PK Subban might be on a generational run with his NHL Playoff predictions

[Sentinel]

So -- 2 for 8? Yeah, not great.

 

[Chileiceman]

PK just wants to be hockey's version of a hot take specialist. There's like no thought or preparation put into his work. He just shows up and says whatever comes to his mind. Even Biz, being the clown that he is, puts together more thoughtful analysis.

 

[Ratsreign]

Hope we get Tocchet back. Ideal intermission:
Host - Buccigross
Panelists: Weekes, Tocchet, Moore/Boucher

Main benefit of Buccigros being the host is it will keep him away from calling games.
Levy is better at play-by-play, I remember him from back in the days of the Deuce, but I don’t think he’s interested in flying all over to do it at this stage of his career.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

If Nashville had made the playoffs he would have picked them as well. No idea why anyone that listens to him regularly would think he'd pick against his former teams. All the shit this board hates him for, is exactly why they should like him. He is fiercely loyal to his former teams and teammates, as well as the sport.

 

[kerrabria]

If Nashville had made the playoffs he would have picked them as well. No idea why anyone that listens to him regularly would think he'd pick against his former teams. All the shit this board hates him for, is exactly why they should like him. He is fiercely loyal to his former teams and teammates, as well as the sport.

If he can’t give a well-informed, defendable opinion, then he shouldn’t be an analyst. Nobody cares about Subban’s personal loyalties. There’s nothing more grating in sports than blind homerism. If you choose to be wrong, than do it into the void, not on a massive platform where you’re paid to give insight.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Subban and Messier are quite possibly the worst studio analyst duo I’ve seen, for any sport, which is why I’m confident ESPN will continue to trot them out for the next decade minimum

Please add Steve Levy and Leah Hextall to the "all star" cast at ESPN. Levy is probably on decade 4 of being an absolute joke so you may be very right in your prediciton.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

If he can’t give a well-informed, defendable opinion, then he shouldn’t be an analyst. Nobody cares about Subban’s personal loyalties. There’s nothing more grating in sports than blind homerism. If you choose to be wrong, than do it into the void, not on a massive platform where you’re paid to give insight.

He picked his teams, just like Messier picked Edmonton, Ferraro took the Kings and Callahan took Tampa. Kypreos took Toronto, Almost every former player took their former teams to win round 1.

Edit: Deleted the rest of the post, sounded too whiney once i re-read it.

 

[Romang67]

If Nashville had made the playoffs he would have picked them as well. No idea why anyone that listens to him regularly would think he'd pick against his former teams. All the shit this board hates him for, is exactly why they should like him. He is fiercely loyal to his former teams and teammates, as well as the sport.

I'm gonna be completely honest here: until I saw this post, I forgot Subban played for the Devils.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I'm gonna be completely honest here: until I saw this post, I forgot Subban played for the Devils.

It was pretty forgettable.

 

[Jumptheshark]

ouch!!

 

[kerrabria]

He picked his teams, just like Messier picked Edmonton, Ferraro took the Kings and Callahan took Tampa. Kypreos took Toronto, Almost every former player took their former teams to win round 1.

Edit: Deleted the rest of the post, sounded too whiney once i re-read it.

And all of those analysts suck. Like bottom tier except Ferraro.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Who cares? It's more proof how unpredictably the playoffs are

His only two bad picks were homer picks where he played in MTL and NJ, can't fault him there. He probably picked those with his heart v his head.

A lot of people had the Avs v TB as their final, Ottawa took to Toronto game 6, Kings imploded mid series.

The Subban hate is so annoying lol

Wrong is still wrong. 2/8 in first round picks is pretty bad no matter how you slice it or what the reasoning is

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Wrong is still wrong. 2/8 in first round picks is pretty bad no matter how you slice it or what the reasoning is

And there's probably people who cover the game who did worse, the dunking is just stupid lol

 

[Run the Gauntlet]

The Baketball player Barkley did better than him.

 

[Crow]

The Baketball player Barkley did better than him.

A monkey pressing buttons would do better.

 

[Jack Spider]

PK will always pick his former team and he probably drafted this in 15 seconds during ads. Joke on anyone who thinks he's serious.

 

[Summer Rose]

A monkey pressing buttons would do better.

This post reminds me of Paul the octopus. He was presented with two boxes containing food in his tank, each marked with the flag of each country about to play an international soccer match 14 times (13 of them involved Germany as one of the teams, and the 14th was the 2010 World Cup final). Whichever box of food he opened first was taken to be his "prediction" for who would win the match. It wasn't very serious at first, but received international media attention by the end of the tournament. Paul went 12 for 14 with his "predictions."

 

[Midnight Judges]

PK Subban's predictions show the idea that "NHLers know more than the average fan" are dubious at best. They're better at PLAYING the game, but it doesn't automatically make every NHL player some sort of hockey genius that analyzes what they're watching on a level none of us regular plebs can't fathom.

Indeed critic and chef are two different things.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

All these hockey commentators are best enjoyed on mute.*

*Frankly, that's true of all commentators in all sports. Hit the mute button and put on some Miles Davis or Steely Dan or whatever until the action resumes.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Love the PK hate in here , he does a great job on espn.

Obviously he picks the devils and habs guy is a homer and an entertainer not some kind of in depth analysis guy

 

[behemolari]

these goes always terrible wrong, why? its for betting, they want people trusting these clowns and betting wrong

 

[1specter]

He's trying to become the Stephen A. Smith of NHL and it's not going too well.

 

[BonMorrison]

I'll take Subban and his terrible hockey takes over Lundqvist and how they shoehorn his poor guitar ability into everything.

 

[BB79]

I recall someone on here (forget who) had NJ going all the way to the Final. I laughed out loud when I saw it

 

[Breakers]

Subban and Messier are quite possibly the worst studio analyst duo I’ve seen, for any sport, which is why I’m confident ESPN will continue to trot them out for the next decade minimum

ZERO rapport between the two

its painful