2025-2026 NHL Offseason

smarchee

anyone here subscribe to NHL Gamecenter?
I am thinking of taking the plung as I can't stand the shitty free steams anymore

MayDay10

The problem is... if you're in your home market you'll get blacked out

smarchee

MayDay10 said:

The problem is... if you're in your home market you'll get blacked out

good point, should look into where my home market is. I presume Toronto? If so, that is a good thing

smarchee

in Windsor and the home market is Toronto, so I can watch all the Wings game, which would be most of the reason to do it

Plus the 4 screens in one looks pretty cool

badbrains

Rangers at 22-1 are pretty good money. As funny as it looks, they have pretty much been great on the road and have played pretty well against the best from the west. Swept all 4 games on their last west coast trip. If they can get hank back and he can find his game quickly, anything can happen. Wouldn't be a horrible bet to lay a few hundred on them.

F Me In The Brain

smarchee said:

anyone here subscribe to NHL Gamecenter?
I am thinking of taking the plung as I can't stand the shitty free steams anymore

I have the tv package. Sucks living back east now for Kings games as I fall asleep before the end but I couldnt stomach not getting to watch some of the games. Stay up for the ones on the weekends. Home blackouts? Doesn't really mean anything if you have cable as the reason they black out is to force you to watch the local feed.

Course if you are watching on tablet/phone/laptop I guess home blackouts could be meaningful.

F Me In The Brain

badbrains said:

Rangers at 22-1 are pretty good money. As funny as it looks, they have pretty much been great on the road and have played pretty well against the best from the west. Swept all 4 games on their last west coast trip. If they can get hank back and he can find his game quickly, anything can happen. Wouldn't be a horrible bet to lay a few hundred on them.

Rangers at 12 to 1 as of this AM...still not a bad bet. Personally I like the Habs more at that number. If they get some of their injured D back, or make a trade to solidify, I think they are going to be tough in the east.

Kings getting no respect. I do not think they are likely to go for 3 Cups out of 4 years this playoffs but I think they are clicking right now (7 wins in a row) and they are at 20 to 1. If I were in Vegas this weekend a would pop a few bills down on that to make it even more fun.

MayDay10

That outdoor game was a bore. I did enjoy Fogarty and Etheredge though

F Me In The Brain

MayDay10 said:

That outdoor game was a bore. I did enjoy Fogarty and Etheredge though

I enjoyed the game being that we needed the win, rivals, hoopla, etc....but those Kings unis were vomit inducing. Those are Chicago White Sox Shorts uniforms of the NHL when it comes to an all time unfortunate level. White pants? Omfg, those were horrid.
Great win though and Fogerty was indeed cool.

MayDay10

yeah, the uniforms were both bad. But the whole atmosphere there was pretty tame it seemed, the "aesthetics" were awful.... wow! Levis Stadium that most people have seen maybe never, with a shark pond and a bunch of other odd crap. NBC Sports also did a crappy job covering it IMO like they do most things.

At least last year's game in Southern Cal was in Dodger Stadium which was cool.

Indifference71

MayDay10 said:

yeah, the uniforms were both bad. But the whole atmosphere there was pretty tame it seemed, the "aesthetics" were awful.... wow! Levis Stadium that most people have seen maybe never, with a shark pond and a bunch of other odd crap. NBC Sports also did a crappy job covering it IMO like they do most things.

At least last year's game in Southern Cal was in Dodger Stadium which was cool.

Didn't see the game at all, but you really think NBC Sports does a bad job in general? I think their coverage of the NHL is very good. And their coverage of the EPL has been outstanding. Also- Sunday Night Football is probably the best sports broadcast out there.

Jason P

Has anyone been to one of the outdoor games? Do you need 20/20 vision to see the puck?

Indifference71

Jason P said:

Has anyone been to one of the outdoor games? Do you need 20/20 vision to see the puck?

Yeah, I was at Hawks-Penguins at Soldier Field last year. Couldn't see shit, but it was also snowing like crazy which didn't help things. I'm guessing there's a limited amount of seats at each stadium where you actually have a decent view and can see what's goign on.

smarchee

Think Rick Nash should get some Hart Trophy consideration, no one expected him to come back to this level of goal scoring like what he did in Columbus and the Rangers really have needed that offensive push

MayDay10

Jason P said:

Has anyone been to one of the outdoor games? Do you need 20/20 vision to see the puck?

I was at the Buffalo one. You are certainly much further back... would probably bring binoculars next time, but you could definitely follow the play and see the puck. Being used to watching the sport from tight arenas though the distance is pretty obvious.

Jason P

Indifference71 said:

Jason P said:

Has anyone been to one of the outdoor games? Do you need 20/20 vision to see the puck?

Yeah, I was at Hawks-Penguins at Soldier Field last year. Couldn't see shit, but it was also snowing like crazy which didn't help things. I'm guessing there's a limited amount of seats at each stadium where you actually have a decent view and can see what's goign on.

That is what I thought ...

Now that the NHL has staged these games in NFL and MLB stadiums, isn't the natural evolution to try playing one of these in a NBA stadium?

F Me In The Brain

Jason P said:

Indifference71 said:

Jason P said:

Has anyone been to one of the outdoor games? Do you need 20/20 vision to see the puck?

