He’s so full of himself. He’s completely trolling. Jeff Weimer? He never played against Oliwa & Commadore when they were Flames because he wasn’t in the league.
The Flames aren’t a hard team to play against because they let Toronto skate around the net?
What does that even mean?
Sure, ok, another word for not letting someone skate around the net is interference/tripping/obstruction etc & taking a penalty, against a power play that is clicking at 40%.
Hmmm... seems like a great idea Kevin.
He’s an egotistical blowhard. I’ve listened to 3 or 4 of his podcasts with Kesler. It’s done now because they couldn’t find a sponsor⌨️... .shocking. I can’t believe people wouldn’t want their product or service associated with egoistical blowhards who love to talk about how awesome they are.
The podcasts have some interesting stories and tidbits, but they’re unbearable to listen to at least 60% of the time.
It’s an embarrassment to Canadian hockey broadcasting that Bieksa is given praise for his analysis of the game. There are tons of guys who could do a better job, like Kris Versteeg.
For anyone’s who can watch Ranger games with Steve Valliquette’s in game analysis on MSG... It’s not even close.
Valliquette has an exponentially better grasp on explaining the game. He also owns an an analytics company that provides services to professional hockey teams. Bieksa coaches his kids team. That sums up the difference.
His analysis is off the charts better than anything in Canada. He uses simple explanations and easily understandable analytics to give the viewer insight into how the game is actually being played.
The nuances of what is a difficult team to play against require someone other than a simpleton like Bieksa to explain. He explains the emotion of the game, that’s about it.
But this is what people eat up, oversimplified takes of the complexity of the modern game. It’s why Don’t Cherry was still on air until 2019.
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