In its kick-off to the first year of its new broadcast contract, which many of us criticized heavily, Rogers  restructure the HNC format, the results were financially disasterous, further compounded  by a weak host and format plus even weaker Canadian teams in the home stretch.  As we saw in the woman's finals there is a big difference between 3,500  and 20,000 in their seats at playoff time. And while guys like Suallie don't understand it, bills must be paid, and earned by any means. Despite the North American  and  European optics, the big money is in the hands of  Canadian viewers and consumers.  Rogers paid a handsome price for this contract, nice to see it should be rewarded somewhat,  this season.