Maybe this is an uncommon opinion, but one of my absolute favourite parts of the GSOC broadcasts last year was the around the rings coverage on playoff Saturday. Getting to watch some of every game was really exciting and I appreciated that. It felt like watching Redzone on NFL Sunday for those who are familiar with that.

If you’re someone who didn’t enjoy the around the rings coverage, then it was no big deal, you could log into the free website Rock Channel and watch the full game of whichever one you wanted to. Now you can’t do that without paying a $20 per month subscription.

I just went on CBC Gem only to see that the feature matchup is Bottcher vs Jacobs which is a repeat of a feature matchup they already showed on Sportsnet earlier this week. To make matters even worse the feature matchup in the women’s QFs was also a repeat as Einarson and Ueno played against each other in a feature matchup on Wednesday.

I absolutely love watching curling, so it’s very sad to see these GSOC broadcasts take a step back feeling like it’s now a low budget mess locked behind a pay wall. Maybe I’m the odd one out here like I mentioned earlier though. Let me know your thoughts and if you disagree that’s perfectly ok, not everyone will have the same opinion.

I feel like he went too hard in the tanning bed. Is anyone else noticing this?