I think if you are going to have women commentating sports then special care should be taken to allow them to keep their female voices while doing it. It shouldn't be a woman trying to sound like a man does in the job, it should be a woman giving her perspective on the game in her own voice. Now whether we want to hear that during a hockey broadcast is another matter altogether that I won't get into, but it would do away with the cringiness if somebody would just explain to these ladies that they are not and will never be Pierre Maguire or Harry Neale so don't try to be. Take a page from Andi Patrillo who does Leafs Lunch, she speaks about the game and sounds very much like a woman when she does, and because of that there is a chemistry and dynamic between her and the other panelists on the show. Barking out the most obvious of observations in the most masculine voice possible doesn't make you a good addition to the broadcast ladies.
