Rogers Communications, on the other hand, is highly reliant on the NHL contract financially. It worked great last season with five Canadian teams in the playoffs, but with no Canadian teams in the playoffs this season, many are projecting 75-plus percent drop in TV viewership for the NHL playoffs. That type of viewership drop could have horrible financial consequences, and could make Rogers' financial situation quite precarious.
Let’s see what happens before we declare Rogers DOA. They are the cellphone outfit up there ,right?