2024-2025 Around The League Part 2

[MacKaRtin]

Friedman has become the master of speculation that people take literally over the years

Sounds like he's protecting himself from libel. It seems to me he doesn't want to risk getting sued

 

[Gumballhead]

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[GeoRox89]

Man, I have hard time believing a single word coming out of Friedchicken's mouth.

Can see this in general but do find it a little odd in this context. The statements coming directly from them suggest that the Bruins were pissed. It was odd right from the start that they were the ones that announced McAvoy’s tournament was done

I can’t remember ever seeing a statement from a team doctor that seems to take a shot at another doctor’s care before. The implication is clearly there that it was the US team medical staff’s treatment that lead to the infection

 

[Pokecheque]

Yeah it doesn't take an insider to see they're pissed. I also don't think it's unheard of to say that McAvoy clearly got hurt in the first game or whatever, and standard procedure in those cases is a shot to take down any inflammation/pain. There are things I don't love about Friedman's coverage, and as has been pointed out before, the 32 Thoughts column/show does tend to have him speculate waaaaaaay more than he used to, but I just don't think he's out of bounds in this instance.

 

[S E P H]

Absolutely fun city, one of the best places in the States.

But it isn't very huge market I'd assume.

A lot of people are misinterpreting..."having a meeting" to "expansion team four years from now." There has been an investment team that has wanted an NHL team in NOLA for the past twenty years. And there is no way, I mean NO WAY that NOLA is getting a team.

 

[McMetal]

A lot of people are misinterpreting..."having a meeting" to "expansion team four years from now." There has been an investment team that has wanted an NHL team in NOLA for the past twenty years. And there is no way, I mean NO WAY that NOLA is getting a team.

Quebec City has been "having meetings" with the NHL for years now. Obviously, nothing has actually happened, and I think it's WAY more likely that Quebec City gets a team than New Orleans. That is to say: never happening.

 

[Foppa2118]

Friedman has become the master of speculation that people take literally over the years

Which I don't really get, because he makes it very clear when he's speculating, and when he's basing things off what he heard. He's transparent when he doesn't have 100% of the info, and he's very precise with his language.

Even in that video he emphasizes that, "it seems like..." and "it sounds like....I don't know exactly what happened" and "from what I understand..." and "I don't know if he was given a needle or something like that, or a shot or something like that, and it got infected, but it was something along these lines."

That to me sounds like he has a pretty good idea what happened, but wants to be clear with his audience that he doesn't have all the facts. It tells me that Elliotte is trying to be professional, and that he cares about not misleading his audience.

That's enough for me to get a read on how likely what he says is true, and it sounds to me like the key parts of it probably are.

As opposed to someone like Seravalli who's so motivated by self interest, he'll jump the gun and report very matter of factly that Kotkaniemi has been traded to the Avs, because he wants to be first. He deleted the tweet so I can't verify, but I don't think he used anything like the kind of careful language Elliotte uses.

Elliotte is paid big bucks now, and along with that, comes Sportsnet wanting him to speculate a bit more, and talk more about what he hears, rather than just what he knows, because that's what fans want. They want gossip and rumors.

I'm sure fans would rather know this information about McAvoy than not know it, and I thought he used the proper language to convey to fans what he heard.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Which I don't really get, because he makes it very clear when he's speculating, and when he's basing things off what he heard. He's transparent when he doesn't have 100% of the info, and he's very precise with his language.

Even in that video he emphasizes that, "it seems like..." and "it sounds like....I don't know exactly what happened" and "from what I understand..." and "I don't know if he was given a needle or something like that, or a shot or something like that, and it got infected, but it was something along these lines."

That to me sounds like he has a pretty good idea what happened, but wants to be clear with his audience that he doesn't have all the facts. It tells me that Elliotte is trying to be professional, and that he cares about not misleading his audience.

That's enough for me to get a read on how likely what he says is true, and it sounds to me like the key parts of it probably are.

As opposed to someone like Seravalli who's so motivated by self interest, he'll jump the gun and report very matter of factly that Kotkaniemi has been traded to the Avs, because he wants to be first. He deleted the tweet so I can't verify, but I don't think he used anything like the kind of careful language Elliotte uses.

