Starting next month, I am being relocated to North Carolina for work for what I'm told will be about 5 months. The only major problem with this is that I'll be moving away from consistent Hawks coverage that I currently get in the Chicago market area.

I've seen a few people complain about how difficult it is to follow the Hawks from outside the Chicago area, even if you buy the Center Ice package or whatever else the NHL Network calls themselves. What do you guys recommend as the best option for following the Hawks? Center Ice? Some sort of satellite package? Just scouring the web to find feeds that people provide for you?

My uncle mentioned something about getting a dish from Dish Network, having it set up here so that it receives local Chicago channels like CSN and WGN Chicago, and then taking that dish with me. I don't know if anybody else has tried this or if it's worth looking into.

If, for any reason, any of you will be making the trip down to Raleigh to see the Hawks play the Hurricanes next month, I'll be there. Plenty of good seats still available.