Little Caesar's Arena ribbon-cutting today

[Mitchrapp]

So I was thinking I might get NHL Center Ice so I can watch some Red Wing games and I wonder if this is the wrong year to do it.. Are they going to be really bad?

 

[byco42]

So I was thinking I might get NHL Center Ice so I can watch some Red Wing games and I wonder if this is the wrong year to do it.. Are they going to be really bad?

There is that possibility.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

So I was thinking I might get NHL Center Ice so I can watch some Red Wing games and I wonder if this is the wrong year to do it.. Are they going to be really bad?

Make sure you don't get stuck in a local blackout. Gotta protect Fox Sports Detroit.

The Wings are going to be pretty bad. Things are going to get worse. Following season Green is gone, and Mantha/Larkin need to be re-signed.

Keep in mind Detroit weren't exactly good last season.

Only worthwhile acquisition in offseason was Trevor Daley.


AA still not signed.
Z is still aging with nobody picking up the scoring lost with Datsyuk.
Larkin has loads to improve as a center (if he isn't moved to Wing)
Nyquist seems to have bottomed out.
Mantha has potential to improve.
Tatar had surgery to repair a chronic shoulder injury.
Sheahan will be tradebait as he is making too much money and not producing.
Don't expect Abdelkader to produce.
Glendening is your defensive specialist who doesn't exactly produce offensively.
Helm is defensive specialist on his decline.
Nielsen's numbers aren't going to increase. He is in his mid 30s with another 4 years left on his deal with a no trade clause.

There is room for a young forward to comeup and play. But knowing Holland's MO he will sign an aging veteran instead.


Kronwall has bad knees which generally don't improve with age. Has been a liability in the limited games he played last season.
Ericsson is a rubbish D-man and playing too much. He is screening his goalies and deflecting too many pucks into his own net.
Green can produce offensively, but still has problems turning puck over defensively.
DeKeyser was another turnover machine.
Jensen was only promising D-man
Witkowski is more likely to play 4th line winger.
Sproul/Oullette were dissapointing in their extended stints last season.

Howard's numbers from last season are unsustainable.
Mrazek has chance to bounceback.

Team is still not cap compliant. So someone has to move. Good news is powerplay might improve if they go with a different fucking strategy instead of using the same fucking setup that wasn't fucking working the entire fucking season! Because if its broken, don't fix it.

In other words, the coaching staff as proven to be inept and will not be moved anytime soon.


Things are bad and are only going to get worse in the next coming years as the players on long bloated contracts have no move clauses. Combine that with pay raises for the next batch of good players.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Make sure you don't get stuck in a local blackout. Gotta protect Fox Sports Detroit.

The Wings are going to be pretty bad. Things are going to get worse. Following season Green is gone, and Mantha/Larkin need to be re-signed.

Keep in mind Detroit weren't exactly good last season.

Only worthwhile acquisition in offseason was Trevor Daley.


AA still not signed.
Z is still aging with nobody picking up the scoring lost with Datsyuk.
Larkin has loads to improve as a center (if he isn't moved to Wing)
Nyquist seems to have bottomed out.
Mantha has potential to improve.
Tatar had surgery to repair a chronic shoulder injury.
Sheahan will be tradebait as he is making too much money and not producing.
Don't expect Abdelkader to produce.
Glendening is your defensive specialist who doesn't exactly produce offensively.
Helm is defensive specialist on his decline.
Nielsen's numbers aren't going to increase. He is in his mid 30s with another 4 years left on his deal with a no trade clause.

There is room for a young forward to comeup and play. But knowing Holland's MO he will sign an aging veteran instead.


Kronwall has bad knees which generally don't improve with age. Has been a liability in the limited games he played last season.
Ericsson is a rubbish D-man and playing too much. He is screening his goalies and deflecting too many pucks into his own net.
Green can produce offensively, but still has problems turning puck over defensively.
DeKeyser was another turnover machine.
Jensen was only promising D-man
Witkowski is more likely to play 4th line winger.
Sproul/Oullette were dissapointing in their extended stints last season.

Howard's numbers from last season are unsustainable.
Mrazek has chance to bounceback.

Team is still not cap compliant. So someone has to move. Good news is powerplay might improve if they go with a different fucking strategy instead of using the same fucking setup that wasn't fucking working the entire fucking season! Because if its broken, don't fix it.

In other words, the coaching staff as proven to be inept and will not be moved anytime soon.


Things are bad and are only going to get worse in the next coming years as the players on long bloated contracts have no move clauses. Combine that with pay raises for the next batch of good players.

No blackouts here unless they're playing the Coyotes (Though I'll get those locally on Fox Sports Arizona). And I assume National TV games..

Anyway.. I'm kind of bored with football and even bad Hockey is relaxing. And knowing they're not suppose to be any good it might be fun.. I just need to know where I can get it.. Fire TV doesn't have an app. Not sure my PS4 does either.. I don't have regular cable..

Thanks.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Apparently, after searching, there is no NHL Center Ice apps.

Edit: Maybe Gamecenter.. I'll have to check it out.

Edit 2: Gamecenter (NHL.TV) is on PS4. Anyone familiar with this, quality and such? Thanks.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Got a buddy who watches on ps4, it pretty much is same thing as watching o online. All depends on your network connection.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Got a buddy who watches on ps4, it pretty much is same thing as watching o online. All depends on your network connection.

I watched a game last night - Vegas vs someone.. And the quality was really good. TV good. Of course that could change during the reg. season. I have 300 down, 30 up so speed is good.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Did they change some rules this year in the few box scores I've been looking at the past couple days it seems like there has been a lot of penalties called.. For example, 16 in tonight's Red Wings games.. Seems like a lot. The game I saw yesterday they had almost 20.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

They cramping down on the slashes to the hands cause Crosby's job on Methot apperantly left a mark with the sponsors. Which means there will be tons of penalties start of season, players will limit slashes near hands, refs will get lenient, status quo come playoff time. That is the typical formula.

Detroit 0-1-1 to start the preseason.

Everything is going according to plan!

 

[Polish-Hammer]

6-1 shlacking by Chicago.