C Easton Cowan - London Knights, OHL (2023, 28th, TOR)

[Peasy]

Yeh I follow them when I need a good laugh. But this is different, this is Team Canada we’re talking about. I just watched the US Canada game in full and had some thoughts on this fraud of a prospect, who was a key reason why we lost that game. Don’t like my thoughts, the ignore button is right there.

It's okay man one day the Oilers will draft someone again worth bringing to this tournament

 

[TheNumber4]

It's okay man one day the Oilers will draft someone again worth bringing to this tournament

We have 2 players in this tournament including a 2nd rd pick on Team Canada. I think that's fine considering were legit Cup contenders and not first round fodder every year.

 

[Fatass]

I know it is fashionable to knock anything regarding the Leafs on this board but come on....Cowan is just a kid......and it isn't like he is the only one having a bad time at this juniors tourney.....lots of other Canadian players have been suspect as well.....people calling Cowan a fraud and bust because of a few games is ludicrous ......

Fans jumped on Jake Virtanen for an equally bad World juniors.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Didn’t say you said anything about the Leafs. I said you were complaining about Marner’s lacklustre world juniors and how this cycle just rinses and repeats. The circle of hate.

Uhh no all I said was he needed to bulk up a bit. If any player I ever mentioned at the world juniors constitutes “hate” then I must “hate” half the league.

 

[Golden_Jet]

So the leading Canadian goal scorer has one goal? Interesting.

Now you’re catching on, 10 players are tied with one goal. Which is terrible.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Now you’re catching on, 10 players are tied with one goal. Which is terrible.

Got it.

So leading the team in points, while also leading the team in goals along with 9 others.

 

[LeafsNet]

Uh yes they are. Those are literally the only dedicated sports options in this country. Most sports radio is either owned or affiliated with one of them.

It’s not Toronto’s fault that its two local sports channels are being broadcast nationally. Don’t like it, start your own channels. Nobody is stopping anybody from starting Calgary Sports Network or Jets Net.

They all get bought out by either Rogers or Bell. No small company can compete with these behemoths. They have the infrastructure, they have the deep pockets, they even hold most distribution. This is by design.

Again, that’s not Toronto’s fault. That’s the failure of your own politicians and your regions inability to be competitive with the Greater Toronto and Ontario.

They aren't Toronto sports channels. They are National Sports Networks that have Toronto sports channels.

Except they are Toronto sports channels.

TSN has been in Toronto since 1984, it only was picked up nationally in 1997….a whole 13 years after its inception. Ir was originally known as Action Sports Canada Network as a pay-per-view channel, and joined basic cable in 1988. It remained a local Toronto channel until 1997, when CRTC granted it permission to be broadcast nationally across Canada.

Sportsnet follows a similar path…to compete with TSN going national, Sportsnet began following a similar model back in 1996….it went national in 1999/2000.

They also have a plethora of other channels based on different regions. The frustrating thing is they treat the rest of the country, which they purchased and signed up to cover, as an afterthought.

I’m well aware of those other channels. Fun fact: RDS, the TSN French spin off, was broadcast in Toronto until the early 2010s.

Earlier this year SN had a Jets v Flames game, two Canadian teams that were both at the time leading their respective divisions. The HNIC intermission panel spent about 30 seconds on discussing that game before using the rest of the 8 minute segment to talk about the Leafs PP woes in a game that had already finished.

Like I said, imagine crying about two Toronto sports channels talking about Toronto sports teams.

Ain’t nobody stopping you from creating Calgary Sports Network or Jets Net. Nobody really cares about the Flames or Jets outside of Calgary or Winnipeg.

The Leafs on the other hand are Canada’s Team…whether you want to accept it or whine about it, that’s just a fact. They bring in the ratings. I’m not watching no damn game between the Flames and Jets and if the intermission isn’t talking about the Leafs, I just change the channel.

Tough luck. That’s capitalism and competition for you. Remember, it’s Trudeau’s fault. We can’t have communism here.

 

[wetcoast]

That he's leading the team in ice time for fwds is a real indictment on the roster building. He's a fine player and should be a decent NHLer at some point but this is not the guy to be carrying the mail for a national team. He's 5th on his junior team in scoring ffs(I know he's missed some games).

That he's taking a penalty like that one late in the 3rd and trying to toe drag defenders every shift in the NZ is a real indictment on the coaching. That's not a coach that has his team on the same page.



Uh yes they are. Those are literally the only dedicated sports options in this country. Most sports radio is either owned or affiliated with one of them.

They all get bought out by either Rogers or Bell. No small company can compete with these behemoths. They have the infrastructure, they have the deep pockets, they even hold most distribution. This is by design.



They aren't Toronto sports channels. They are National Sports Networks that have Toronto sports channels. They also have a plethora of other channels based on different regions. The frustrating thing is they treat the rest of the country, which they purchased and signed up to cover, as an afterthought. Earlier this year SN had a Jets v Flames game, two Canadian teams that were both at the time leading their respective divisions. The HNIC intermission panel spent about 30 seconds on discussing that game before using the rest of the 8 minute segment to talk about the Leafs PP woes in a game that had already finished.

It's a numbers game and the golden horseshoe has the most numbers.

It's just reality and the bickering about it is the counterpoint as sports loves a villain.

BTW it's the same thing with the local radio sports channel that is like 90% Canucks and never talks about anything else.

