Jim Hughson

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Fakes....Takes - It's a drinking game.

 

[eviohh26*]

As a Vancouver fan he is awsome. Ha!! Now you guys know what it feels to listen to all your Toronto biased crap!

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

Love Hughson. Great pbp voice.

Guy used to be a Canuck homer, but has changed his tune since going national—seems like he's purposely biased against VAN now.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

Fakes....Takes - It's a drinking game.

Damn, that's pretty bad. I heard it ring in my head as soon as I read it..

 

[JA]

Jim's voice is too deep and flat to inject energy and excitement into the broadcast. His voice was better suited to the game when he was younger.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

As a Vancouver fan he is awsome. Ha!! Now you guys know what it feels to listen to all your Toronto biased crap!

Yup, the entire countries media bows down to Toronto... except for Simpson. And Healy. And Ferraro. And our local writers. Need I go on? The whining about the media biased really is laughable. Hughson is a homer, so is every other local announcer. There's biased everywhere, get over it.

 

[oobga]

"What a save by Tanev!" is one of the great hockey moments of the last decade. I thank Hughson for his homerism creating it.

 

[tony d]

I like him as well. One of the better play by play guys in the business.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

He's pretty bad in that he is sort of bland or seems fake in his enthusiasm, but also I notice sometimes he pronounces names wrong or just seems off in his calls.

Whatever though there are definitely worse options. It's cool that he is the old voice of the EA NHL games at least.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Cuthbert > hughson

 

[Ishdul]

Hughson's a great play-by-play guy and has as much enthusiasm as just about any announcer I've ever heard. He has the perfect announcer voice.

 

[Moops]

Hughson and Emrick are both pretty good. Gary Thorne will always be the best.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

 

[VanillaCoke]

Only time Hughson is tolerable is when he's calling a Canuck game and if you're a Canuck fan.

This is true.

Cuthbert > hughson

This is also true.

 

[NyQuil]

 

[WeberBombs]

Hughson is my favorite...reminds me of old NHL games!

 

[crazychimp]

Hughsons not bad not really seeing what the OP is seeing. For me personally it's:

1. Chris Cuthbert
2. Jim Hughson
3. Mike Emrick
4. Gord Miller


Those four are the best in the game.

Also liked Gary Thorne back in the day, wish he'd come back.

 

[thepuckmonster]

I would pay a lot of money to listen to Jim Hughson read me a bed time story. He's one of my favourite voices of all time, not just in hockey. He's a great PBP guy and that's not just because I'm a Canucks fans. Though it's nice he likes the team because literally no one else in Canadian media can say something positive about Vancouver and it's been that way since like 2006.

 

[LeafGrief]

Hughson is fine. Middle of the pack and there's nothing wrong with that. I'd take him over Romanuk every day of the week.

 

[thepuckmonster]

Hughson is fine. Middle of the pack and there's nothing wrong with that. I'd take him over Romanuk every day of the week.

Yeah Romanuk is ****ing horrible. I've muted games solely because I can't stand him after like 10 minutes (maybe).

 

[pucky]

Hughson has worked for TSN and CBC in the past doing hockey and baseball. If you don't think he's "real talent" I'm not sure what to tell you.

Who cares? He's awful and dull as many other posters have concluded. Also, they're comparing him to Cole who has, albeit, slipped in his quality of play-by-play but most are still saying Cole is miles better and has 'excitement' in his voice compared to the bland Hughson.

 

[pucky]

"What a save by Tanev!" is one of the great hockey moments of the last decade. I thank Hughson for his homerism creating it.

Yes, I guess the video game company choice his voice since it's robotic and kinda bland....

 

[Derrty]

I'd actually enjoy him if he weren't so biased.

 

[Love]

He's fine but he's no Gord Miller.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Very nice save indeed.