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Sportsnet.

No disrespect to my Toronto friends, but SN doesn't even vaguely attempt to be anything other than a Leaf PR station. Their "analysts" don't even watch other teams as you can tell from their insight. TSN is bad for that too, but I get virtually no value from watching Sportsnet. (Unless you want to know about Marner and Matthews - then SN is the best by a mile).
 
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No disrespect to my Toronto friends, but SN doesn't even vaguely attempt to be anything other than a Leaf PR station.
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Since they're owned by Rogers who in turn owns a large stake in the leafs, I'd imagine talking about the team that gets the most views is their job, despite probably valid outrage from other Canadian fans.
 
Sportsnet.

The only thing that SN has is market share and what it offers bludgeons TSN with a lead pipe. Otherwise, TSN destroys them with on air talent and *actual* analysis.

I still loathe SN for taking Tim & Sid off radio (Where they were at their best and funniest) and sticking them in primetime TV, losing practically any energy they had.
 
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Sportsnet.

No disrespect to my Toronto friends, but SN doesn't even vaguely attempt to be anything other than a Leaf PR station. Their "analysts" don't even watch other teams as you can tell from their insight. TSN is bad for that too, but I get virtually no value from watching Sportsnet. (Unless you want to know about Marner and Matthews - then SN is the best by a mile).
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Sportsnet could broadcast puppies and kittens playing 24/7 and still be a worse network than TSN.
 
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Sportsnet by far. I can't stand any of their on-air personalities not named Elliotte Friedman. Jackie Redmond especially makes me want to gouge out my eyes and ears.
 
I get that Southern Ontario and Leaf fans are Sportsnet's biggest demographic, and that Rogers owns both, but they claim to be a national sports network with a straight face. There is a pretty evident bias in the kid gloves approach to the Leafs versus the "hard hitting analysis" of every other team.
 
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Since they're owned by Rogers who in turn owns a large stake in the leafs, I'd imagine talking about the team that gets the most views is their job, despite probably valid outrage from other Canadian fans.
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TSN is owned by Bell and they own the same ℅ of the Leafs and Rogers
 
I thought TSN was the "Toronto Sports Network" though

Or has that shifted once they lost the national contract
 
For game presentation, it's TSN for sure. Better analysis and Leaf bias is slightly less at least while I'm watching a Sens game.

I gotta say though, when it comes to morning highlight shows, Sportsnet 360 (or whatever the score became) >>> all. They give me exactly what I want, all game highlights, very little if any "commentary" and "opinions" and the only "Leaf bias" would be showing their highlights before the other Canadian teams, but who cares about that. Sooooooo much better than both TSN and Sportsnet.
 
It was ten years ago that Sportsnet's trade deadline coverage revolved around Eklund and a pizza party.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/pizza-pizzazz-not-enough-to-save-sportsnet-party/article17992140/
Pizza, pizzazz not enough to save Sportsnet party
WILLIAM HOUSTON
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 12:00AM EST
Last updated Friday, Mar. 13, 2009 9:13PM EDT

Rogers Sportsnet took a risk, tried something new and, wow, did it fail.

The network, by presenting its National Hockey League trade deadline coverage yesterday as one big studio party, deserves praise for thinking outside the box.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything outside the box, except perhaps a few pieces of stale pizza.

Eight hours of balloons, girls and pizza delivery might have been fun for the on-air people. But for the hockey fans, we're guessing it didn't quite measure up.

TSN's TradeCentre 07 was quicker at delivering the news. It provided interviews when Sportsnet did not. Its analysis was superior and its commentary more interesting.

Sportsnet? The Hockey Central Trade Deadline Bash gave us the "Deal Or No Deal Girls," models dressed in tight T-shirts and jeans and with plenty of midriff showing. The Hansons, the myopic dumdums from the movie Slap Shot, made an appearance.

Journalism? Well, Gene Principe, in an interview with Edmonton Oiler Shawn Horcoff, served up this poser while the guys back at the Toronto studio were munching their lunch: "What's your favourite pizza?"

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And, yes, Sportsnet succeeded in creating the mood of a studio party. Problem was, it didn't deliver the fundamentals needed for an effective telecast. The information was thin and the reporting even slimmer.

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Sportsnet's set, by then, could have been mistaken for a private party in a bar at last call. Balloons hung in the air. Pizza boxes littered the anchor desk. The commentators, jeans and no ties, had their feet up as they talked casually about the trade.

Over at TSN, some reporting was going on. By telephone, Duthie was talking to Perreault, who discussed his reaction to the trade. That was followed by another telephone interview, this time with Bertuzzi. And then another, with Coyotes coach and part owner Wayne Gretzky talking about the Oilers' decision to trade Ryan Smyth.

