Fairfax County General :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
Alex8
()
Date: May 06, 2009 05:25PM
I have the basic Cox cable bundle, with the 100 channels and do not get vs. I had to miss game 3 and was wondering if anyone else was having this issue. Is it only Cox that does not carry VS in the basic cable bundle.
I always watched on Comcast Sportsnet and think it is bull they're not carrying the games. They do with the Wizards when they're on national tv still in the playoffs.
I always watched on Comcast Sportsnet and think it is bull they're not carrying the games. They do with the Wizards when they're on national tv still in the playoffs.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
quit whining
()
Date: May 06, 2009 05:31PM
What do you mean you missed game 3? Game 3 doesn't start for 2.5 hours.
If you want Versus that bad then just get the Sports Tier for the month and then cancel it. It'll cost a few bucks. Otherwise just go to a sports bar and watch it.
CSN doesn't control what games they show, the NHL controls it. Quit your bitching.
If you want Versus that bad then just get the Sports Tier for the month and then cancel it. It'll cost a few bucks. Otherwise just go to a sports bar and watch it.
CSN doesn't control what games they show, the NHL controls it. Quit your bitching.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
pgens
()
Date: May 06, 2009 05:34PM
It is too bad a network couldn't come up with a deal to show them... I can' see the vs ones either, how dumb.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
Alex8
()
Date: May 06, 2009 05:52PM
Quit Whining shut your fucken face. I was asking a question not whining. Get your panties out of a bunch.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
calm down.
()
Date: May 06, 2009 06:36PM
Alex8 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Quit Whining shut your fucken face. I was asking
> a question not whining. Get your panties out of a
> bunch.
Woah, take it easy bandwagon-er.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Quit Whining shut your fucken face. I was asking
> a question not whining. Get your panties out of a
> bunch.
Woah, take it easy bandwagon-er.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 06:41PM
Alex8 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Quit Whining shut your fucken face. I was asking
> a question not whining. Get your panties out of a
> bunch.
You can always listen to the game on WJFK, you cheap bastard.
Excuse while I get ready to watch it on my LCD HDTV.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Quit Whining shut your fucken face. I was asking
> a question not whining. Get your panties out of a
> bunch.
You can always listen to the game on WJFK, you cheap bastard.
Excuse while I get ready to watch it on my LCD HDTV.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 06:44PM
FYI - Comcast owns Versus. They aren't going to gouge Versus during the play-offs so that you can watch it on CSN. Instead, you will get to watch DC United play the Kansas City Wizards while the rest of us enjoy the game.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
Alex8
()
Date: May 06, 2009 06:56PM
Well I'm not the only person in this boat. Very stupid situation. It's like when the Nationals came and none of there games were on tv.
Call me a bandwagon-er if you want, I'm not even going to bother taking on that argument. The fact of the matter is 95% of the fans watching the game in the area tonight are bandwagon-ers. That comes with winning. Nothing wrong with cheering on your home team even if you're not a die-hard hockey fan.
If it's your home team it's not necessarily bandwagon-hopping. An example of a bandwagon person would be someone who claims to be a big Cleveland Cavalier fan right now, here in Washington.
Call me a bandwagon-er if you want, I'm not even going to bother taking on that argument. The fact of the matter is 95% of the fans watching the game in the area tonight are bandwagon-ers. That comes with winning. Nothing wrong with cheering on your home team even if you're not a die-hard hockey fan.
If it's your home team it's not necessarily bandwagon-hopping. An example of a bandwagon person would be someone who claims to be a big Cleveland Cavalier fan right now, here in Washington.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 06:58PM
The problem is the NHL has a very small appeal, so ESPN and the big networks aren't going to play most of the play-off games until the Stanley Cup series. As a result, you are basically at the mercy of Comcast. They want to drive traffic to Versus because Versus gets a national ad rate; CSN doesn't.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
bandwagon
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:00PM
Alex8, you don't have to live outside of the DC area to be considered a "bandwagon" Capitals fan. Anyone that didn't follow the team before, and now all the sudden is a huge fan, is definitely a bandwagoner in my book. I think most, if not all, long time Caps fan would agree with me.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:03PM
bandwagon Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Alex8, you don't have to live outside of the DC
> area to be considered a "bandwagon" Capitals fan.
