Speculation: 2020 Offseason Thread - Part III

[Smelling Salt]

Luckily I am not in the Dallas market so I watch all the Stars games on the NHL.tv. However I get blacked out of the vast majority of Jets games unless they are national games.

If you pay for NHL.tv or Centre Ice, you should be immune from blackouts. I get why you're not, but I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with it.

 

[Kipper 17]

Do we know who is out or may be out on opening night?

 

[serp]

The extremely expected part first i guess. None of those guys had a shot at a roster spot . Still at 4 healthy goalies by the way.

 

[serp]

 

[Kipper 17]

does that mean he is now free? #honkafreed

 

[BfantZ]

It has all the games, it's just that the blackouts apply, for example Stars' games in Dallas are available 48hrs after the game ends.
Most european markets have single provider owning all the rights, so blackouts for all games. VPN is your friend.

So in Canada I would have access to all the stars games live ?

 

[Dynamite Time]

There you go Toronto.

Has been fun to watch games I wouldn’t usually have but it’s time to see some Stars.

 

[BfantZ]

Luckily I am not in the Dallas market so I watch all the Stars games on the NHL.tv. However I get blacked out of the vast majority of Jets games unless they are national games.

If you pay for NHL.tv or Centre Ice, you should be immune from blackouts. I get why you're not, but I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with it.

I usually have center ice and it only seems to blackout games that are on another channel already .

 

[Kipper 17]

So in Canada I would have access to all the stars games live ?

Local games are blacked out (unless you use a VPN). So if you live in Calgary, most of the games against the Flames would be blacked out.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

I changed to Spectrum, not that big a jump from Hulu, really, since I had Spectrum internet. Compared to ATT, and was a better deal. The big decision was between levels, paying a bunch more per month to get the four total FS2 games, which seemed a bit extreme, even for me.

More good news, as an STH I opted out of this year. Turns out, they gave long standing STH a deal on suites for half the games, to help spread out the crowd, so I am going Friday night, courtesy of a buddy who will also let me buy 2 of the suite seats per game, as many as I want, all while being partially sheltered. Would have been the first opening night I had missed in 24 years! (Maybe second, think I was out of town for one of them)

 

[Smelling Salt]

Winnipeg has their own Honka in Sami Niku. Seriously deja vu reading the comments on the Jets forum.

 

[Johno]

So in Canada I would have access to all the stars games live ?

This season you should be good since Dallas doesn’t play against any of the Canadian teams.

The couple games on SN might be blacked out though. Local peeps can confirm this.

 

[smytty]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the opening roster.

Benn-Hintz-Gurianov
Kiviranta-Pavelski-Radulov
Cogliano-Faksa-Dellandrea
Caamano-Dickinson-Robertson
Comeau
Dowling

Lindell-klingberg
Oleksiak-heiskanen
Sekera-Pysyk
Hanley, Fedun

Khudobin
Oettinger

Taxi:
Gardner, Kero, L'Esperance
Harley
Point, Bow

 

[Smelling Salt]

So in Canada I would have access to all the stars games live ?

Not exactly.

Like @Kipper 17 said, you would get blacked out by the Canadian team in the region you live in if the Stars played them unless the game was broadcast nationally on Sportsnet or CBC. So for me, if the Stars play Winnipeg and it's being broadcast on TSN who has the Jets' rights, it will not be on NHL.tv. When I said "all" Stars games, that wasn't completely accurate. However for this season, it won't be a problem for me personally as the Stars do not play the Jets.

 

[serp]

That was practise.

 

[BfantZ]

Not exactly.

Like @Kipper 17 said, you would get blacked out by the Canadian team in the region you live in if the Stars played them unless the game was broadcast nationally on Sportsnet or CBC. So if the Stars play Winnipeg and it's being broadcast on TSN who has the Jets' rights, it will not be on NHL.tv in the Jets region. When I said "all" Stars game, that wasn't completely accurate. However for this season, it won't be a problem for me personally as the Stars do not play the Jets.

Yes. But I would have access to it on tsn or sports net etc. So it’s gonna be on nhl tv or Canadian broadcast , one or the other ?

 

[Dallasman]

I'd rather Harley get AHL games and not be a taxi squad guy if that's the case.

 

[Smelling Salt]

That was practise.

That 4th line intrigues me.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Yes. But I would have access to it on tsn or sports net etc. So it’s gonna be on nhl tv or Canadian broadcast , one or the other ?

If you have your regional TSN channel, your regional Sportsnet channel AND NHL.tv then yes you should get every game. If I am understanding your question properly. I know the odd time a game will need to be shown on Sportnet One or Sportsnet 360 which not everyone subscribes to but I don't think they are generally regional games so they would be on NHL.tv if you don't have those channels.

 

[M88K]

I'd rather Harley get AHL games and not be a taxi squad guy if that's the case.

AHL season doesn't start until Feb 4 or some shit, he should be on the taxi squad until they start camp

 

[Troy McClure]

does that mean he is now free? #honkafreed

Free to go back to Finland, yes.

I hope this finally puts an end to the “but look at Honka’s zone entries” nonsense. Dude was a bust of a pick. An offensive defenseman who generates no offense and plays no defense isn’t an NHL player.

 

[Dynamite Time]

AHL season doesn't start until Feb 4 or some shit, he should be on the taxi squad until they start camp

He should/would rather him get some games as well.

 

[serp]

Free to go back to Finland, yes.

I hope this finally puts an end to the “but look at Honka’s zone entries” nonsense. Dude was a bust of a pick. An offensive defenseman who generates no offense and plays no defense isn’t an NHL player.

I mean he did that before. He came back because he wants to play in the NHL . Is he good enough for that ? Has not been so far and probably won't ever but he didn't sign another deal with the Stars to go back to Finland right away. He probably hopes someone picks him up and he gets a chance there. Will that happen ? Could be or maybe he doesn't like Ho-Sang ( who was also a 2014 1st rounder )

 

[TrillMike]

Local games are blacked out (unless you use a VPN). So if you live in Calgary, most of the games against the Flames would be blacked out.

I don’t think we’re allowed to post links, but if you search for streams on Reddit, you should be able to find multiple links to watch without needing a VPN. I’ve saved a couple options and plan on casting games from my computer to smart tv. Not as convenient as throwing YouTube TV on, but I should be able to watch until Sinclair stops their bullshit.

 

[Troy McClure]

I mean he did that before. He came back because he wants to play in the NHL . Is he good enough for that ? Has not been so far and probably won't ever but he didn't sign another deal with the Stars to go back to Finland right away. He probably hopes someone picks him up and he gets a chance there. Will that happen ? Could be or maybe he doesn't like Ho-Sang ( who was also a 2014 1st rounder )

I’m sure he wants to play in the NHL, but so do I.