Equally Obnoxious Hockey Trash Talk Thread, eh?

[arturo7]

Question:

I'm getting NHL Center Ice through my cable provider. There is typically only one or two games in HD each night. Tonight, it's the same game from two different feeds.

Does anyone get NHL-CI via Roku, Apple TV, or one of the game controllers? Do they offer more games in HD?

thanks

 

[oldstyle69]

Blech. Wings are REALLY inconsistent right now. I don't see an improvement coming in the near future. Or at least after Vanek gets back in the lineup we will see. They were playing ok when he was healthy. Just seem to now have the jump lately, or they are making bad passes out of the D zone (as has been the case for a few years now).

Younger guys are getting lots of playing time. They seem to want to shuffle different guys between Detroit and GR. I'm all for playing some younger guys, but I think at some point you have to let a guy play a bit.

They let one slip away last night. Came back after being down most of the game and then gave up a heartbreaker with 1 minute left.

moving to california has its draw backs...biggest one being no Wings games. i have to listen on internet radio or catch bootleg streams. kinda pisses me off.

 

[Qhrumphf]

moving to california has its draw backs...biggest one being no Wings games. i have to listen on internet radio or catch bootleg streams. kinda pisses me off.

Sounds perfect for one of those NHL Center Ice packages.

 

[oldstyle69]

yeah, moving here also means more money spent on this damn house. ill prolly pick NHL.tv up mid season when its cheaper.

 

[Homercidal]

yeah, moving here also means more money spent on this damn house. ill prolly pick NHL.tv up mid season when its cheaper.

You may wish to check their standings before spending money on this this year...

 

[oldstyle69]

yeah, ive been listening to the games. seems fairly typical of the last couple years.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Question:

I'm getting NHL Center Ice through my cable provider. There is typically only one or two games in HD each night. Tonight, it's the same game from two different feeds.

Does anyone get NHL-CI via Roku, Apple TV, or one of the game controllers? Do they offer more games in HD?

thanks

For internet you have to get NHL.TV but from what I'm hearing it's as bad as NHL Game Center was: low res, blacked out games, buffering issues, and the same crap tech support that made people loathe NHL GC. Honestly, I'm as big a cable cutter as anyone but the NHL has continually dropped the ball on their internet app for games.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Sling is allegedly picking up a bunch of RSNs through CSN (via Comcast/NBC) and/or Fox depending on the market. I'm a cable cutter myself and have been waiting with bated breath for CSN Mid-Atlantic to show up so I can watch the Caps without illegally streaming it via Eastern European virus laden spambot streaming sites.

Especially since the existing legit streaming is all blacked out for me.

 

[Homercidal]

Sling is allegedly picking up a bunch of RSNs through CSN (via Comcast/NBC) and/or Fox depending on the market. I'm a cable cutter myself and have been waiting with bated breath for CSN Mid-Atlantic to show up so I can watch the Caps without illegally streaming it via Eastern European virus laden spambot streaming sites.

Especially since the existing legit streaming is all blacked out for me.

Bonus Internet points for using the correct spelling of "bated".

 

[DurtyChemist]

Go Sharks. So what if we have no cups. We are the Chargers of the NHL world.

 

[thaymond]

Go Sharks. So what if we have no cups. We are the Chargers of the NHL world.

They looked good against the Hawks last night. I wasn't sure what I was watching; a good Sharks team or a terrible Hawks team. Or both.

I did laugh more than I probably should have when Eddie O called Joe Thornton "Jumbo."

 

[MeatyPortion]

What the heck is going on with Columbus?

 

[Homercidal]

What do you mean? Columbus has a hockey team??

JK. I haven't checked the standings in a while. It's game-by-game for the Wings. They've been on the road for week or so out west, so the games are too late to enjoy. I fear this is the year the Wings don't make the playoffs. It will take a strong push from a team that has been very inconsistent all season. Too many young guys who haven't learned how to work every night.

 

[MeatyPortion]

What do you mean? Columbus has a hockey team??

JK. I haven't checked the standings in a while. It's game-by-game for the Wings. They've been on the road for week or so out west, so the games are too late to enjoy. I fear this is the year the Wings don't make the playoffs. It will take a strong push from a team that has been very inconsistent all season. Too many young guys who haven't learned how to work every night.

They were on a friggin 16 game winning streak, currently have a +47 goal differential, and are first in the league with 60 points. This came out of nowhere.

 

[Homercidal]

Time to gang up on the upstarts!

 

[arturo7]

Blues haven't won 2 in a row since November. Hopefully, we can kick Boston's arse tonite to end that streak.

 

[Genghis]

Leafs are in pretty good shape, even if they can't hold on to a lead in the third.

 

[Homercidal]

Wings played pretty well last night, but didn't get the win. At least they got 1 point in a comeback. Mrazek was awesome last year, mostly. This year he hasn't given the wins. With Howard out for injury, it's up to Mrazek and a rookie to handle the workload. Team like this needs a good goalie.

 

[arturo7]

It's awesome to see a Sunday hockey game on the main NBC station. Maybe they'll bring back Peter Puck?

 

[Qhrumphf]

What a 3rd period. Let's Go Caps!

 

[Homercidal]

Wings took it to the Pens this weekend. Completely surprised because I thought they would get their asses handed to them. Could this be the beginning of the major comeback to get the Wings in the playoffs once again?

 

[arturo7]

Could this be the beginning of the major comeback to get the Wings in the playoffs once again?

Nope

 

[Genghis]

They would need to leapfrog a lot of teams to make it happen.

 

[Homercidal]

The Packers just ran the table since the middle of the season. Same thing can happen to the Wings, right??

 

[arturo7]

The Packers just ran the table since the middle of the season. Same thing can happen to the Wings, right??

Nope

 

[Genghis]

Wings aren't making the playoffs.

I don't think the Bruins will either, despite currently being second in the Atlantic.

 

[smurfjuice]

Not if they keep playing like they did Monday, horrible ...

 

[Genghis]

Toronto and Ottawa are right on the B's ass. Both have five games in hand.

 

[Homercidal]

Only thing the Wings have going for them is the number of points between them and the bottom of the playoff teams. They will have to win a LOT more, and have to hope others above them start dropping games. A little win streak could put them in the hunt, but I am just not feeling it this season.

 

[smurfjuice]

Bs and Wings tonight. we'll see what happens ... :beard: