It was the Ballys/Fanduel EXTRA channel, they use both of their channels when the Wolves and Wild play at the same time…more me on Xfinity in the northern burbs it was channel 963…

I finally got a chance to see the first goal on Flower last night…just ridiculous! It’s not enough that the puck banked off 3 different players and rolling through 2 pairs of feet, the puck friggin jumped off an ice ramp just before the crease…unreal…

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

More frickin blind NHL refs. Idiots.

on the Kirill hit? What was wrong with it?

I dont like him taking hits either, but there was nothing the Oiler did but stand up a check… Kirill did a jump cut right into him…

Caggulia better keep his head on a swivel in the 3rd…

He took a hit of Russian gas in the lockerroom, all better now

I think that was more on Kaprizov than Caggula… he cut into him… never was a knee stuck out.. hopefully Kirill comes back before period is over, otherwise he has to sit for 20 minutes

Now watch Hynes bench Rossi… those are the plays that drive GMBG and Hynes crazy…

Now that was a Moose goal!

This is Ovi we’re talking about (yes a 39 year old Ovi)
The reason he’s missed so few games over 19 seasons is because he’s a quick healer & tough as nails, my guess is he’ll be back earlier than later… I’m just glad it wasn’t his knee… the odds of him wanting to do a long MCL/ACL rehab at 40 likely aren’t good…

12-18 games missed sucks, but it could have been alot worse

Official Ovi report just released, fractured left fibula, out 4-6 weeks..

Derrin Dreger reported on TSN today that he was told Ovi’s injury is NOT knee related and that the reported week to week status is still in effect. Ovi supposedly met with doctors again recently and their should be an official update possibly later today… so that’s good…

Charlie W wrote:

Any eta on his return?

3-4 weeks was the original timeline put out, but from reading Cleveland clinic’s website on the surgery, it can be multiple months…depends on severity and the person’s healing abilities…

Let’s just hope our season’s success comes down to a Zuccy blocked shot…

Timely subject, my Wife was unexpectedly challenged by a Big Buck last night in a game of Chicken with her Mazda SUV on a local road, they (SUV & Big Buck) both lost, wife was fine…

great new Wild on 7th with Jake “Middstrom”

He’s truly a special pro, just hilarious!

The NHL Single Season record for Empty net goals is shared by Ovi and Pavel Bure with 9, Kaprizov has 5 through 18 games…

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

ESPN+ can kiss my @ss. I’m not buying a second subscription to watch one team.

You’d get ESPN+ to watch ALL teams (but not your own unless it’s Nationally televised) you can get VPN and then watch local Wild games too..

Yes it sucks, but it’s a relatively new sports streaming world we live in, I THINK there will be some clarity starting next season on just needing 1 solution to watch games, at least that’s what i’m hoping for…I want it to go away from Cable TV…

We’ve been starved of true World Hockey….
The 4 Nations Cup USA vs Canada games will be likely be the largest TV audience ever to watch hockey games…Canada will likely completely shut down…

I absolutely can’t wait…just sucks that Russia won’t be a part of it…I think their team could win it with their Wings and Goalies, best not put them on the Powerplay…my god…they are just so lacking at Center which could put Danila Yurov on the team, Defense is light as well with their top young D too young to be effective…its hilarious to think of the goalies that won’t make their team….

Kaprizov – Malkin – Kucherov
Panarin – Kuznetsov – Ovi
Svechnikov – Nichuskin – Mitchkov
Kuzmenko – Yurov – Terasenko

Sergachev – Proverov
Carolina’s KHL stud prospect – Orlov
Zadorov – Mintyukov

Shesterkin
Vasilevsky
Bobrovski

acarroline wrote:

For the Ultra2 head unit it seems like a very good deal, but not the steal I thought it was. $2100 + $250 for a shuttle, $150 for ice pole (possible $350 for boat pole unless one pulls double duty as some do +$75 for a bag + $350 for a battery…you’re still likely $3000 in for a boat/ice unit. Which for the ultra 2 seems to be a very good deal still.

They are just targeting owners who upgrade frequently and will just swap out the head unit and transducer from their existing shuttle…

You’ll most likely see a flood of 106SV and LVS32 units for sale on the used market after black friday…

Ice Cap wrote:

Speaking of apps and streaming, Fanduel is far and away better than the Bally’s app was in terms of buffering or logging in issues. It’s actually worth the $20/mo. I watch the tvapp.to (for free) for many out of market games. The Wild wouldn’t stream on it last night because of ESPN having it locked down. But I was able to flawlessly stream the Jets/Panthers game on it last night which was a far better game than the score indicated. Two elite teams in a slug fest until a couple empty netters for the Jets towards the end.