Elliotte is paid big bucks now, and along with that, comes Sportsnet wanting him to speculate a bit more, and talk more about what he hears, rather than just what he knows, because that's what fans want. They want gossip and rumors.

I'm sure fans would rather know this information about McAvoy than not know it, and I thought he used the proper language to convey to fans what he heard.

Yeah I'm totally with you. Everyone complains about how Friedge speculates more now, which he does objectively, but its always very clear when he's speculating vs reporting. Maybe the speculating is annoying to some, but at least he's clear when he does it and it's usually informed speculation imo.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Which I don't really get, because he makes it very clear when he's speculating, and when he's basing things off what he heard. He's transparent when he doesn't have 100% of the info, and he's very precise with his language.

Even in that video he emphasizes that, "it seems like..." and "it sounds like....I don't know exactly what happened" and "from what I understand..." and "I don't know if he was given a needle or something like that, or a shot or something like that, and it got infected, but it was something along these lines."

That to me sounds like he has a pretty good idea what happened, but wants to be clear with his audience that he doesn't have all the facts. It tells me that Elliotte is trying to be professional, and that he cares about not misleading his audience.

That's enough for me to get a read on how likely what he says is true, and it sounds to me like the key parts of it probably are.

As opposed to someone like Seravalli who's so motivated by self interest, he'll jump the gun and report very matter of factly that Kotkaniemi has been traded to the Avs, because he wants to be first. He deleted the tweet so I can't verify, but I don't think he used anything like the kind of careful language Elliotte uses.

Elliotte is paid big bucks now, and along with that, comes Sportsnet wanting him to speculate a bit more, and talk more about what he hears, rather than just what he knows, because that's what fans want. They want gossip and rumors.

I'm sure fans would rather know this information about McAvoy than not know it, and I thought he used the proper language to convey to fans what he heard.

I get what you are saying. You are right, as I pointed out earlier, he said "It sounds like... I don't know if he got a shot or something, I don't know exactly what happened." But then he continued to speculate for the entire episode. The vast majority of what he says is speculation which makes it harder and harder to take his "information" on face value.

Does he want to be a journalist or a dear abby advice column? The way I look at it, you either deal in information or you deal in speculation, but it is impossible to do both honestly.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[S E P H]

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Everyone from that draft class is pretty ugly AF. Barzal and Mikko are the only hot stuff from 2015 lol.

 

[GeoRox89]

Everyone from that draft class is pretty ugly AF. Barzal and Mikko are the only hot stuff from 2015 lol.

This is such a random post I had to look up who was in that class and this is a more accurate assessment than expected. Favourite player of wives all over BC, Boeser, is a pretty big omission though

 

[S E P H]

This is such a random post I had to look up who was in that class and this is a more accurate assessment than expected. Favourite player of wives all over BC, Boeser, is a pretty big omission though

Totally random for sure, but something I haphazardly noticed lol.

 

[Balthazar]

 

[dahrougem2]

Got himself embarrassed on the OTG by both his buddy and the guy Leafs fans think he's better than.

In Boston again, too.

This guy's career - Rockets aside - has been a nightmare lol.

 

[MacKaRtin]

Got himself embarrassed on the OTG by both his buddy and the guy Leafs fans think he's better than.

In Boston again, too.

This guy's career - Rockets aside - has been a nightmare lol.

You mean aside from the $124 million in career earnings from playing a game?

 

[dahrougem2]

You mean aside from the $124 million in career earnings from playing a game?

Everyone makes money, that's not the debate here. We're strictly talking winning with teams here.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

He was still the USA's most dangerous forward and almost won the game on his own if not for Binner

As an Ontario native, I hate the Leafs and their fans more than most, but Matthews wasn't the problem last night, regardless of his defensive blunder on the OT goal

 

[dahrougem2]

He was still the USA's most dangerous forward and almost won the game on his own if not for Binner

As an Ontario native, I hate the Leafs and their fans more than most, but Matthews wasn't the problem last night, regardless of his defensive blunder on the OT goal

Well we can't just ignore this, can we? That blunder cost them the tournament.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Well we can't just ignore this, can we? That blunder cost them the tournament.

ROR's comments leaving TooManyLosers ring loudly, and louder with every instance of his failure.