "home" team is >4 hour drive away.