Frei On Footer

by Joe @ MHH on Oct 8, 2008 9:22 AM MDT in News Comment 15 comments

Terry Frei did a great piece on Adam Foote, which appeared in today's Denver Post. In it he talks about his move from Columbus (minus the bogus rumors), the rebirth of his defensive style, his role on the Avalanche and the fact that hockey still makes him feel like a kid, even at age 37.

But the best part of the article is the associated photo of Foote by Post photographer Craig Walker. Why? Because it's an excellent interpretation of the famous "Kubrick Stare," the head-down-eyes-up gaze of crazy that director Stanley Kubrick worked into most of his movies (see #29 on this list). I'm a big fan.

And there's absolutely no question that I'll be using the cropped version below pretty much constantly throughout the season:

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I hope Mr. Walker and the Post don't mind.* I won't be making any money off of it, I'm pretty sure of that.

ADDENDUM: I think Foote and Ian Laperriere should commission a book entitled "The Greatest Hockey Noses" before they retire and find plastic surgeons.

*Seriously, I hope they don't mind because I don't want to get sued, and all these "cease and desist" letters are starting to pose a serious fire hazard in my condo. The fire marshal is pissed.

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is it thursday yet???

by jd21 on Oct 8, 2008 9:52 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Almost, but not quite :(

Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be PIRATES.
-Mark Twain-

by Americanario on Oct 8, 2008 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh so close. I have a stupid meeting tomorrow night that will probably go past 9. I’d much rather watch the opener live, but will have to do the DVR thing and catch up. And remember, it is only on Versus. Channel 603 on DirecTV. Or flip around and look for bull riding on other systems. My profile pic was The Onion’s clever take on the NHL TV situation, with Bettman announcing he had signed a new deal with the Food Network. The NHL is certainly miles further off of the map thanks to the Versus deal as opposed to if they could have worked something out with the four letter network.

So, do others of you have HD? I don’t. But I’ve heard hockey is amazing on HD. One issue I have heard, though, is if you try to watch a game that isn’t in HD on an HD TV, it looks like crap. Anyone else experience this?

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Oct 8, 2008 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

HD Sports is Nirvana

I’ve got a 50" with an HD feed and watching HD sports – any sport, including curling – is a visual treat.

Watching non-HD feeds on a big screen TV really depends on the originating feed and compression used when transmitting.

For instance, the Flames PPV feeds I’ve watched had terrible image quality. It was no better than blowing up a YouTube video onto the screen.

But other times you’ll get a solid non-HD feed which, while certainly not as impressive as HD, is perfectly adequate.

And if you switch your TV to not stretch the picture for non-HD feeds, it helps the visual a lot. Players don’t look so wide and it brings the pixelation level down dramatically.

by ShaneG on Oct 8, 2008 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I especially love seeing all the blemishes on the reporters faces, that’s always lovely.

by Drakenlot on Oct 8, 2008 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

hehehe, yep

and the loogie trails on the glass

by jd21 on Oct 8, 2008 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

i work as an image processor, so bear in mind I may pay more attention to this than others…..

…but hockey in HD is the way the sport was meant to be viewed. no sport benefits more. it’s really amazing. do it, and do it with dish’s top HD-only package. they’re the cheapest, offer the highest image quality, and they have a great HD-DVR (not quite tivo quality in UI, but way better than the crap direct tv and comcast put out).

really, it’s only by comparison that non-HD hockey sucks on a big HD screen. There’s some natural effects that please the eye coming from old-school cathode-ray stuff, but the signal is generally the same. Some providers, comcast being the worst, over compress their SD signals and that hurts it too. but that is present with or without an HD-TV, you just notice it more by comparison to the HD feeds and because it’s bigger.

by thedoctor on Oct 8, 2008 12:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have a 42" plasma and man, hockey is great in HD. However, I have noticed that the quality of Altitude’s HD feed is not as clear as NBC’s feed. Watching the NHL Classic on NBC was a dream come true. I could see all the skate marks in the ice very clearly. It was almost like being there. I can really tell the difference in HD quality between the two channels; Altitude sucks. I also have Comcast so, as Heir Doktor pointed out, that may be part of the problem. Regardless, I have to say watching hockey on a plasma, HD or not, is miles away from watching games on a regular tv.

2 down, 1 to go... Gettin' the band back together 08-09

by texacogirl on Oct 8, 2008 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally off topic

But is there any Canadian channel showing the game? Even if it’s an enter midgame one.

I hate being in Leafs Nation, I get nothing but Blue and White shoved at me.

by Drakenlot on Oct 8, 2008 11:38 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It looks like, its only on Versus according to NHL.com. No Versus in Toronto?

You can always check sopcast, justintv, and other things like that to try to find a live feed. Every now and then though, the networks realize what is happening and somehow shuts it down.

InYoFace Phadouche! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Oct 8, 2008 6:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've solved it

NHL Gamecenter Live, $30/month is worth being able to watch games live as well as at work when I’m bored.

by Drakenlot on Oct 9, 2008 7:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

PS.

Kubrick was awesome

InYoFace Phadouche! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Oct 8, 2008 9:13 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Counting the hours...

Wooo hoooo! Can’t wait for the game tonight! I am so jealous of those w/HD, hockey is gorgeous on it. Only 11 hrs, 45 mins till the puck drops (sigh).

by Rookie14 on Oct 9, 2008 8:45 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

At least you get to watch it on TV.

I get no TV feeds, so I’m stuck watching it on NHL.com on a miniscule 20’ monitor.

Only Avs games any Canadian station is TSN with the Avs/Flames game on Tues.

by Drakenlot on Oct 9, 2008 9:02 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lucky

I get Vancouver/Washington on Tuesday, at least they’re showing games in Australia though.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Oct 10, 2008 4:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs