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Originally Posted by browna
Nobody in the media likes getting things dead wrong, and most did, multiple times since the preseason, when it came to Vegas, so that embarrassment and trying to cut Vegas down, time and again, to make them feel better about themselves, and less foolish, seeps it way to their columns blogs and network sites, which many people still lap up like dogs as gospel.
From the end of October to basically game 4 of this series, desperate journalists and have eagerly types up the first few paragraphs of the "well I told you so BACK in September that this was going to happen" column, and they've never got to finish it.
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It's interesting how much of the writer class has almost become degenerate gamblers. They're obsessed with predicting the future in their columns, and if they get it wrong they double down.
I don't remember NHL writers being this obsessed about predictions when I was growing up. I wonder when this transition took place? Is it partly due to the popularity of fantasy sports and betting?