I don’t want to hear from the NHL about growing their fan base until they stop spreading their games all over the streaming universe. You simply have to put games where people can find and watch them without having to buy a different streaming package all the time if you want to bring in new fans. Also not sure where Prime is going with their NHL streaming plans. The Oilers/Sens game was advertised as being on Prime last night. I couldn’t find it anywhere until I figured out it was only available to view in Canada. Chasing this poop around loses fans not gains them.

Its the Wild West right now in terms of streaming platforms and solutions. This season is a big one in terms of NHL teams figuring out what works and what doesn’t as multiple teams are trying out their own streaming solutions (The Wild experimented with their own this preseason)

Hopefully alot is figured out this year and solid solutions are presented next season (I want to drop Comcast cable TV asap)

Bob Schultz wrote:

I assume a person would still need a battery, pole and a shuttle for the 34 bundle they have?

yes, but you’d rather buy the after market parts vs what the bundles give you anyways…

BigWerm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>tswoboda wrote:</div>
x3 – ESPN+ is great, especially after the redesigned app for this season. ESPN+ is how I watch every Wild game aside from the couple TNT and NHL Network games.

Are you out of market, use a VPN or something? I get all the other NHL Games on ESPN+ except the Wild. Last night and a few other games being the exception. I love ESPN+, lots of college hockey on there too.

VPN

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JoeMX1825 wrote:</div>
The strange part is that the Wild had the highest player rankings of their top 4 yet somehow sit at #5….

How is this surprising to you? We are in flyover land. Recently Kaprizov had 2 goals and an assist yet he was the 3rd star even though the two above him had 2 pts.

I’m not surprised they went with Montreal as #1 (its a Canadian sports website) but ranking them #5 while using their own grading methodology is funny….

TSN just put out their annual “Top Core4 under 24” years old list and the Wild ranked #5 with Faber AA, Buium AA, Boldy AA and Wallstedt A (Rossi and Yurov were listed as B level prospects)

Players are labeled AAA (superstar), AA (elite), A (No. 1 goalie, top-pair defenceman, first-line forward) or B (tandem goalie, top-four defenceman, top-six forward) or C (backup goalie, depth defenceman, bottom-six forward). The strange part is that the Wild had the highest player rankings of their top 4 yet somehow sit at #5….

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/montreal-canadiens-are-no-1-in-tsn-s-annual-nhl-team-ranking-of-u-24-players-1.2207606

Everytime I watch a Wild vs Blues game I get more and more impressed with Robert Thomas… talk about an underappreciated player that NOBODY talks about (outside of St Louis)

tswoboda wrote:

Side note, I really like the Bucci and Mleczko and Kaplan crew who did the game last night

They are great, Bucci just needs to dial it back a little and he locks onto his favorite players for the entire broadcast and repeats himself over and over (how many Kaprizov spinorama mentions were there last night?) or when the Avs are playing and “NateDogg” starts “Dancing”…

I think both ladies do a great job other than Emily asking questions that are so short and have zero emotion…Faber’s 2nd period interview reactions to her quick monotone questions were hilarious…

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JoeMX1825 wrote:</div>
Jojo has been just awful tonight and several lack of effort plays…

Insert most nights here.

yeah, the part the bothers me is that there’s never any repercussions from Hynes for his bad play, yet if Rossi makes 1 questionable play he’s demoted to the 4th line…Rossi was a machine against the Blues, we’ve discussed his future with the Wild to death, but if they do decide to eventually move him, they better be really friggin sure his replacement is going to work out…

The only thing i’ve noticed differently this year with ESPN+ is that it occasionally locks up the screen or goes to that “Your game will restart soon” screensaver, but then you just back out to the game menu and click your game again… just sucks when it happens during an overtime and by the time you get back into your game its over…

Time for Hartman to skate through the crease and clip Binnington… he looks like he’s got a hair trigger tonight…

Jojo has been just awful tonight and several lack of effort plays…

If you’re a fan of watching hockey, ESPN+ is the best deal out there… it basically replaced the old NHL Center Ice where you can watch all out of market games and you get the odd 4-5 exclusive Wild games…

I have young kids so we roll it into Disney+

I wonder what is Brodin’s physical issue because he always comes back from being out with something looking completely healthy..