We clicked back to Sportsnet. The guys were still at the desk and so were the pizza boxes. Not only were interviews slow in coming, but there was no hurry to clean up, either.

Sportsnet, in the past, has done fine work at the trade deadline. In some years, its coverage was as good as TSN's, perhaps even better. But the network should be embarrassed by yesterday's effort.

The hockey blogger, Eklund, reported for Sportsnet yesterday, the results of which were mixed. Eklund disputed, incorrectly, McKenzie's overnight report on Gary Roberts waiving his no-trade clause to allow the Florida Panthers to trade him to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Yesterday afternoon, Eklund reported that Smyth had signed a new contract with Edmonton. That was wrong, too. Later, Eklund and then TSN reported that Smyth had been traded to the New York Islanders. That turned out to be correct.

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https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2007/02/28/eklund_chicken_little_have_a_lot_in_common.html
Eklund, Chicken Little have a lot in common
Picking a winner in the annual much-ado-about-little marathon conducted by Canada's sports networks is usually a difficult task.
By Chris Zelkovich
Wed., Feb. 28, 2007

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Highlights of a combined 22 hours of coverage.

11:10 a.m. Twenty minutes after reporting that Biron was being dealt, TSN gets a live interview with the new Flyer.

11:12 a.m. In one of his many ``alerts," Eklund reports that Craig Conklin has been traded to Buffalo. He quickly amends that to Ty Conklin.

11:34 a.m. Eklund reports that Jamal Mayers is on his way to Toronto. He isn't.

11:40 a.m. Pizza is delivered to Sportsnet studio. Risking his diet endorsement deal, Gord Stellick takes two slices.

11:46 a.m. Sportsnet shows the first of many table-hockey game close-ups.

12:01 p.m. The Score begins its show and as host Steve Kouleas utters his first words thousands reach for the volume control.

12:08 p.m. Eklund reports that St. Louis' Bill Guerin is part of a three-way trade. TSN reports, correctly, that it's a two-team deal.

1:04 p.m. Eklund reports more rumours, this time citing ``really, really good sources."

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1:29 p.m. Sportsnet's Rob Faulds interviews the Hansons with their bobblehead dolls. This is just a warm-up for a later interview with the game-show girls.

1:53 p.m. Desperation sets in with only six deals in almost five hours, leading TSN's panel to spend considerable time dissecting the Dominic Moore trade. Later, they explain who Dominic Moore is.

2:08 p.m. Eklund reports that Edmonton has signed Ryan Smyth to a long-term deal.

2:35 p.m. Eklund says Dainius Zubrus has been traded to Buffalo, which amazingly turns out to be true.

3 p.m. Eklund reports that L.A. has dealt Mattias Norstrom to Anaheim, ``but I may be wrong on that." He was.

3:15 p.m. Eklund says rumour has Leafs trading Matt Stajan. They don't.

3:29 p.m. Eklund's moment of glory comes as he reports that Ryan Smyth hasn't been signed after all but has been dealt to the Islanders. Unfortunately, he misidentifies him as the Edmonton captain. To his credit, he identifies his source: a New York blogger.

4:09 p.m. Score panel gets the first interview with Smyth's agent, who describes how contract talks broke down.

4:50 p.m. More food is delivered to the Sportsnet set. It isn't clear whether Eklund had predicted the arrival of more pizza.
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Something about Sportsnet bugs me. I get they're largely Toronto based but if you don't care about the Blue Jays or Raptors it can get tedious. I can atleast say the Leafs are in the NHL so I get something out of it
 
Sportsnet sucks. I watch it because they show my fave hockey team and my fave baseball team.
 
Not Sportsnet's fault the Leafs are the most interesting Canadian team this year. Do you think they SHOULDN'T be following the development of the best prospects since probably Toews/Kane joined the hawks?

They talk about other teams all the time.
 
Connor said:
TSN has greater production

... but I HATE TSN for their obvious complete bias towards Toronto and the Leafs. Go to http://www.tsn.ca/nhl and half of all their NHL articles are Leaf garbage.
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Are you sure about that? Sportsnet's website is constantly full of Leafs talk.

TSN Leafs articles as of right now: 2 - An argument can be made for 2 and a half, maybe 3. There's an article about a Tragically Hip song that references the Leafs. A Bell Let's Talk story featuring Mike Babcock - a huge advocate for mental health awareness. A coaches poll featuring Auston Matthews as choice for mid-season best rookie.

Sportsnet Leaf articles as of right now: 7
 
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