These podcast/internet shows with ex-players are going to be the future of sports media, or at least gobble up a big chunk of the market share. Chiclets gets great guests and gets more out of them than any of the middle aged nerds that constitute most of the sports media in this country because as ex-NHL guys they understand their interviewees way way better. Chiclets is the only hockey media I consume, besides the occasional show on the Fan for flames specific news, but this entire thread is basically about how terrible all our radio and reporter personalities in this city are. Even on our local shows, the biggest talent IMO is Warrener because as a funny ex-player he brings so much more to the table than guys like Boomer or steinberg who are just broadcasters. I think Chiclets has had Gaudreau on the program three times and they got orders of magnitude more out of him than an entire 7 seasons of lazy boiler plate questions from Francis and others. Same with Tkachuk and Hanifin. Their interview last year with the Tkachuk family was great content and it consistently puts anything Sportsnet or TSN churns out to absolute shame. I'm actually surprised people from those networks are even allowed to go on given how thoroughly Chiclets is eating their lunch.
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