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Topic: The Other Sport That Is in Season... You know... Hockey. (Read 15163 times)
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cmlancas
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I didn't see another thread for Hockey related stuffs other than the fantasy page, so....
How about Tampa Bay this year? It looks like Prospal is finally coming out of his shell (I'm one of his biggest fans considering I've met the guy IRL, super, super guy), Vinny is picking up right where last year ended and Richards is producing on the second line.
Also, the defense looks okay while Boyle is out. Holmqvist is doing just fine in goal... can anyone stop us?
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Azaroth
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« Last Edit: October 09, 2007, 01:05:41 PM by Azaroth »
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cmlancas
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It didn't happen last year.
What's so much different this year for ya'll? Everyone can drink in America now?
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Go Canucks! They looked like crap in the first period of their first game, and the 3rd period of their 2nd game, but the rest has been decent so far. Hopefully they can get some more scoring this year so poor Luongo doesn't have to give up 1 goal or less in order to win.
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murdoc
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Bolts are gonna suck, all their cap is spent on three players. They'll be fighting for the 8th playoff spot at best.
Flames/Canucks game on Saturday was a great game, the third period was insane action going back and forth. I have the Centre Ice package for October, so I can watch any game I want, which is pretty nice.
Wife hates it, she thinks i already spend too much time watching football, and adding hockey to the mix isn't helping.
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Bolts are gonna suck, all their cap is spent on three players. They'll be fighting for the 8th playoff spot at best.
Flames/Canucks game on Saturday was a great game, the third period was insane action going back and forth. I have the Centre Ice package for October, so I can watch any game I want, which is pretty nice.
Wife hates it, she thinks i already spend too much time watching football, and adding hockey to the mix isn't helping.
Center Ice is a godsend. I am not in a hockey market, so I don't get blacked out and can watch all the games I want. Very good times. |
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cmlancas
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Trying to tout the Bolts around the f13 hockey crowd is near impossible, no matter how hard I try.
We will make believers of you all. Just you wait ;)
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HaemishM
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My Minnesota Wild has started off well. I haven't been able to watch any games yet, what with the Cubs having been in the playoffs and Liverpool involved in Europe AND the NFL starting. Plus, I think VS. only has like 3 Wild games all goddamn season, so I may not be watching much hockey for a while.
Go Wild!
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Paelos
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Dallas is sucking early, and that's my original team. Atlanta is sucking worse, and it's my home team. Ugh.
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Azaroth
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Center Ice is a godsend. I am not in a hockey market, so I don't get blacked out and can watch all the games I want. Very good times.
I live directly between Ottawa and Toronto. Which means that somehow Montreal games are blacked out too. I love Centre Ice like a cousin, but the blackout shit is going to inspire a shooting spree some time in the near future, I think. |
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Bunk
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I do so love the fact that several years of consecutive sold out games means no blackouts in Vancouver. I just have to come to terms with the fact that there are about a dozen PPV games this year :(
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murdoc
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Friend of mine is a Canucks fan and his father lives in Vancouver, so he gets his satelite bill sent to his father so that he's considered to be part of the Canucks region, which means he doesn't get the stupid Sportsnet blackout of the Canucks games. That drives me nuts, I have 4 Sportsnet channels and unless the game is in the Alberta region I can't watch the game. Plus, the Sportsnet HD is the Ontario channel, so none of the Flames games are HD :(
Boo hoo.
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No HD on Center Ice makes me a sad panda. I can't even get HNIC in HD. Vs games occasionally show up in HD, and NBC games. I hate having to choose a better picture over far better announcers. God the American network announcers are fucking horrible.
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cmlancas
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In Florida, the HD sports package always picks up both Florida and TB games with no blackouts. It only costs $5 extra.
In other news, I can't wait to watch the games on my new 42" once I get done doing research. <3
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stu
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Just a few days ago I found out we have an NHL team in Ft. Lauderdale lol. I attended an Adirondack Red Wings game when I was a kid and it was a blast, even though I had no idea what was going on. After a TF2 purchase, Panthers tickets are next on my list.
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murdoc
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No HD on Center Ice makes me a sad panda.
You sure about that? I'm pretty sure I have some CI HD channels, and when I checked my satelite provider I find this: Follow your favourite team and players with NHL® Centre IceTM which includes over 1,000 out-of-market games with up to 6 games on select nights in HD! |
Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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WayAbvPar
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I get mine through Comcast. I wonder if there are HD channels on satellite and not cable? That would severely piss me off.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Phildo
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I've been trying to save money on my cable bill by skipping the digital package. So. No hockey. I don't think I can take it any longer.
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murdoc
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I get mine through Comcast. I wonder if there are HD channels on satellite and not cable? That would severely piss me off.
Or CI just picked up the TSN and CBC HD channels and re-broadcasts them? /shrug |
Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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WayAbvPar
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I only get one feed per game- If there was an HD feed, wouldn't it require another separate channel? Does your menu on your TV screen indicate when a game is in HD, or is it just a random thing? I can't imagine them sending ONLY the HD feed out- that would prevent all the non HDTV folks from viewing that particular game, yes?
This just reminded me that my TiVo's schedule of channels/games for Center Ice is different than the one my cable box uses, which means TiVo records the wrong goddamned thing. It wasn't an issue last year; I happily recorded all Canucks games via a Wishlist Season Pass with no problems. Now I have to manually record them with the cable DVR on my big TV (TiVo is in the bedroom).
I have a headache now. I just want to watch hockey, preferably in HD!
