I've had it for playoffs before. It's not great quality, but it's not horrible. My experience is somewhere between NHL broadcast and the rookie tournament broadcast. If I remember right, the camera angles were better than the rookie tournament and the replays were significantly better, but I don't think it was as high quality as NHL broadcast (which makes sense). It's been a couple of years, so maybe my memory is bad or the quality is better, but if you're not going to miss the money and the Gulls are actually as fun to watch as they should be (with the infusion of the young guys), I think it's worth it.