Is the Hockey Guy the best Hockey YouTuber

[slapKing]

Something different. THG is most certainly the most well known hockey YouTuber, but is he the best/most knowledgeable hockey YouTuber?

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[thethirdhockeyman91]

Probably. Does a great job. Has interesting videos up daily.

 

[JaegerDice]

He's certainly the most consistent as far as getting content up, but most of his content is just reading the same facts you can easily find in a post-game report off a whiteboard.

His best videos are his retrospectives IMO, cause he actually talks about how he felt when things happened and such. His look back at the 2011 playoffs, for example, is great, cause he was a fan of both teams in the final.

I enjoy when his cats are lazing around in his videos though. Silly cats, thinking they own the place.

 

[Ghetty Green]

He would be better if he had opinions.

 

[John Mandalorian]

It might be the guy who talks about various NHL topics while playing video games.

 

[PainForShane]

'Best' can mean different things to different people.

His analysis isn't great, but he comes across as a genuinely nice person. If 'best' means best person, then yes, he gets my vote. People like him are good for the world.

 

[Doom Bot]

Johnny superbman

 

[Mrfenn92]

He’s solid

 

[JianYang]

He would be better if he had opinions.

Yeah, he has more opinions on his jersey collection than on hockey teams.

But it's a bit of a catch 22. I think he tries hard not to offend anyone, and I do appreciate that he doesn't go the route of clickbait opinions, but that also takes you to vanilla land pretty quick. It's a delicate balance.

Anyways, he found a niche that obviously works, and he seems like a genuinely good dude other than his terrible taste in hockey teams. So good for him.

 

[HabsCode]

Johnny superbman

Goat GM mode

 

[McFlash97]

Lol he's a Canuck homer masked as a massive hockey Aficianado. It makes him money so why not.
His all time defenseman ratings was comical.
Not even close to the best hockey youtuber.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Lol he's a Canuck homer masked as a massive hockey Aficianado. It makes him money so why not.
His all time defenseman ratings was comical.
Not even close to the best hockey youtuber.

I can't find the video of his ratings. Do you have a link? Or the list?

 

[Sol]

Yeah, he has more opinions on his jersey collection than on hockey teams.

But it's a bit of a catch 22. I think he tries hard not to offend anyone, and I do appreciate that he doesn't go the route of clickbait opinions, but that also takes you to vanilla land pretty quick. It's a delicate balance.

Anyways, he found a niche that obviously works, and he seems like a genuinely good dude other than his terrible taste in hockey teams. So good for him.

Like Eck. Dude has a decent channel size but all his content is clickbait titles 2 minute game clips.

 

[LeProspector]

He’s perfect for a more causal fan. I am not that so I don’t enjoy his content at all.

 

[McFlash97]

I can't find the video of his ratings. Do you have a link? Or the list?

Here is the comical list.
Lol some of the dmen must have shxxx on the Canucks in his prime. The list clearly demonstrates his homerism more than his hockey knowledge.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Here is the comical list.
Lol some of the dmen must have shxxx on the Canucks in his prime. The list clearly demonstrates his homerism more than his hockey knowledge.

Well you're certainly right that it's a terrible list.

 

[elmaco]

No, not even close.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

I have nothing against the guy and I admire the fact that he’s made a success out of his channel, but his content is dull as dishwater. Game summaries and reading out stats with little in the way of interesting analysis.

If you like it fair play, but not for me.

 

[HabzSauce]

Johnny superbman

ZODDDDD. His Utah Yeti series was fire. Turning point for his GM career was signing Laine, just saying

 

[JoVel]

I prefer the EA NHL Youtubers who get sent ultimate team packs by EA, and they then promote them to all the 12 year olds.

 

[Boonk]

I can never get enough of that whiteboard of his.

EckhartsHockey, RobTalksHockey and HockeyPsychology on YT are good watches too. Urinating Tree has good NHL sportsball videos whenever he decides to upload NHL content.

 

[Akrapovince]

I don’t get more from him than I would a hockeydb or looking up stats myself. In my opinion, he’s a worse version of the highlights that sportsnet use to do for nightly recaps.

Not much interesting insight or breaking news. Personally, I prefer YouTubers that track prospects and give insights and project teams and trades and things like that.

Graviteh is my guy, personally.

 

[CanadienShark]

Probably. There's nothing really spectacular out there that covers the whole league.

 

[MrLouniverse]

I enjoy falling asleep to his videos, but I don't seem much reason to watch them fully conscious as I can read the boxscores of games I didn't watch/a stats page. Then again, I do not care for any hockey "youtubers" all that much, so I voted yes.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

God no, this guy is so boring, so vanilla, so Canadian.