NHL playoffs: So far, so...

Montréal up 2-0, Ottawa down 2-0. Can't say I'm surprised. Calgary won 1 at San Jose. Actually, not surprised.

The Canadiens looked good even when they let Boston back in. Just remember, Boston has not led Montreal during a game, regular season or playoffs, this year. HAS NEVER LED. Total dominance.

Was hoping that the Canadiens -- historically well-known -- would see more U.S. TV time. But no, welcome to a bad TV contract in the United States. Even Sidney Crosby, Gary Bettman's pet, has only 2 games scheduled in the early rounds.

Part of the problem is that Detroit is in the Eastern time zone and yet, the Western Conference. Versus and NBC love the Red Wings. The other part is the NHL's newest pet, Alex Ovechkin, is on 5 times during the first round.

Montréal had 1 time scheduled, and that was Saturday night's Game 2. We could have hoped that Versus would be nice and give us the CBC Hockey Night in Canada feed for that one. But no, we had the Versus crew that actually made it to Montréal. To show you why hockey fans get upset at the U.S. TV coverage, during Boston's first power play, the graphics on the screen, including success rates, were for Montréal's power play -- the entire 2 minutes.

To be fair, Versus did some expanded coverage, including talking to Canadiens' legend Jean Béliveau. And they did more games with Canadian-based teams this year. But they did NO games involving the defending Eastern Conference champion Ottawa Senators.

But Montréal is the number one seed. And when they advance, the audience is going to wonder, "Who are these Canadiens?" Too bad, we won't see much of them in the first round, unless you live near the border. All Canadiens games air on CBC. The irony is that if the series goes 6 or 7 games (it won't), you might see them on Versus if there aren't many other games left. But there is a anti-Canadian bias at Versus, just like in Gary Bettman's office.

Calgary is getting the CBC touch. Hopefully, we will see more of them as that series continues. Calgary, 7 seed in the West, will see more U.S. air time than the Canadiens. And hopefully, most of not all will be from the CBC. They do it so much better.