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sometimes in my theater room I watch with the center channel turned down/off.
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sometimes in my theater room I watch with the center channel turned down/off.
And Ron MacLean is insufferable in how he thinks the whole show is for his benefitAmazon prime does streaming way better than the mickey mouse job SN plus does. Half the time it logs out the user while the other half it gives errors and other BS. Plus I rather hear Messier talk than Luke Gazdik who thinks Skinner is the best goalie in the NHL
Aside from Bieksa, the rest of the SNet crew are a bunch of clowns
And The Pelican! Get hrm off my TV screen!
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The bias is garbage on sportsnet. Reinhart scores with 20 seconds left and you could feel the disappointment. Like bro c'mon....that was a HUGE moment there show some excitement
Then Drai scores in OT & it was a completely different vibe.
Golden_Jet
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Friedman lost me when he admitted he's a Leafs fan, as a means if justifying SN's obsession with the Leafs I guess.
It wasn't even a matter of "I grew up a Leafs fan so it is harder for me to overcome my bias.."
Bieksa is cool. I do like him and Botterill
It was more along the lines of "Yeah, I am from the Toronto area so of course I grew up a Leafs fan and I'm going to be a fan of them while working on this national broadcast..."
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Jesus bro.....I love the oilers but I also want a professionally called game.
Show some passion both ways that's all I'm looking for. Kenny Albert has been Alot better in these finals. Enough with this everyone is against me mentality, you're not that special bud
I might be one of very few guys that liked Doc Emerick but man I really miss the NBC feed as an alternate for broadcasts. Simpson drives me insane. Hughson was just as bad, glad he hung up the mic. I was never watching the finals on sportsnet back in the nbc cup final days.
I miss him too. I would have preferred him over Cuthbert. He will always have a special place in my heart being the PBP guy on the PS2 NHL games.
That said, he never hid his Canucks bias well at all.
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I'll watch any of the Canadian broadcasts over ESPN (the worst-crap broadcast and panel) and TNT (good panel/crap broadcasters). Michaels and Debrusk are a great team and I'd prefer them but that's not happening for the SC finals.
I agree that Simpson ain't much, but hearing "edzo" say "boosh" 100 times per broadcast makes me want to go on a tower with a high caliber rifle
As an American viewer, oh my God yes.
Also, Olczyk doesn't so much "analyze" as he does make benign comments mid-play like "great pass" and second guess everything that doesn't end up resulting in a goal.
I was never a fan of Cuthbert, even ON TSN...his voice is too high pitched
Bouchard has deserved all the praise, what are you going on about.
Simpson does suck though
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Craig Simpson always has been a stale analyst, but his stale-ness has become far too rotten now. Jim Hughson carried him for years (and Hughson wasn't my favourite PBP guy ever. Liked him better as the Canucks PBP as opposed to national)
Cuthbert, who I've actually liked for a long time, has become a shill Canadian-biased homer and can't call games like he used to
Can we remember CBC's last EPIC and momentous game calls during the Stanley Cup finals? Maybe my memory is short... Or I've been brain-rotted by endless gambling advertisements
Cuthbert, who I've actually liked for a long time, has become a shill Canadian-biased homer and can't call games like he used to
Can we remember CBC's last EPIC and momentous game calls during the Stanley Cup finals? Maybe my memory is short... Or I've been brain-rotted by endless gambling advertisements
Bouchard is a mess when he’s not in the offensive zone ie…both Marchand goals in game two
deca guard
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They broadcast Arizona Cardinals games (which is my team) in Spanish sometimes (or maybe it's for every game, I'm not sure). That sounds exactly like what they say when the Cardinals score a touchdown.
Right.
Like if the Jets were playing Florida right now and Simpson was pumping their tires you'd complain. I doubt it.
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I'd expect the intermission panel to have some dignity and talk about positives and negatives for both teams and don't think the broadcast should be shilling local products. Simple as that.
Like I said 40 times now, it's a National broadcast, not a regional one.
They broadcast Arizona Cardinals games (which is my team) in Spanish sometimes (or maybe it's for every game, I'm not sure). That sounds exactly like what they say when the Cardinals score a touchdown.
Almost Every sport sounds better in Spanish, the only problem at least in wrestling is the spanish table always the first table to get destroyed
