mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Post by **scb147** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:18 am

dodint wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:54 pm I clicked on a Hockey News article two days ago and it was just Rossi quotes.

With two stinkers in a row I'm going to go ahead and block them from being suggested to me.

I think I'll do the same now too.

Post by **Gaucho** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:02 am

Post by **MR25** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:34 am

I thought he did pretty well this year for what little they had in the way of any meaningful prospects

Post by **King Colby** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:00 pm

Well, they brought in a bunch of tweeners with NHL experience for the purposes of winning at the AHL level, but won 0 playoff games. Not to mention nobody down there could step in and play meaningful minutes here besides puustinen I guess.

Post by **Gaucho** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:08 pm

and St. Ivany

Post by **meow** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:38 pm

nah. that roster was not built to win in the AHL. I saw them twice this year. it was a pretty good definition of “spare parts”

Post by **Orlando Penguin** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:51 pm

Dubas said in his postseason presser that he wanted to evaluate Blomqvist in a playoff situation before making a decision on what he wanted to do about the goaltending situation for next season. With the Baby Pens only playing 2 games and losing both, I wonder if that evaluation becomes an incomplete on the report card.

Post by **faftorial** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:23 pm

3 game series are dumb. Years ago the NHL opening playoffs were 5 which is much better.

Post by **mikey** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:23 pm

The NHL had three game preliminary round series from like '75 to '82 or so...

Post by **NTP66** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:18 pm

3- and 5-games series’ are lame as ****.

Post by **King Colby** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:29 pm

Yeah not sure why they need 23 playoff teams instead of 16

Post by **mikey** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:26 pm

It's coming back to the NHL soon enough...

Post by **King Colby** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:29 pm

Yeah when they add their 38th franchise in Oklahoma city they'll have to expand

Post by **iamjs** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:03 am

Post by **meow** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:05 am

can I pay more to not have any of my revenue go to the pirates?

Post by **dodint** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:05 am

Will it be available in market?

Post by **mikey** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:06 am

I have to imagine so...otherwise, getting ESPN+ for 500x the content and half the price makes this mostly irrelevant...

Post by **scb147** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:07 am

"Introductory rate" of $17.99, sounds like a cable company. What is the actual price of it?

Post by **dodint** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:10 am

mikey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:06 am I have to imagine so...otherwise, getting ESPN+ for 500x the content and half the price makes this mostly irrelevant...

Yeah, but it's 2024 and the fact that I even have to ask this question is an indictment of the NHL.

Post by **mikey** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:23 am

That's fair.

Post by **faftorial** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:34 am

dodint wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:05 am Will it be available in market?

From what I understand, it's only available in market.

I entered my zip and it said "not in market" yet I am in market on cable.

Post by **MR25** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:34 am

I'll just pay the 6th months during Pens season and cancel it after unless they decide to make a Pens only option

Post by **iamjs** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:40 am

From what I saw on TribLive, NESN runs a similar app and it goes for $30 a month.

Their app runs in 4K, but that's not enough to sway me from my current setup. Even if they offered NESN and SN-P in one package, that's still way too much.

Post by **skullman80** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:42 am

If they offered true 4k (or even upscaled) I'd be more interested at least for the Pens. No interest in Pirate games. If not...then I'll stick with ESPN+ and VPN setup.

Post by **dodint** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:43 am

I'm interested to see if it has DVR capability.