I like to listen to the Oilers post game call in show because it's usually after a fantastic soul crushing Oilers loss. That said, I think CHED does it much better from a format perspective. They have 2 on air personalities doing the show with one being a former NHLer (Rob Brown). They take the call and if it's a average to bad call, they typically let the caller go and discuss amongst themselves. If it's a good caller, they will allow for some back and forth before disconnecting. The element of having a former NHLer on the air helps give real legitimacy and perspective compared to someone who went to radio/communications school and watches a lot of hockey.
Having Steinberg run solo trying to maintain long form conversations with people of varying levels of intelligence, intoxication, etc... is painful on most occasions. As noted in previous posts, it worked well with Kerr because he was cantankerous.
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