If anyone forgot, The puck drops tonight!

laurenskye · Post by **laurenskye** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:22 pm

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:32 pm

Foget? I woke up with a hockey hard-on this morning.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:41 pm

I think my wife will tell me to shut up in about an hour if I tell her one more time, "Man, I can't wait for the puck to drop tonight."

My viewing tonight:

7 p.m.: Rangers-Flyers on OLN
7 p.m.: Penguins-Devils on Center Ice free preview
10 p.m.: Avs-Oilers on Center Ice free preview (the biggie for me)

Drop the puck, baby!

Take care,
PK

HipE · Post by **HipE** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:46 pm

I can't wait for the start of the Sidney Crosby era in Pittsburgh tonight. Watching the excellent special on the Penguins two Stanley Cup championship seasons on FSN Pittsburgh last night has me hoping for something magical again.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:59 pm

Blues - Redwings!!

Might not be a great year for the Blues, but I'm excited at hockey once again back on TV. My 9yr old daughter just told me last night, "You know, hockey's back on tomorrow." I said, "Yep, back to me yelling at the TV more than I do during football games." She said, "So when are you taking me to a game, I'm pumped."

Ahhh... you have to love your kids.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:56 pm

The Bruins are suppose to be good this year but the defense might be suspect with Big Bad Andrew Alberts on defense. Andrew is a Boston College grad and used to be a beast in the college game. He shoudl be a welcome addition.

PK: Did Fernando Pisani make the team this year? How you think UNH grad Ty Conklin will do? I went to school with him.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:04 pm

Zlax45 wrote:Did Fernando Pisani make the team this year? How you think UNH grad Ty Conklin will do? I went to school with him.

Pisani is on the roster, yes.

Conklin is the team's No. 1 goalie, but his grasp of that spot is shaky. He didn't play well in preseason from what I've read, and Jussi Markkanen is waiting in the wings if Conklin stumbles out of the regular-season gate.

Take care,
PK

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:25 pm

Who said there's no Hockey interest in America

tjung0831 · Post by **tjung0831** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:32 pm

I'm pumped..actually on vacation this week which was planned of course! I'll start by watching the Sabres and Islanders at 6pmcst. I'll watch the first period of that game and tivo the rest. I'll start tivoing the Blues game at 6:30pm and start watching that as soon as the 1st period of the Sabres and Islander is over. Upstairs i'm tivoing the Rangers and Flyers, as well as the Devils and Penguins for watching tomorrow. After the Blues game is over my late game of choice is the Coyotes and Canucks in HD on HDnet. I cannot wait to see hockey in HD for the first time.
I think the Sabres are going to be a surprise team this year and I look forward to watching them alot.

tsunami · Post by **tsunami** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:33 pm

I can't wait!! Another year of mediocrity, at best, for the Rangers!!

You've had a great tenure Slats! Fortunately for you, you look like Einstein compared to the other idiot you share the building with...*cough* Isiah Thomas *cough*.

Noledog · Post by **Noledog** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:56 pm

its only a year late, but i finally get to watch the lightning raise their banners

rubba19 · Post by **rubba19** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:06 pm

tsunami wrote:I can't wait!! Another year of mediocrity, at best, for the Rangers!!

You've had a great tenure Slats! Fortunately for you, you look like Einstein compared to the other idiot you share the building with...*cough* Isiah Thomas *cough*.

At least you can die in peace, though.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:10 pm

I'm very intrigued to see how Lemaire adjusts his game due to the new rules. On paper, this is a very average-at-best Wild squad, but they have young kids who can skate, so with his coaching abilities, who knows.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:16 pm

Dave wrote:I'm very intrigued to see how Lemaire adjusts his game due to the new rules.

I hope Lemaire, the godfather of the neutral-zone trap, rots in headmanning hell!

Take care,
PK

laurenskye · Post by **laurenskye** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:22 pm

HDNet is also showing games in HD!

tsunami · Post by **tsunami** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:22 pm

rubba19 wrote:
tsunami wrote:I can't wait!! Another year of mediocrity, at best, for the Rangers!!

You've had a great tenure Slats! Fortunately for you, you look like Einstein compared to the other idiot you share the building with...*cough* Isiah Thomas *cough*.
At least you can die in peace, though.

Hopefully, I'll have about 50+ years before that happens. Maybe the Rangers would make the playoffs before then. Only 42 more years to go! Woohoo!

tsunami · Post by **tsunami** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:24 pm

laurenskye wrote:HDNet is also showing games in HD!

Thankfully I get MSG in HD so I can watch every Rangers game in HD. Hockey in HD is awesome!! Well, everything in HD is awesome.

ubrakto · Post by **ubrakto** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:47 pm

What's this about HDNet showing hockey in HD? I hadn't heard peep about that. Is this a season long thing or just whenever they feel like it. (I might order Insight's HD package if NHL on HDNet is a regular thing.)
---Todd

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:59 pm

10spro wrote:Who said there's no Hockey interest in America

we'll see in the next few weeks.

laurenskye · Post by **laurenskye** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:10 pm

ubrakto wrote:What's this about HDNet showing hockey in HD? I hadn't heard peep about that. Is this a season long thing or just whenever they feel like it. (I might order Insight's HD package if NHL on HDNet is a regular thing.)
---Todd

www.hd.net/nhlinhd.html

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:14 pm

Hockey season officially starts when the baseball playoffs end.

The hockey season is about 20 games too long. Sure wish that had been one of the changes discussed. That and a change in the playoff format.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:18 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Hockey season officially starts when the baseball playoffs end.

Not if you are a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates!

tjung0831 · Post by **tjung0831** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:38 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Hockey season officially starts when the baseball playoffs end.

The hockey season is about 20 games too long. Sure wish that had been one of the changes discussed. That and a change in the playoff format.

nope hockey starts tonight for me. i'm much more of a die hard hockey fan than baseball fan. I love the Cardinals but they've always been 2nd in my heart behind the Blues and there are around 15 thousand more people in St. Louis that agree with me. The puck drops tonight for long suffering Blues and NHL fans. Baseball takes a back seat tonight for sure.

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:40 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Hockey season officially starts when the baseball playoffs end.

The hockey season is about 20 games too long. Sure wish that had been one of the changes discussed. That and a change in the playoff format.

Season length was discussed, but they didn't want to reduce revenue even more ... yet. This year they are cramming 82 games into a season that includes a break for the guys to play in the winter Olympics. The boys are going to be tired.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:09 pm

Is the Center Ice free preview only available on Dish? Tried to check out a couple of the early games on Comcast but got the "subscription service" message.

Oh well, I'll turn it to INHD to check out the first OLNHD broadcast until the Wild drop the puck.