I am not advocating that change doesn't happen or that the newspaper model is the way of the future but the information coming from an NHL broadcast WILL BE changing, and not for the better in my opinion.
Someone here mentioned the pre-post game coverage of the game being written up by CP members. I agree that the writes ups are fantastic but a lot of the information is coming from sources on the ground.
All the news we do get on the Flames games is coming from the likes of the beat reporters, Roger Millions, Derek Wills, Pat Steinberg, Darren Haynes etc.
A prime example might be the radio broadcast. How many more years are we going to have a TV and radio broadcast crew? In all honesty? In Toronto, the largest hockey market there was a scenario earlier this year where the decision had been made to have the radio crew broadcast ROAD GAMES from the ACC while watching a tv monitor. The idea was the save on airfare, travel, hotels and meals. Public uproar caused them to change their minds but you can see which way the business is trendying.
You can just see it with all the tweets and disbelief people in the industry have with this whole scenario over the last few years. They know things are changing for EVERYBODY.
Even the top guys in hockey like Elliot Friedman, TSN's Bob Mckenezie etc get their news from trusted sources. They aren't going to be reporting on trades, injuries and team information from some blogger fan site.
The world changes, I get it and I am not against it for things but too many people have this notion that since "technology" changes things that it makes it better or cool. Not always the case.
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