> Anyone that didn't follow the team before, and now
> all the sudden is a huge fan, is definitely a
> bandwagoner in my book. I think most, if not all,
> long time Caps fan would agree with me.
Yes.
But that's okay. I think the more fans the game has, the better.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Alex8, you don't have to live outside of the DC
> area to be considered a "bandwagon" Capitals fan.
> Anyone that didn't follow the team before, and now
> all the sudden is a huge fan, is definitely a
> bandwagoner in my book. I think most, if not all,
> long time Caps fan would agree with me.
Yes.
But that's okay. I think the more fans the game has, the better.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:05PM
Game time!
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
fairfaxdude
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:06PM
bandwagon Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Alex8, you don't have to live outside of the DC
> area to be considered a "bandwagon" Capitals fan.
> Anyone that didn't follow the team before, and now
> all the sudden is a huge fan, is definitely a
> bandwagoner in my book. I think most, if not all,
> long time Caps fan would agree with me.
Yep, I agree. All 150 of em.
______________________________________________
I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Alex8, you don't have to live outside of the DC
> area to be considered a "bandwagon" Capitals fan.
> Anyone that didn't follow the team before, and now
> all the sudden is a huge fan, is definitely a
> bandwagoner in my book. I think most, if not all,
> long time Caps fan would agree with me.
Yep, I agree. All 150 of em.
______________________________________________
I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:29PM
Caps up 1. Great game!
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
Lurker.
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:32PM
What do you mean the game is not on TV? I see it!
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 07:38PM
Lurker. Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> What do you mean the game is not on TV? I see it!
Heh!
-------------------------------------------------------
> What do you mean the game is not on TV? I see it!
Heh!
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 06, 2009 08:19PM
I blame the Penguins score on that Asian Caps fan in the audience that the camera spent so much time on.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
inkahootz
()
Date: May 06, 2009 08:20PM
One to one...letting them back in it!
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
inkahootz
()
Date: May 06, 2009 08:53PM
WashingTone Locian Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I blame the Penguins score on that Asian Caps fan
> in the audience that the camera spent so much time
> on.
LOL...I saw him earlier...they keep coming back to him; I guess they are trying to show hockey as a multicultural/cross-cultural sport!
edit by Cary: Account password compromised, disabled by administrator.
-------------------------------------------------------
> I blame the Penguins score on that Asian Caps fan
> in the audience that the camera spent so much time
> on.
LOL...I saw him earlier...they keep coming back to him; I guess they are trying to show hockey as a multicultural/cross-cultural sport!
edit by Cary: Account password compromised, disabled by administrator.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
inkahootz
()
Date: May 06, 2009 10:34PM
Just finished watching the game...what a letdown!
edit by Cary: Account password compromised, disabled by administrator.
edit by Cary: Account password compromised, disabled by administrator.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 07, 2009 09:29AM
inkahootz Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Just finished watching the game...what a letdown!
The Caps goalie had to face 40-something shots. His performance was remarkable but it is absurd that the Caps defense was so porous in the first place to allow 40+ shots! Maybe the Caps need to place less emphasis on having defenders who can score and more emphasis on defenders who can defend.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Just finished watching the game...what a letdown!
The Caps goalie had to face 40-something shots. His performance was remarkable but it is absurd that the Caps defense was so porous in the first place to allow 40+ shots! Maybe the Caps need to place less emphasis on having defenders who can score and more emphasis on defenders who can defend.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: May 07, 2009 09:30AM
Thats a lot of shots...
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
WashingTone Locian
()
Date: May 07, 2009 09:37AM
ITRADE Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Thats a lot of shots...
Frankly, I'm shocked the Caps scored on offense. They were outplayed by the Penguins across the board last night.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Thats a lot of shots...
Frankly, I'm shocked the Caps scored on offense. They were outplayed by the Penguins across the board last night.
Re: Capitals Playoffs not on TV
Posted by:
m4ilm4n
()
Date: May 07, 2009 07:10PM
When you take six penalties in a row, you will face a lot of shots. Some were accurate calls, some were BS, but it sure tilted the ice in the Pens favor. All that PK time wears down the checking lines, and the Caps were dog tired.
I think it says more that, despite the Caps being outplayed, outhit and outshot, it still took the Pens 11 minutes of overtime and a lucky deflection to win it.
I think it says more that, despite the Caps being outplayed, outhit and outshot, it still took the Pens 11 minutes of overtime and a lucky deflection to win it.