Meritocracy for announcers too

[Fatass]

Love PK Subban. Hate Messier. IMO Messier is no good and only got that job because of his great playing career and name. Commentators should get their jobs based on merit; not because of their name. PK is fantastic!

 

[RevengeOfTheDrai]

Maybe, at the same time you’d expect a former HOF to be more insightful about the game than someone who never played in the NHL.

 

[edevils]

PK loves NJ therefore I love PK.

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

Pronger was interesting the other night. Can't get over how massive that dude is. He made the others look like little leaguers.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Read this as 'Moriarty' and came up very disappointed tbh. Just aweful...

 

[ItWasJustified]

If I go the rest of my life without seeing or hearing PK Slewfoot, I'll be a happy man.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Oh oh. The whole TVA Sport crew has just been fired into the sun.

What a shame...

 

[ijuka]

Subban is fine but guy is a massive homer. Hard to take the analysis seriously.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Pk is great

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Subban is awful to listen to. Majority of TNT/ESPN is.

 

[IsThatSemin]

PK is absolutely horrendous and if he does have a point, it’s lost in his fake banter or screaming. Agreed on meritocracy in broadcasting though. If we think hockey coaches are all retreads just look at these broadcasting booths.This also applies to the “pros” like Buccigross or Levy, that think the narrative is more interesting than the actual game. If there is any attrition, these networks inevitably shoehorn in as many women as humanly possible to replace them, competency be damned. I’ll gladly be labeled a misogynist if it means Cassie Campbell and Leah Hextall aren’t on the feed.

 

[TheOrganist]

PK is ok. Though I find his schtick tiring. I think Biz & Tocchet are pretty funny together. Liam is a good host. TNT intermission people are much better than ESPN.

 

[Ratsreign]

The “kid” Espn has calling some games, Mike something, is better than the rest that Espn uses.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

The intermission/pregame shows are all equally unbearable, especially in the world with gambling advertising. I watch none of it. The best PBP and color guys are of course the ones for my own team.

 

[Midnight Judges]

It it were a meritocracy, Joe Beninati would be doing all the biggest games.

Personality-wise, PK is fine, but he was a far better player than he is at analysis of players. Raging homerism is an understatement.

 

[The Nuge]

Subban is fantastic? I have a hard time listening to him because of how bad his insights almost always are. Just look at his first round predictions. How is it even possible to go 2-6? Toronto and Washington basically had a bye, and he somehow predicted both wrong

 

[justHypnos]

Subban is fantastic? I have a hard time listening to him because of how bad his insights almost always are. Just look at his first round predictions. How is it even possible to go 2-6? Toronto and Washington basically had a bye, and he somehow predicted both wrong

Now look at who those teams were and their relation to PK Subban and you’ll have your answer

 

[shello]

Both the ESPN/TNT crew suck, I miss NBC

 

[Derailed75]

PK is absolutely horrendous and if he does have a point, it’s lost in his fake banter or screaming. Agreed on meritocracy in broadcasting though. If we think hockey coaches are all retreads just look at these broadcasting booths.This also applies to the “pros” like Buccigross or Levy, that think the narrative is more interesting than the actual game. If there is any attrition, these networks inevitably shoehorn in as many women as humanly possible to replace them, competency be damned. I’ll gladly be labeled a misogynist if it means Cassie Campbell and Leah Hextall aren’t on the feed.

The bad part about the women thing is there are actually knowledgeable women with easy to listen to voices that don't get the push those two do. I mean Jen Botterill, Hillary Knight, AJ Melzco to name a few. Speaking of being in over ones head. Emily Caplan is a wonderful writer and seems very hockey knowledgeable, however he interview style which comes off as fake enthusiasm (or at least way over the top) is annoying as hell.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Now look at who those teams were and their relation to PK Subban and you’ll have your answer

Add NJ to that list as well. He was picking the teams he wanted to win. Granted, it’s a way to get clicks which is the game these guys are playing.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Who cares?
Go do something else if you don't want to watch the intermission coverage.

 

[JianYang]

PK brings good energy. Not so sure about his insight into the game, however.

I think he prioritizes sizzle over substance and there's not alot of guys thay can pull that off IMO.

 

[The Nuge]

Now look at who those teams were and their relation to PK Subban and you’ll have your answer

Doesn’t mean it wasn’t dumb to pick. He’s not paid to be a homer. He’s paid to be an analyst, and he’s generally not very good at it

 

[AD Skinner]

These dudes are not paid to analyze, especially the intermission studio guys. They’re paid to hype. Being insightful or accurate is secondary if not tertiary to what they are there to do

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

I can think of almost none who are on the right side of neutral. Forslund, super small sample size but Pronger has been ok so far