Yeah, I was at Hawks-Penguins at Soldier Field last year. Couldn't see shit, but it was also snowing like crazy which didn't help things. I'm guessing there's a limited amount of seats at each stadium where you actually have a decent view and can see what's goign on.

That is what I thought ...

Now that the NHL has staged these games in NFL and MLB stadiums, isn't the natural evolution to try playing one of these in a NBA stadium?

MayDay10

Indifference71 said:

MayDay10 said:

yeah, the uniforms were both bad. But the whole atmosphere there was pretty tame it seemed, the "aesthetics" were awful.... wow! Levis Stadium that most people have seen maybe never, with a shark pond and a bunch of other odd crap. NBC Sports also did a crappy job covering it IMO like they do most things.

At least last year's game in Southern Cal was in Dodger Stadium which was cool.

Didn't see the game at all, but you really think NBC Sports does a bad job in general? I think their coverage of the NHL is very good. And their coverage of the EPL has been outstanding. Also- Sunday Night Football is probably the best sports broadcast out there.

I agree on SNF. Well done. Saw EPL this weekend and it looked solid.

They are awful, awful, awful for NHL The "panel" they have is a joke. Roenick, Milbury, and "say the most obvious/safe things cyclops" Keith Jones. Terrible. They never scratch the surface on anything. Its like hockey for invalids. I can go on, but Ill provide an example from this weekend.

They did the HDIA thing from Lake Placid. OK cool. Miracle On Ice 35th year anniversary. So the "features" I saw were an interview with Mike "Rice O Roni" which we have all seen him blubber about it 100 times (I think the guy is insufferable). I want to see others talk. They should have interviewed like 12 of those guys.
Instead they asked Milbury's thoughts on the 80 team like 6 times that I saw. Really dont care what that asshole thinks of anything, let alone an olympic team he had nothing to do with 35 years ago.

Another "feature" was Jeremy Roenick, another clown who had nothing to do with it, hang out in the lockerroom and describe very basic things about the team we heard 1000 times... with the production of the moon landing.

You have the whole team there. Why not utilize that more? Have one of the actual players sit in the lockerroom and describe the ACTUAL experience. Do a history of the build-up of US vs Soviets. I want to hear from guys you dont normally hear from like Ramsey, Broten, Craig, Christian, OCallahan, etc... Those guys were all there for the 1st time since 1980 and they squandered it.

To me it just comes off as amateurish and lazy.


I am also not a fan of Doc Emmrich/Ed Olczyk as the announcers. Pierre McGuire is the worst. I did hear Chris Cuthbert for a game which is a huge imrpovement, but Im sure he will be relegated to a fill-in

edit: I see they did a brief segment interview with Christian and Craig. At least that is something, but again, questions just skim the surface.

F Me In The Brain

MayDay10 said:

Indifference71 said:

MayDay10 said:

yeah, the uniforms were both bad. But the whole atmosphere there was pretty tame it seemed, the "aesthetics" were awful.... wow! Levis Stadium that most people have seen maybe never, with a shark pond and a bunch of other odd crap. NBC Sports also did a crappy job covering it IMO like they do most things.

At least last year's game in Southern Cal was in Dodger Stadium which was cool.

Didn't see the game at all, but you really think NBC Sports does a bad job in general? I think their coverage of the NHL is very good. And their coverage of the EPL has been outstanding. Also- Sunday Night Football is probably the best sports broadcast out there.

I agree on SNF. Well done. Saw EPL this weekend and it looked solid.

They are awful, awful, awful for NHL The "panel" they have is a joke. Roenick, Milbury, and "say the most obvious/safe things cyclops" Keith Jones. Terrible. They never scratch the surface on anything. Its like hockey for invalids. I can go on, but Ill provide an example from this weekend.

They did the HDIA thing from Lake Placid. OK cool. Miracle On Ice 35th year anniversary. So the "features" I saw were an interview with Mike "Rice O Roni" which we have all seen him blubber about it 100 times (I think the guy is insufferable). I want to see others talk. They should have interviewed like 12 of those guys.
Instead they asked Milbury's thoughts on the 80 team like 6 times that I saw. Really dont care what that asshole thinks of anything, let alone an olympic team he had nothing to do with 35 years ago.

Another "feature" was Jeremy Roenick, another clown who had nothing to do with it, hang out in the lockerroom and describe very basic things about the team we heard 1000 times... with the production of the moon landing.

You have the whole team there. Why not utilize that more? Have one of the actual players sit in the lockerroom and describe the ACTUAL experience. Do a history of the build-up of US vs Soviets. I want to hear from guys you dont normally hear from like Ramsey, Broten, Craig, Christian, OCallahan, etc... Those guys were all there for the 1st time since 1980 and they squandered it.

To me it just comes off as amateurish and lazy.


I am also not a fan of Doc Emmrich/Ed Olczyk as the announcers. Pierre McGuire is the worst. I did hear Chris Cuthbert for a game which is a huge imrpovement, but Im sure he will be relegated to a fill-in

I only watch hockey on NBC if I have to. Much prefer the local broadcasts through the package.

MayDay10

I cant escape it. Like 20% of the Sabres schedule is on there. If I want to watch the games, I have to subscribe to a more advanced Directv Tier so I can even get that shitty channel. 6 more years of this.