[djsFlames]

Ten trillion times better than spunknet. Back when there was mark of professionalism that was upheld and strived for.

Game broadcasts are for bringing the game to the general population and the play by play is for helping casual viewers and outsiders to understand what is happening and injecting excitement into *the game* (not team A/B). Somewhere SNET completely lost their way in this regard.

I have so much respect for guys like Maher who aside from the occasional "yeah baby" for milestones or big moments, would call the game with excitement both ways and for all players when warranted. It's part of what made him a legend. He made THE GAME exciting, all around. Regardless of how it was going for this or that side.

There is such thing as getting *too close* to your work and the staff at SNET are examples of that. Some have fully embraced this outright obsession with McDavid, specific players, and certain teams, and lost track of what it means to be an analyst that is there to serve as an expert and relay all relevant information as well as provide insights that only an insider's perspective can provide, not dish their personal slants at every turn. They've all but completely abandoned the former in the last couple seasons and it's frankly embarrassing to witness.

I don't care who you fancy, just have the self awareness to reel yourself in here and there from going too far into glorified fan territory when you do it and have the integrity to maintain a semblance of professionalism and respect for your craft.

The mountains they've made out of mole hills as far as actual events from guys like Spector using the national Sportsnet handle to put out his personally biased content is so incredible unprofessional, I cringed with embarrassment for him.

I can't believe that of the half dozen or so relevant guys that work hockey content in that city, they've gotten to a point where rather than take a step back and give accurate assessments while shielding themselves from the noise around them (like any one working on the teams would advise to do), they instead just rile each other up more over made up drama, and no one has a shred of enough sense to call any of the others out. Clicks over credibility. It's unbelievable that all these people in the business so long have just allowed themselves to go off the deep end and push articles that are hardly above angry ranting posts you'd see on HF.

Ever since the Oilers cinderella season where they got a taste of something more than mediocrity it seems like SNET, and all the post-media guys with Oilers allegiance have had their pants around their ankles on a "professional" front.

It's shades of Trump with his twitter from an outside perspective. Some people don't have self control or etiquette when using social media, it's a tool that was dropped into their hands and no one taught them the dos and don'ts for being a professional with a web presence that is open to the public, and all these 50-60 somethings around SNET and other media outlets are examples of that, and like kids, they just don't seem to know better and haven't figured it out.

Yes, maybe the battle of alberta escalating to a new level is good for the game, good for the sport. And with how things have unfolded, it's evident that the fans will take care of that bustling rivalry on their own. But as the media with coverage rights, you take care of the game side of things, which is the information and coverage, you don't descend into the trenches with the fans. Otherwise what separates you from them?

Be better than that.