Even Amber seems like fake enthusiasm.. him and botterill are like they are they taking their broadcasting final exam everytime
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Leaf Rocket
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ULF_55
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So wonder where they'll out source it to?
Like Bieksa knowledgeable and willing to tell it.
Kypreos would be okay doesn't take it seriously and it is a game.
Hrudey could do without, he tries but find his comments usually have an angle.
Ron's time is up.
Don't watch hockey for the between period entertainers anyway.
I'm sure the new group will follow the trends.
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Leaf Rocket
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Honestly, the TNT crew in between intermissions is actually entertaining and knowledgeable. I am also assuming they are told to emulate what the NBA has done on TNT hence it feels good.
Hopefully Sportsnet does something of that and makes it fun.
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"been hockey people"
Hopefully, that holds and they don't go for "Dangle" entertainment.
Unless some think that's a "hockey people."
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CBC will go with people who will follow the marching orders of a publicly funded organization who has been getting a lot of #DefundCBC trends on twitter.
It will be the most bland cold and soft news takes in history. I expect they'll still sort of be hockey people but they won't be stars or anything. Even if they have a good hot take will be told to tone it down because it can't be controversial.
They don't want to get accused of any Toronto bias so they will all be from outside Ontario. And if they played in the NHL won't have ever played for the Leafs.
It will be the most bland cold and soft news takes in history. I expect they'll still sort of be hockey people but they won't be stars or anything. Even if they have a good hot take will be told to tone it down because it can't be controversial.
They don't want to get accused of any Toronto bias so they will all be from outside Ontario. And if they played in the NHL won't have ever played for the Leafs.
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I doubt it would be Dangle. They will continue to go with people who understand the game.
Menzinger
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The TNT guys blow away the Sportsnet (and even TNS) out of the water as far as entertainment goes.
Being in people who can be engaging on camera and actually come across like they enjoy being there
Being in people who can be engaging on camera and actually come across like they enjoy being there
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Tanner Jeannot signs new deal worth over $5 million.
After giving up a ton of draft picks for him ahead of the deadline, the Lightning have re-signed Tanner Jeannot to a new deal.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have secured the services of their young enforcer for the foreseeable future.
According to an official announcement from the Lightning, the organization has signed forward Tanner Jeannot to a new 2 year deal worth $5.33 million over the full term of the contract. That will work out to an average annual value and salary cap hit of $2.665 million per season.
There was never any question that this deal would get done considering the Lightning gave up a ton of assets to acquire Jeannot ahead of the National Hockey League's March trade deadline. The Lightning gave up defenseman Cal Foote, a conditional first round pick at the 2025 draft, a second round pick in the 2024 draft, and a third, fourth and fifth round pick at the recent 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
ULF_55
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Thanks.
Tanner Jeannot was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning by the Nashville Predators on Sunday.
Nashville received defenseman Cal Foote, a conditional first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, and a third-, fourth- and fifth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.
Was TDD April 1st.?
Yzerman o' Yzerman where art thou?
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The cost TB gave up at the traded deadline was almost as bad as the Leafs sacrificed for renting Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari for 11 playoff games, except they still have the player now re-signed,
Maple Leafs acquire Ryan O'Reilly, Noel Acciari from Blues in three-team trade
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues in a three-team trade that also includes the Minnesota Wild.In exchange for O'Reilly and Acciari, the Blues received forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette, a 2023 first-round pick, a 2023 third-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick.
With the Maple Leafs up against the salary cap, the Blues retained 50% of O'Reilly's $7.5 million cap hit, and the Wild retained 50% of the remaining $3,750,000 before sending him to the Maple Leafs.
For its part in absorbing a portion of O'Reilly's salary, Minnesota received Toronto's fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
ULF_55
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Yes, Lightning and Leafs really stretched on these guys.
Lightning lost to Leafs in the first round, but they get to keep a player who may be a 20 goal scorer, or might be a 10 goal scorer.
Who'd he play with in Nashville that got him the puck?
Mickey Marner
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Makes one appreciate Belfour more for just offering to pay the officers 1 billion dollars.
Jimmy Firecracker
Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheque.
It really blows for Kase that concussion issues have seemingly ended what could've been a good NHL career.
CelticDruid
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Amber is far more enjoyable to listen too and Ronnie should have left when Don was canned.
ULF_55
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The guy clearly loves hockey to keep playing after going through so much. I just hope it doesn't hurt him long-term. Considering he only played 3 games in 2020-2021 and 1 game in 2022-2023, we're pretty lucky that we had him for 50 regular season + all 7 playoff games in 2021-2022.
This is the thing, what is Toronto or Leafs bias? Like when did that ever happened on HNIC? Maybe when Cherry was still doing his bit in the first period.
Also, who accused HNIC for Toronto or Leafs bias? if anything, they have been pissing off Leafsnation as they are always against the Leafs, thus creating buzz.
Hockey fans in general just want a good show. The fact that the prime game on HNIC is usually Leafs means the people during the 1st intermission will talk about the Leafs bc they just televised their first period. IF producers of the show don't understand this simple concept, they should not be making any shows. Hence, thats why their ratings are crap and they still don't seem to understand why that is the case.
Doesn't matter if you have Clark on the panel, or the Sedins on the panel, they are supposed to talk about what happened during the first period, and if the Leafs is playing, they will talk about the Leafs. Just like when people watch HNIC at 7pm EST, they know that it will usually be the Leafs Vs Team X instead of another Canadian Team Vs Team X.
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