We'll have to agree to disagree on Don Cherry vs NBC. At least Don Cherry isn't on very long, and only one segment per night, usually.

I don't think the article is principally interested in arguing that Canada isn't watching the playoffs because HNIC is bad, though. That's the lead in, but most of the article is about other things. I was interested because as someone new to sports, I've yet to find ANY intermission commentary or whatever to be very engaging, and I'm still trying to figure out what, if anything, I would rather see.