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The good news is that a year after a shakeup of the National Hockey League TV schedule caused by Rogers’ $5.2-billion, 12-year broadcast rights deal, there are few significant changes to how hockey fans get access to their games in 2015-16.

The bad news is also that little has changed.

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Local fans who want to watch all 82 regular-season Canadiens games in 2015-16 will need at least five TV channels in English and two in French — and possibly more. And fans west of eastern Ontario once again have to deal with regional blackouts unless they shell out for an expensive premium sports package.

Plus, if you’re a fan in Quebec who wants to watch games online, it’s even more complicated.

We’ll try our best to explain.

TV rights to NHL games are broken down into national vs. regional. National rights, sold by the league, include the rights to broadcast Saturday night games, all playoff games and marquee events like the NHL Winter Classic and NHL All-Star Game across the country. Rogers bought those rights and resold the French-language rights to TVA Sports. Regional games, which make up the bulk of the regular season, are sold by individual teams and must be blacked out to viewers outside their region. RDS bought the French-language regional rights to Canadiens and Senators games, and Rogers and TSN bought the regional rights to the seven Canadian teams (Rogers has the Canadiens, Canucks, Oilers and Flames, TSN has the Senators and Jets, and the two split the Leafs).