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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You enjoy the weird singing thing he does?
I do not.
It's a lot like Leah Hextall. I want them to be good, and I want them to get the chance to get good, because it would be nice if all our commentators weren't basically the same... But they're just not good. They both have the same problem: sounding like they're trying really, really hard to convince you that they're hockey commentators. "This is a thing a real life hockey commentator might say" is the entire vibe here.
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Hockey is meant to be sung. It’s too fast to call any other way.
Bob Cole did it. Peter Maher did it.
Bartlett does it.
You can’t talk hockey. You have to sing the play, from the perspective of the individual who makes a given play.
And above all, less is more. I hate shouty, over the top play by play. It’s the mark of someone who can’t keep up with the game, and it’s disingenuous.
The guy who scored isn’t that excited - why are you?
You’re not. You’re lying, and it sucks.