Hammond is blogging again mother****ers!!!

[Captain Mittens*]

http://www.ocregister.com/blogs/kings

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[TonySCV]

Gentle Ben breaks the news that's worth breaking.

Nice!

 

[Ron*]

Yup, and we won't get the watered-down, tepid Kings' version of events either.

Time to take the gloves off Rich, and tell it like it is. Not like the Kings want you to tell it like it is.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Woohoo! Best news of the offseason, followed by the Gaborik re-signing and San Jose Sharks rebuild.

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Great news! Favorite saved. Thanks, Gentle Ben.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Rush the stage!

 

[Reclamation Project]

Rosen's pretty good.

 

[Quattro]

Yup, and we won't get the watered-down, tepid Kings' version of events either.

Time to take the gloves off Rich, and tell it like it is. Not like the Kings want you to tell it like it is.

because the team is doing so much wrong right now it should be ripped by the media?

 

[Captain Mittens*]

because the team is doing so much wrong right now it should be ripped by the media?

I don't think he was saying that at all, despite the fact that Ron does bring it everyday)

Hammond reported on everything before the Kings hired him (back when he was with the Daily news)
Hammond actually semi broke the William's trade because (being the good reporter that he is) found out about it on some obscure small Canadian blogger site.

That kinda stuff stopped happening when he was with the Kings.


That is what I think Ron was talking about.

 

[King'sPawn]

I still like Rosen more, but Hammond is solid.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

I still like Rosen more, but Hammond is solid.

Rosen is 10,000x better on TV and Video. I think Hammond's writing is infinitely better

 

[Captain Mittens*]

I sucks that I can't edit posts. Maybe not infinitely, but quite a bit

 

[Captain Mittens*]

On a scale of one to Paris Hilton, how much does it suck?

It sucks at the Amanda Bynes level

 

[topliner967]

Excellent, thanks for bringing it to our attention

 

[Ron*]

because the team is doing so much wrong right now it should be ripped by the media?

I don't think he was saying that at all, despite the fact that Ron does bring it everyday)

Hammond reported on everything before the Kings hired him (back when he was with the Daily news)
Hammond actually semi broke the William's trade because (being the good reporter that he is) found out about it on some obscure small Canadian blogger site.

That kinda stuff stopped happening when he was with the Kings.


That is what I think Ron was talking about.

Pretty much this.

Quattro fail; GBK got my mind read.

 

[TonySCV]

because the team is doing so much wrong right now it should be ripped by the media?

Quattro... always at the ready with the wet blanket.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Quattro... always at the ready with the wet blanket.

Quattro gets a pass for being the Kings of the Stanley Cup pictures thread

But , I could also see how Ron's post could have been misconstrued.

As you guys can tell by my like of an avatar, I am a very reasonable person who is very easy to get a long with an that i am able to diffuse any situation.

 

[Quattro]

I never saw any notable difference between Hammond's blog with the Daily News and with the Kings.

People were predisposed to assume he was being CENSORED and looked for evidence that wasn't there, despite his constant assurances that he was allowed to be independent.

 

[kingsfan28]

Meh. Hammond was ok, but there was something about his style of writing that bugged me. I'm just glad he's no longer part of the broadcast team. I don't think anyone ever pointed out to him that suits need to be tailored.

 

[King'sPawn]

Rosen is 10,000x better on TV and Video. I think Hammond's writing is infinitely better

I agree. Hammond is much stronger technically, but can't feign enthusiasm. So, he looks and sounds awkward in presentation. He treats it as strictly reporting, which I appreciate. If I was stuck on TV/radio, I would do the same thing, only worse.

Rosen... You know he's a fan, and he projects the appropriate enthusiasm and energy in his words and mannerisms. However, I think his technical writing suffers from his energy. Plus, I like being able to brag how the Kings blogger is better at play-by-play than Brian Hayward.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

I agree. Hammond is much stronger technically, but can't feign enthusiasm. So, he looks and sounds awkward in presentation. He treats it as strictly reporting, which I appreciate. If I was stuck on TV/radio, I would do the same thing, only worse.

Rosen... You know he's a fan, and he projects the appropriate enthusiasm and energy in his words and mannerisms. However, I think his technical writing suffers from his energy. Plus, I like being able to brag how the Kings blogger is better at play-by-play than Brian Hayward.

You are describing the difference between a reporter and a TV show host.

Rosen's strength is TV. In a perfect world, Hammond does the blog and Rosen interviews players, does the Kingsvision ****, and does the features between periods.

We have the best of both worlds now.

 

[FrozenRoyalty]

I never saw any notable difference between Hammond's blog with the Daily News and with the Kings.

People were predisposed to assume he was being CENSORED and looked for evidence that wasn't there, despite his constant assurances that he was allowed to be independent.

Those who claimed that Hammond was censored by the Kings were either blind or just competely ignorant.

All you need to know is that Hammond broke the story a few years ago that resulted in Dean Lombardi being fined by the NHL $50,000 for his remarks.

A team reporter who is censored would never be allowed to publish that story. Not in a million years, yet so many continued to claim that Hammond was censored. Simply moronic.

 

[Ron*]

I never saw any notable difference between Hammond's blog with the Daily News and with the Kings.

People were predisposed to assume he was being CENSORED and looked for evidence that wasn't there, despite his constant assurances that he was allowed to be independent.

Those who claimed that Hammond was censored by the Kings were either blind or just competely ignorant.

All you need to know is that Hammond broke the story a few years ago that resulted in Dean Lombardi being fined by the NHL $50,000 for his remarks.

A team reporter who is censored would never be allowed to publish that story. Not in a million years, yet so many continued to claim that Hammond was censored. Simply moronic.

I don't know about being censored, but he was sure influenced by both the league and the team. Didn't they make a big deal out of an article he wrote about the lockout, and that's why he left?

I don't remember the full details, but that is what impressed me most about his leaving.

 

[Winger23]

I don't know about being censored, but he was sure influenced by both the league and the team. Didn't they make a big deal out of an article he wrote about the lockout, and that's why he left?

I don't remember the full details, but that is what impressed me most about his leaving.

While I think any extra coverage this gives the kings is good, and while he's a good journalist, hes not even a kings fan let alone a hockey fan. Not a fan of his to be honest.

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

I don't know about being censored, but he was sure influenced by both the league and the team. Didn't they make a big deal out of an article he wrote about the lockout, and that's why he left?

I don't remember the full details, but that is what impressed me most about his leaving.

Deadspin had a good article about Rich Hammond's reason for leaving.

Last month, Hammond interviewed Kings winger Kevin Westgarth, the team's union rep. Westgarth was open, and outspoken, and largely toed the NHLPA line. But the content of the comments didn't matter. Hammond, as an NHL employee, was not supposed to have any contact with players during the lockout. Never mind that he's not a trainer, or an executive, but rather an ostensibly independent reporter—he's forbidden from speaking with the players.

As relayed by a student in that USC class to Kings blog Jewels From The Crown, the NHL pressured both Hammond and the Kings to take the Westgarth story down. The Kings, to their infinite credit, refused. They negotiated with the NHL to see if there was any way around the restrictions, to let Hammond continue to do his job, but no dice. The NHL wasn't budging.

So Hammond's gone. He had been approached by the Register about the USC beat, but after the NHL's pushback—the first time his blog's integrity had been indisputably compromised—he renewed negotiations, and decided to take the job. And if NHL interference didn't shove him out the door, it certainly held it open for him.