Ty Anderson: Bruins still figuring out Connolly's fit

Ty-Does he have to clear waivers to go to Providence? He hasn't shown much at all since coming over and needs to get his game on track by getting 16 + minutes per game and some PP time. Don't see that happening in Boston.

Funny how Spooner has been pretty noticeable in a third line role but Connolly not so much. Even though that game against the Lightning saw the wheels come off I was really impressed by Spooner's hustle on the backcheck and willingness to take the body.

Rank the following players + % likelihood they'll be traded at some point (until next october): Raask, Bergeron, Krecji, Marchand, Chara.

Rank the following players + % likelihood they'll be traded at some point (until next october): Raask, Bergeron, Krecji, Marchand, Chara.
- AlfieisKing

1. Beat
2. It
3. Nerd

1. Beat
2. It
3. Nerd
- DDM-Coga

Rank the following players + % likelihood they'll be traded at some point (until next october): Raask, Bergeron, Krecji, Marchand, Chara.
- AlfieisKing

Jesus Christ Alfie....how about we rate the likelihood that you'll be annoying Oilers fans again today in Hendos thread.

100% is my guess.

Ty Anderson: Bruins still figuring out Connolly's fit
- tyanderson

The press box.

Ty-Does he have to clear waivers to go to Providence? He hasn't shown much at all since coming over and needs to get his game on track by getting 16 + minutes per game and some PP time. Don't see that happening in Boston.

Funny how Spooner has been pretty noticeable in a third line role but Connolly not so much. Even though that game against the Lightning saw the wheels come off I was really impressed by Spooner's hustle on the backcheck and willingness to take the body.
- shanerationX

Yeah, Connolly would have to go through waivers. He became waiver eligible last year, I believe and that was before the new contract he signed this past summer.

Rank the following players + % likelihood they'll be traded at some point (until next october): Raask, Bergeron, Krecji, Marchand, Chara.
- AlfieisKing

None on all.

I'd see if we could deal him for a couple 2nd rounders, maybe to EDM

Ty Anderson: Bruins still figuring out Connolly's fit
- tyanderson

Bruins still trying to figure out a lot of stuff . . .

So the Flyers are interested in a D-man (this is as eternal as the speed of light) and may want Big Buff from the Jets.............

If this is correct then the Bs should stay far far away. As history will show, as soon as they get him and then resign him for a super contract of $7 mill per for 6 years he will be injured forever and be placed on the LTIR for the next 6 years.

As is tradition.

Good article

If they drop Erik, I'll stop watching the games. Dude is potentially a top 3 producer on this team and a top 3 backchecker on the team. March, Berg, and Erik is an all around amazing line. If Connolly can't realize his potential and plays behind Pasta, then so be it. Players are out playing him for a better line/center/minutes. That's how it works. Victim of circumstance or not.

If they drop Erik, I'll stop watching the games. Dude is potentially a top 3 producer on this team and a top 3 backchecker on the team. March, Berg, and Erik is an all around amazing line. If Connolly can't realize his potential and plays behind Pasta, then so be it. Players are out playing him for a better line/center/minutes. That's how it works. Victim of circumstance or not.
- Videoj

I'm calling bullpoop on your whole "I'll stop watching games" line, but I agree with everything else you said. Simply put if there are guys outplaying Connolly, then he has to be bumped down in the lineup. If he's supposed to be a top 6 talent, then certainly some of that would shine through on a third line, especially with a playmaker like Spooner as his center. With where the team is at right now, we need to have the players that are playing well on the top lines, not the players we'd like to see hopefully play well in the future.

I'm calling bullpoop on your whole "I'll stop watching games" line, but I agree with everything else you said. Simply put if there are guys outplaying Connolly, then he has to be bumped down in the lineup. If he's supposed to be a top 6 talent, then certainly some of that would shine through on a third line, especially with a playmaker like Spooner as his center. With where the team is at right now, we need to have the players that are playing well on the top lines, not the players we'd like to see hopefully play well in the future.
- mixturebill

Fine, you caught me. I'm actually shopping around for satellite packages so I can get center ice.... lol

Fine, you caught me. I'm actually shopping around for satellite packages so I can get center ice.... lol
- Videoj

Dude... you'd probably be much better off with NHL GameCenter Live... In my opinion it is far and away a better service than Center Ice, and you don't need a satellite package for it either.

I'd see if we could deal him for a couple 2nd rounders, maybe to EDM
- gforce

Harvard Boy in Edmonton should offer us any deal he traded for as he bruins Gm

2 seconds for Connolly? Deal! Write it up!

Dude... you'd probably be much better off with NHL GameCenter Live... In my opinion it is far and away a better service than Center Ice, and you don't need a satellite package for it either.
- mixturebill

My problem is I don't own an HDTV, so all the watching would have to be on my laptop until I get a tv I can plug my laptop into right?

Is gamecenter guaranteed a good quality picture and no buffering?

Harvard Boy in Edmonton should offer us any deal he traded for as he bruins Gm

2 seconds for Connolly? Deal! Write it up!
- Bruinsbeer-

Exactly. Loui, Hayes, Morrow and Connelly for Hall and 2 2nds sounds fair to me.

