Speculation: 2024 Offseason Talk

[Blindsummit]

So games won't be available on this service in Canada, so I won't be able to use this. That's a shame.

 

[ElGuapo]

f***ing AMAZING news. Best Stars thing to happen since 1999 IMO. Such a damn relief knowing I can easily watch games for the first time in years. And for f***ing free.

 

[eartotheground]

sigh. one more app to put on my tv. lovely. with a 5 min swap time to other apps/regular channels.

 

[ElGuapo]

Until right now I always thought your name was earth to the ground. *face palm*

sigh. one more app to put on my tv. lovely. with a 5 min swap time to other apps/regular channels.

It's already like that anyway and it's not going to change. This app is at least doing it the right way, free. Funny to spin this as a negative. Any alternative to this is worse.

 

[starsfan86]

Maybe they’ll actually televise all of the home preseason games.

sigh. one more app to put on my tv. lovely. with a 5 min swap time to other apps/regular channels.

Just delete your Porn Hub app and you’ll have plenty of space for it.

 

[Henderson33]

Wish I could get it in Canada. Instead I'm stuck paying Sportsnet to freeze, lower crowd volume, have the video/audio not match, black me out of games, and never give me the Stars broadcast.

 

[TrillMike]

I'm so glad to see this. I absolutely hate Bally's.

 

[eartotheground]

Until right now I always thought your name was earth to the ground. *face palm*


It's already like that anyway and it's not going to change. This app is at least doing it the right way, free. Funny to spin this as a negative. Any alternative to this is worse.

lmao i get that all the time. (i use that name on multiple platforms)

i know it's great that it's free. imo i'd be willing to pay at least a certain amount to get it with the rest of direct tv. hockey and football overlap, and often i'm wanting to keep track of other games while the stars are on. the 'previous channel' button makes this possible, but swapping inputs from the tv app or if it's on a firestick over to the satellite basically takes as long as the commercial break. first world problems, i know.

 

[Troy McClure]

My biggest question is, if I start a game late, will I be able to catch up by fast forwarding through commercials and intermissions?

 

[Blindsummit]

Wish I could get it in Canada. Instead I'm stuck paying Sportsnet to freeze, lower crowd volume, have the video/audio not match, black me out of games, and never give me the Stars broadcast.

Same here.

 

[eartotheground]

Same here.

vpn might do the trick

 

[M88K]

Maybe they’ll actually televise all of the home preseason games.


Just delete your Porn Hub app and you’ll have plenty of space for it.

Lets not do anything rash now

 

[Elysian]

So games won't be available on this service in Canada, so I won't be able to use this. That's a shame.

I'd imagine a vpn could work, but who knows. I certainly will try when the time comes.

Maybe they’ll actually televise all of the home preseason games.


Just delete your Porn Hub app and you’ll have plenty of space for it.

No pornhub in Texas so no problem

 

[M88K]

Wonder how much the out of market cost is, could drop ESPN+. would be nice to stop giving Disney some money

 

[starsfan86]

Wonder how much the out of market cost is, could drop ESPN+. would be nice to stop giving Disney some money

I’m still paying off my credit card from going to Disney World a year ago lol

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

I’m still paying off my credit card from going to Disney World a year ago lol

OT, but for what it costs, it isn't worth it anymore. Universal Studios is better, and both are only acceptable if it rains and you dress for it, while others leave the park. Then you can go round and round on the rides and really get your money's worth.

 

[M88K]

OT, but for what it costs, it isn't worth it anymore. Universal Studios is better, and both are only acceptable if it rains and you dress for it, while others leave the park. Then you can go round and round on the rides and really get your money's worth.

I'll second this. Though even with good weather, Universal (with the fast pass) is absolutely still worth it. Animal Kingdom is the only Disney park worth a damn.
Took my Niece and Nephew to Universal and Disney 2yrs ago, spent 5days in Universal parks. Had a great time, Animal Kingdom was also great. Hollywood studios, if not for the Tower of Terror, would be absolute ass, the 2 Star Wars rides were good but a 4hr wait to ride it once is absolutely not worth the outrageous price they charge for entry. And you have to make peace with the fact that you're giving Disney money after what they've done to Star Wars.
Magic Kingdom is only good for Little kids, they didn't really enjoy it.
Epcot was ehh

 

[starsfan86]

I'll second this. Though even with good weather, Universal (with the fast pass) is absolutely still worth it. Animal Kingdom is the only Disney park worth a damn.
Took my Niece and Nephew to Universal and Disney 2yrs ago, spent 5days in Universal parks. Had a great time, Animal Kingdom was also great. Hollywood studios, if not for the Tower of Terror, would be absolute ass, the 2 Star Wars rides were good but a 4hr wait to ride it once is absolutely not worth the outrageous price they charge for entry. And you have to make peace with the fact that you're giving Disney money after what they've done to Star Wars.
Magic Kingdom is only good for Little kids, they didn't really enjoy it.
Epcot was ehh

Hollywood Studios is the best out of the 4 imo

 

[eartotheground]

for the prices, you could have a swanky resort in the tropics and feel ultra rich for a week

 

[ElGuapo]

My biggest question is, if I start a game late, will I be able to catch up by fast forwarding through commercials and intermissions?