I don't like it so I choose not to listen as I'm a hockey fan and like all sports.

 

[Mathieukferland]

I feel bad for him for all the flack he’s taken on Twitter (of course that’s always going to be amplified because of the team that drafted him), the coaching staff and management have set him up to fail by making him the focal point of their offense. I would have had him in a fourth line match up role to inject bursts of energy and piss and vinegre, not as the focal point of the offense with the most TOI

 

[Golden_Jet]

It’s not Toronto’s fault that its two local sports channels are being broadcast nationally.

TSN broadcasts regional games not National games.

if the intermission isn’t talking about the Leafs, I just change the channel.

so not a hockey fan then, just a leafs fan, no-one cares what you watch at intermission.

 

[LeafsNet]

TSN broadcasts regional games not National games.

Yes.

so not a hockey fan then, just a leafs fan, no-one cares what you watch at intermission.

I’m a Toronto sports fan, I’ll watch the Leafs, Raptors, Jays, TFC etc. Plenty of options here.

 

[Bounces R Way]

It’s not Toronto’s fault that its two local sports channels are being broadcast nationally. Don’t like it, start your own channels. Nobody is stopping anybody from starting Calgary Sports Network or Jets Net.



Again, that’s not Toronto’s fault. That’s the failure of your own politicians and your regions inability to be competitive with the Greater Toronto and Ontario.



Except they are Toronto sports channels.

TSN has been in Toronto since 1984, it only was picked up nationally in 1997….a whole 13 years after its inception. Ir was originally known as Action Sports Canada Network as a pay-per-view channel, and joined basic cable in 1988. It remained a local Toronto channel until 1997, when CRTC granted it permission to be broadcast nationally across Canada.

Sportsnet follows a similar path…to compete with TSN going national, Sportsnet began following a similar model back in 1996….it went national in 1999/2000.



I’m well aware of those other channels. Fun fact: RDS, the TSN French spin off, was broadcast in Toronto until the early 2010s.



Like I said, imagine crying about two Toronto sports channels talking about Toronto sports teams.

Ain’t nobody stopping you from creating Calgary Sports Network or Jets Net. Nobody really cares about the Flames or Jets outside of Calgary or Winnipeg.

The Leafs on the other hand are Canada’s Team…whether you want to accept it or whine about it, that’s just a fact. They bring in the ratings. I’m not watching no damn game between the Flames and Jets and if the intermission isn’t talking about the Leafs, I just change the channel.

Tough luck. That’s capitalism and competition for you. Remember, it’s Trudeau’s fault. We can’t have communism here.

Ahh ok, so you're just doing a bit. Carry on then.
I sympathize, really can't be easy being a Toronto sports fan. All that failure caught in 4K.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Ahh ok, so you're just doing a bit. Carry on then.
I sympathize, really can't be easy being a Toronto sports fan. All that failure caught in 4K.

Ya it was a funny take thinking TSN1,2,3,4,5 and Sportsnet Ontario, East, West and Pacific are all Toronto sports channels

 

[leafsfan2point0]

The Toronto hate is real lol

 

[Golden_Jet]

The Toronto hate is real lol

It was talk about Cowan in the WJC until leaf fans derailed it with comments similar to those above.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

It was talk about Cowan in the WJC until leaf fans derailed it with comments similar to those above.

It was talk about Cowan in the WJC until Toronto haters derailed it with comments similar to those above.

Edit:

I don’t see Rehkoph or any other Canadian players getting this much hate. Apparently it’s all on Cowan. He’s the only reason Canada has disappointed so far. Say Canada turns it around and Cowan plays great, something tells me the usual suspects won’t be singing his praises in here.

 

[Golden_Jet]

It was talk about Cowan in the WJC until leaf fans derailed it with comments similar to those above.

lol you’re the one that initially derailed it.

Cowen, Minten, Knies, and Marner have all gotten hate from this tournament because of the team that drafted them. Don’t feed the trolls.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

lol you’re the one that initially derailed it.

There were many comments about him before I said anything. He’s been getting hate all tournament long. Not just on HF… Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikToks made about him. He’s a 19 year old kid and the tournament isn’t even over. Lots of people need to turn it down a notch or two.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

People are projecting their own rage at Cowan and he hasn’t been horrible entirely — Definitely undoubtedly horrible in on-ice demeanor and IQ, but he’s one of the few Canadian forwards who is trying to spark a dead offense.

Now we see why Beaudoin, among others, should have been cut. Cowan should have been with Barkey or Sennecke on the other wing. Hage would have been perfect between them. That’s the top line, or the second line that plays like a top line.

Not pinning all this on Cameron but he deserves the most criticism. Cowan is an easy target but after watching all four games, the issues run way deeper than Cowan. Way, way deeper.

 

[BillDineen]

guyzzzzzzzzzz stop picking on the Leafs prospect!!!!

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Selfish af

 

[LeProspector]

Certainly one of the world junior players of all time

 

[LeProspector]

 

[Tanknation]

What a horrible hockey player. Zero IQ. You can tell his own players seem to hate him or at the very least how selfish he is.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

What a horrible hockey player.

Yes, the reigning OHL regular season and playoff MVP is a horrible hockey player.

Leave your bias at the door next time.

 

[VeteranPresence]

Yes, the reigning OHL regular season and playoff MVP is a horrible hockey player.

Leave your bias at the door next time.

Oh so just like Brad Boyes, another successful Leafs first rounder