Is NHL GameCenter Live worth it?

I have used GameCenter Online since it was first available. I absolutely love it. It pains me to pay it, but its the only way to watch as much hockey as I do. They keep improving it as they figure stuff out.

Lag depends on your computer system and bandwidth. The better your bandwidth, the better you will see. I have seen on a sub 1MB / sec connection and it is constantly buffering at the highest stream rate. I set it much lower, and its tolerable. On a 2MB / sec pipe, and its great at the highest stream quality. The only problem there is my home PC sucks. With a 4 MB / sec pipe, I watch multiple games at the same time. Love it!

The stream levels are 400k, 800k, 1200k and something higher. Watched it on a projection screen and was ready to move into the office.

The standard blackouts are if it is on VS, NHL Network, or on broadcast tv, so check your schedule. The NHL Network games are a little trickier because those aren't on your schedule, so you have to check monthly on NHL Network to make sure your game is not blacked out.

Even then, if you don't mind a few days delay, the game will be available to watch on GameCenter. I think it has to do with broadcast rights.

To deal with black outs, there are other services that will provide a feed. The quality is not great though as it is being sampled from somewhere and fed back to the rest of the network.