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cmlancas
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I was under the impression that HD coverage came through the network, not the provider.
For example, I get Fox Sports South (which carries Panthers or Lightning games) in HD if I pay for it.
I also get seven other HD channels, should I order it.
I've seen the same channels on DirectTV (My university's rec room has a nice HDTV that usually has sports on).
I would assume you could get them through Verizon and Comcast, but I could be wrong.
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Bunk
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I should know better than to pay for ppv games... ouch.
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murdoc
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Canucks vs. Flyers was PPV I gather :-D
Flyers sure know how to pick the character guys eh? First two suspensions of the year got to Philly players once Boulerice gets his 5-10 games.
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stu
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If there was an HD feed, wouldn't it require another separate channel? Does your menu on your TV screen indicate when a game is in HD, or is it just a random thing? I can't imagine them sending ONLY the HD feed out- that would prevent all the non HDTV folks from viewing that particular game, yes?
You don't need to have a TV capable of receiving HD to watch an HD channel. The major news networks send out HD signals you can pick up with an HD antennae for free. If you have an HD television and your provider (say, Comcast) does not provide an HD signal upgrade in your area, you are up shit creek and will have to watch a game in lo-res. The networks have to provide the signal to begin with, but if your cable service has not upgraded your grid to HD, the antennae is the next best option. |
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Paelos
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Well, Atlanta lost to NJ last night, so they are absolute dead last in the league with an 0-5 start. Wow, I'm glad I didn't take up that season tickets option my friend wanted to buy.
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Phildo
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Well, Hossa's only played two games so they'll probably turn it around a little once he's back.
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murdoc
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Woooo, Kipper signs a 6 yr/$35 million deal. Averages out to a cap hit of $5.8 million which is VERY resonable imo. Sutter is doing a decent job getting the core signed to decent contracts. Next up will be Phaneuf and then he'll probably sign Huselius or Langkow, but not both.
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Fordel
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Trying to tout the Bolts around the f13 hockey crowd is near impossible, no matter how hard I try.
We will make believers of you all. Just you wait ;)
Sorry, I'm a Leaf fan, I've been pre-programmed to love the Leafs no matter how badly they suck. Which is lots and often sadly  |
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naum
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Even for a hockey nut like me, hockey in October is a tough sell… …especially when half the teams sleepwalk through the first month anyway (excepting younger players and coaches trying to prove themselves…)…
…but between Center Ice & HD Net, I've caught a bit of hockey, early on…
* …Anaheim looks like they're still hung over from post Cup celebratory bashes…
* …Atlantic (or whatever it's called now) division looks like the toughest with Penguins, Rangers, and improved Islanders, Flyers…
* …would be not a surprise if Devils finish last in division
* …Blues actually have a decent squad
* …Ottawa is a machine
* …Phoenix, Atlanta and Nashville are awful, and will be casting lots for first round pick during offseason
* …LA has some impressive young forwards
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naum
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I only get one feed per game- If there was an HD feed, wouldn't it require another separate channel? Does your menu on your TV screen indicate when a game is in HD, or is it just a random thing? I can't imagine them sending ONLY the HD feed out- that would prevent all the non HDTV folks from viewing that particular game, yes?
Most all the Center Ice games are not in HD though they'll take (usually, but not always) a game or two a night and it will also be on a HD channel (like 94-96)… HD Net (channel 79 on DirecTV) also shows NHL games in HD though the announcers (at least the play by play guy) sound like nails scraping a chalkboard… Supposedly, VS. has a HD feed, but my satellite receiver (and satellite too), which I just purchased/upgraded <2 years ago from DirecTV, needs upgraded again, as DirecTV is rolling out like 75+ new HD channels, but HD sets they sold previously need upgraded… …but like stated, they always (and local teams appear too in HD) float games in HD in the 94-97 range… Hockey in HD is nice. |
"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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WayAbvPar
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I think hockey is the sport that benefits most from HD (football is 2nd, and everything else is way behind IMO). I can occasionally get the VS HD feed on my cable system- they share an HD channel with the Golf Network. This is all well and good until I can't watch a playoff game in HD because there is some fucking 3rd world golf tournament going on. RAGE.
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Strazos
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All you guys talking about blackouts and PPV for local games scares me.
I see every Flyers' game that airs, mostly on the local Comcast feed. If I had an HDTV, they'd pretty much all be in HD except for the 4 or so games a year that are not on Comcast or HD national telecast.
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Fordel
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I used to get every Leafs game, but now they have their own "Leafs TV" channel that gets a few games exclusively, and I refuse to pay for that otherwise useless channel.
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Azaroth
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I used to get every Leafs game, but now they have their own "Leafs TV" channel that gets a few games exclusively, and I refuse to pay for that otherwise useless channel.
I noticed that. The other night I was all "where's the Leafs game?" (this only beause they were playing the Penguins, I think). There was nothing else on TSN, CBC, even Sportsnet (puke). So there it was, on Leafs TV. ... I watched it on Centre Ice. So apparently Leafs TV has enough weight to piss everyone off and get some exclusive games (good ones, too - Penguins are a pretty big ticket) - but not enough to get their feed blacked out on Centre Ice like... well, everyone else. I suppose this all has to do with what company owned the other company when the bigger company ate the smaller company in an attempt to corner the market for the really big company. Or the Leafs just suck in every way imaginable. |
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Not sure why they would black out a game on Centre Ice if the viewer is not even in the market to receive Leafs TV anyway.
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