Hopefully. Also I'm hoping at the very least they keep it available to watch for 48 hours or so since it won't be on something like cable where you can record it for later. Also having all the games permanently archived would be amazing but I doubt they do that with a free service.

I'd imagine a vpn could work, but who knows. I certainly will try when the time comes.


No pornhub in Texas so no problem

Hell if one of the particular presidential candidates is elected again, all porn might be made illegal in the United States.

 

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[Blindsummit]

vpn might do the trick

I will certainly try

 

[CloudYeller]

Of course they don't have an online streaming option. Why would they? Can't allow those extra twelve cents they might lose on slightly inaccurate location information get away, can they? I've been paying Bally solely so I can watch games on my PC. These assclowns aren't getting a dime from me, one way or the other, unless they change their minds and I don't have to use their shitty data mining apps. "Oh yay! I get to watch hockey on a 6"x3.5" screen!" said absolutely nobody that wasn't in the middle of dropping a deuce.

Gotta agree with Castillo. It's not as if the Stars had a ton of cap room and cash laying around and regardless of the money they were NOT going to offer Tanev six years. It's time to get over it already. So who was the alternative? Umm... nobody. Nobody that would make sense. Better to take a year-long flyer on a couple of warm bodies, shore things up, think really REALLY hard about Jamie Benn's contract and go from there.

24/25 isn't exactly a rebuilding year but it's as close as you can get. If the Stars are in a bad position at the deadline I'd expect them to sell as hard as they can, write off 25/26 as a full rebuild year, and come back in a much better position for 26/27.

I mean, I'd PREFER they just chloroform Auston Matthews, put a fake mustache on him, call him San Antonio Matthews, slap a new number on him and trot him out there but I'm pretty sure those sorts of shenanigans are what the whiny contingent call "illegal" and "kidnapping" and "human trafficking" and "violating the salary cap" or something.

 

[starsfan86]

Of course they don't have an online streaming option. Why would they? Can't allow those extra twelve cents they might lose on slightly inaccurate location information get away, can they? I've been paying Bally solely so I can watch games on my PC. These assclowns aren't getting a dime from me, one way or the other, unless they change their minds and I don't have to use their shitty data mining apps. "Oh yay! I get to watch hockey on a 6"x3.5" screen!" said absolutely nobody that wasn't in the middle of dropping a deuce.

Gotta agree with Castillo. It's not as if the Stars had a ton of cap room and cash laying around and regardless of the money they were NOT going to offer Tanev six years. It's time to get over it already. So who was the alternative? Umm... nobody. Nobody that would make sense. Better to take a year-long flyer on a couple of warm bodies, shore things up, think really REALLY hard about Jamie Benn's contract and go from there.

24/25 isn't exactly a rebuilding year but it's as close as you can get. If the Stars are in a bad position at the deadline I'd expect them to sell as hard as they can, write off 25/26 as a full rebuild year, and come back in a much better position for 26/27.

I mean, I'd PREFER they just chloroform Auston Matthews, put a fake mustache on him, call him San Antonio Matthews, slap a new number on him and trot him out there but I'm pretty sure those sorts of shenanigans are what the whiny contingent call "illegal" and "kidnapping" and "human trafficking" and "violating the salary cap" or something.

Hello

 

[M88K]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1810311279426568451

Jumping through hoops to try and justify adding 2 of the worst d-men in the NHL as an improvement is apparently a thing.
They make the team worse, even by the numbers he using, significantly more so than just Suter did, which is honestly impressive.
The term is so overplayed. We have 42m in cap space for next season.
with only Johnston/Oettiner to re-sign. (And Harley to come off that) the next year it jumps up an additional 20m (Robertson and Stankoven) the garbage players we signed and the much better players we could have had, would have almost 0 impact on those contracts.
Roy for 6yrs would be significantly better player than both Dumbshit and Lyubushkin combined and that contract would be less of a hindrance than 3yrs of rolling out Lyubushkin as a player, let alone Dumba too.