Postgame Coverage

[Good Intentions]

Postgame with Valiquette is a pleasure.

I got very accustomed to reading Carp’s blog the following morning of a game for a list of his notes. Is anyone mimicking his postgame commentary? I thought there was a blog trying to. Is that a thing?

Not too impressed with Arthur Staple’s part-time coverage.

What is everyone looking at for postgame notes?

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[HockeyBasedNYC]

I enjoy the postgame as well.

As far as anywhere else, my go to spot is here:
New York Rangers

Although opinions can be biased and over emotional at times

 

[nyr2k2]

Postgame with Valiquette is a pleasure.

I got very accustomed to reading Carp’s blog the following morning of a game for a list of his notes. Is anyone mimicking his postgame commentary? I thought there was a blog trying to. Is that a thing?

Not too impressed with Arthur Staple’s part-time coverage.

What is everyone looking at for postgame notes?

On Twitter, follow Vince Mercogliano:

https://twitter.com/vzmercogliano

He writes for, among others, The Journal News, and is published on lohud.com:

NY Rangers hockey news

If you follow him, he tweets all day about quotes from media sessions with players and pressers, he posts the combos from line rushes earlier in the day, and generally has all the random minutiae you could want. He almost always has a story up after games and often before them. He also covers the prospects a good bit, to keep people in the loop there (the people that don't post here, anyway). Finally, he does have some opinion in his articles, but not always, and when he does, it's not blazing-hot takes like you'd get from Brooks. He's maybe not as "plugged in" to the team as Brooks with respect to breaking news, but anything that is public knowledge, he will have.

He's also a good Italian boy who makes me yearn for the days when I had hair like him.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Postgame with Valiquette is a pleasure.

I got very accustomed to reading Carp’s blog the following morning of a game for a list of his notes. Is anyone mimicking his postgame commentary? I thought there was a blog trying to. Is that a thing?

Not too impressed with Arthur Staple’s part-time coverage.

What is everyone looking at for postgame notes?

I don't think Arthur really wants to be on the Rangers beat. He prefers the Islanders although he was a Ranger fan when he was a kid.

I miss Carpy.

 

[cwede]

... I miss Carpy.

I miss Delano and MacPeek.

But yeah, re The Athletic, I subscribed for Carp-type game coverage, thats not what's offered anymore lately.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Vally is great. He definitely found his calling and hopefully we keep him for awhile till the national broadcasts proach him.

 

[Unusual Suspect]

Respectfully disagree re Staple's work. He seems more than engaged to me; it's just a different approach. I miss Carp's reliable game summaries as well, and wish we could have BOTH kinds of articles here in the media capital of the universe. But in the end, Carp seldom had anything really new or different to offer and the postgame comments mostly reiterated points pretty obvious to anyone watching the game. And while his frequent mailbags were appreciated, his disdain for other opinions and willingness to consider fan-submitted thoughts weren't always as helpful. Arthur is contributing more in-depth pieces that surprise and inform, something Carp had almost entirely separated himself from in favor of a more formulaic approach. Plusses and minuses to both ways of informing; wish we didn't have to settle for one or the other. (Instead we get Shayna's endless stream of "here's how other 22 year olds have fared over the last five years, so here's how OUR 22 year old will likely produce, unless maybe not" pieces that pretend to sift meaning from data but seldom do.)

 

[nyr2k2]

Respectfully disagree re Staple's work. He seems more than engaged to me; it's just a different approach. I miss Carp's reliable game summaries as well, and wish we could have BOTH kinds of articles here in the media capital of the universe. But in the end, Carp seldom had anything really new or different to offer and the postgame comments mostly reiterated points pretty obvious to anyone watching the game. And while his frequent mailbags were appreciated, his disdain for other opinions and willingness to consider fan-submitted thoughts weren't always as helpful. Arthur is contributing more in-depth pieces that surprise and inform, something Carp had almost entirely separated himself from in favor of a more formulaic approach. Plusses and minuses to both ways of informing; wish we didn't have to settle for one or the other. (Instead we get Shayna's endless stream of "here's how other 22 year olds have fared over the last five years, so here's how OUR 22 year old will likely produce, unless maybe not" pieces that pretend to sift meaning from data but seldom do.)

I really disliked Carp. I appreciated his coverage, and it was one of the reasons I continued subscribing to TA, but I thought he was a massive prick. Just really arrogant and condescending. He's still that way on Twtitter. Never liked him, even from years ago. Staple is fine. His actual coverage of the team isn't as comprehensive, but he's more engaging and personable, for sure.

Shayna is...eh. I mean I said it before Staple took the post, Shayna would not be a good choice as a regular contributor in a "beat" capacity. It's not due to lack of ability as she's a good writer and is definitely engaging, but it's that nonstop focus on analytics that's off-putting. There's definitely a place for it, and I do enjoy it, but in smaller doses and not every day. I mean I can go look at Dom Lunchchicken's model (which I dislike) or NaturalStatTrick or whatever if I want. I don't need someone writing 5000 words on what I can ascertain from looking at a couple tables.

I'm also not a fan of Shayna's social media takes. She and I are generally of the same worldview, but her sports takes, I don't know.