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Originally Posted by nik-
Agreed, I guess what this comes down to a culture of "good enough" at Sportsnet. It's not fair to single out Kerr when in reality they're mailing in the whole network.
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I'll say it again - there just isn't enough broadcasting talent in Canada to cover all the NHL games that are shown on all the networks these days. Not at a professional level anyway. There's enough top-flight talent for about 5 broadcast teams, not 12 or 15. Even the old 2&7 broadcasts were higher quality production than Sportsnet. Whalen was decent, and the color guys (Harry Neale, John Davidson, Scotty Bowman) were excellent. The talent today is simply spread way too thin. I used to chuckle over the local broadcasts of Flames away games in places like Buffalo and Boston that I watched on satellite. But they're a lot better than Sportsnet West.
Mute your TV, turn on the radio, and you can convince yourself that you're watching a professional sports broadcast, and not an AJHL came on community TV.