My problem is I don't own an HDTV, so all the watching would have to be on my laptop until I get a tv I can plug my laptop into right?

Is gamecenter guaranteed a good quality picture and no buffering?
- Videoj

I signed up for Center Ice a few years ago, and the problem is that you can ONLY watch games on your TV. To the best of my knowledge, there is no online/mobile streaming option. And I found that not all the broadcasts were in HD, but there was no buffering to worry about.

GameCenter you can watch games on basically any device... your TV (through your laptop, Apple TV, an Xbox/Playstation, etc...), on your computer, and you can also watch it on any device you can download the app, so your phone or tablet. I just like the convenience of being able to watch the games on any of those things depending on where I am. That being said, your internet connection will matter... If you internet isn't that great, you will probably have to deal with scaling qualities and/or buffering. I believe you can set the stream to vary quality so that you dont have to deal with buffering as much, or you can set it to be a constant HD stream, and then you might have to deal with buffering. But if you have a solid connection you should be fine.

As I said Center Ice is just a stream of the broadcast, where as with GameCenter you can switch between home/away broadcasts, or watch special camera feeds they have set up (I don't think they have this feature for ALL games though, and admittedly I haven't gotten a chance to watch a lot of games on GameCenter this year, so I can't confirm how frequent it is). You can also switch up the window layout and have a picture in picture thing, or a dual window, or do the whole multi window thing and watch like 4 games at once if you want. You could do one window with the Bruins game, another window with the goalie cam just set on Rask the whole time, and then the "star cam" which like follows one player around the whole time. Kind of gimmicky, but still additional features that GameCenter has that Center Ice doesn't.

I've had both of the services, so I could try and answer some questions if you had any.

I signed up for Center Ice a few years ago, and the problem is that you can ONLY watch games on your TV. To the best of my knowledge, there is no online/mobile streaming option. And I found that not all the broadcasts were in HD, but there was no buffering to worry about.

GameCenter you can watch games on basically any device... your TV (through your laptop, Apple TV, an Xbox/Playstation, etc...), on your computer, and you can also watch it on any device you can download the app, so your phone or tablet. I just like the convenience of being able to watch the games on any of those things depending on where I am. That being said, your internet connection will matter... If you internet isn't that great, you will probably have to deal with scaling qualities and/or buffering. I believe you can set the stream to vary quality so that you dont have to deal with buffering as much, or you can set it to be a constant HD stream, and then you might have to deal with buffering. But if you have a solid connection you should be fine.

As I said Center Ice is just a stream of the broadcast, where as with GameCenter you can switch between home/away broadcasts, or watch special camera feeds they have set up (I don't think they have this feature for ALL games though, and admittedly I haven't gotten a chance to watch a lot of games on GameCenter this year, so I can't confirm how frequent it is). You can also switch up the window layout and have a picture in picture thing, or a dual window, or do the whole multi window thing and watch like 4 games at once if you want. You could do one window with the Bruins game, another window with the goalie cam just set on Rask the whole time, and then the "star cam" which like follows one player around the whole time. Kind of gimmicky, but still additional features that GameCenter has that Center Ice doesn't.

I've had both of the services, so I could try and answer some questions if you had any.
- mixturebill

Yeah man, appreciate it. Basically I only want to watch bruins games, and prefer the NESN feed (I love Edwards and Brick, gotta be honest). I'm assuming I won't get their commentary on center ice, or it depends?

I'm in the middle of remoldelling and for the time being I have a few old sony tube TVs that I prefer watching on over the laptop. I have an xbox 360, but I don't have xbox live. Am I still able to use the xbox to watch gamecenter on? Eventually I want a projector in my bar room though...

My last concern is with having numerous games blacked out due to national TV and the Toronto stations in my area I will be missing a large chunk of the games. I have no cable or anything, so if I got center ice with satellite I'd have those national and local sports channels by default.

It does seem gamecenter would be significantly cheaper though due to not paying $50 a month or whatever for satellite.

Yeah man, appreciate it. Basically I only want to watch bruins games, and prefer the NESN feed (I love Edwards and Brick, gotta be honest). I'm assuming I won't get their commentary on center ice, or it depends?

I'm in the middle of remoldelling and for the time being I have a few old sony tube TVs that I prefer watching on over the laptop. I have an xbox 360, but I don't have xbox live. Am I still able to use the xbox to watch gamecenter on? Eventually I want a projector in my bar room though...

My last concern is with having numerous games blacked out due to national TV and the Toronto stations in my area I will be missing a large chunk of the games. I have no cable or anything, so if I got center ice with satellite I'd have those national and local sports channels by default.

It does seem gamecenter would be significantly cheaper though due to not paying $50 a month or whatever for satellite.
- Videoj

Sign up for a Rogers bundle and gamecentre comes with the package. Worth that Alone lol

Sign up for a Rogers bundle and gamecentre comes with the package. Worth that Alone lol
- MrBeanTown

They don't service me for internet

Also, can more than one person use gamecenter at a time? My buddy has it, so I'm wondering if I log in with his, can we both use it at the same time?