Around the NHL 2015-16: Part II
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SeanDog
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Everyone knew some (many?) of the views for Islanders games were going to be terrible but it's inexplicable why the team would place an advertising banner in a manner that further impairs an already terrible sightline. If they had hung the banner lower it would still be visible on TV and for those in the arena without angering already upset ticket holders. In a year when they team should be bending over backwards to accommodate fans they appear to doing the opposite, at least until they cave to fan pressure.
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Beerz
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It's absolutely ridiculous and embarrassing that one of the best teams in the NHL with one of the best players in the NHL is only pulling in 11,000 fans a night.
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ESPN pulls the plug on grantland:
http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/
Sean McIndoe is one of the best hockey blog/writers out there. Too funny and his insights are right on the money most of the time. Such a shame to see his column come to an end.
http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/
Sean McIndoe is one of the best hockey blog/writers out there. Too funny and his insights are right on the money most of the time. Such a shame to see his column come to an end.
Jim Bob
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tsujimoto74
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I have a feeling the Islanders/Barclays marriage will be a brief one. That arena is god-awful for hockey.
misterchainsaw
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There's no way Sean "Down Goes Brown" McIndoe doesn't get snapped up in a heartbeat. He's one of the best and the funniest. I just hope he doesn't go to Deadspin - any Gawker site is the trash of the internet. I could see Sportsnet.ca grabbing him, or maybe TSN. The Hockey News is a shell of what it used to be, though thankfully, that hack Adam Proteau is gone.
McIndoe will have another job in a week if not less - or maybe ESPN keeps him for the main site. As long as you don't need "Insider" to read him.
struckbyaparkedcar
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I thought the bane of Grantland's hockey coverage was forcing MacIndoe away from humor and more towards analysis instead of signing a strong analytical lead like Lowe/Barnwell/Keri. That person, him and Baker would have been a great trifecta.
I just hope he doesn't go to Yahoo. Wyshynski is garbage.
I just hope he doesn't go to Yahoo. Wyshynski is garbage.
Ha ha ha - Wyshynski and I were going back and forth on Twitter last night. I compared him to Adam Proteau for publishing stuff like "Winnipeg Jets ban headdresses at Blackhawks games" which are more political, in my opinion. I guess he didn't like the Proteau comparison...
Puck Daddy isn't great but it was worse when Harrison Mooney was there. He was a sanctimonious hack who tried to show how evolved and progressive he was until he got canned for sexually harassing girls on Twitter.
Honestly, I think Sportsnet.ca would be McIndoe's best bet but I'll follow him wherever he goes.
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Their mistake was not letting him be a humorist, I hope they don't go for a humorist to replace him?
Bill Simmons is supposed to launch a "new" Grantland-type site with HBO. I wonder if McIndoe and others go there:
http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-simmons-website-2015-9
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Beerz
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Calgary looks awful. You'd have to lack integrity to root for a team like that.
Their "culture" looks great...
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