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Originally Posted by transplant99
Color commentary is meant to fill the air with talk to give the pbp person a rest and to add a perspective to what has just happened.
This is why Hrudey AND Cassie are really poor at the color side of things while both being great as panelists. They both go on incessantly about things that ARE NOT happening while play is going on. They should rarely be heard except between whistles as it is, but for sure at least be relevant to what is occurring on the ice. Its actually infuriating to me when the rambling goes non stop ...sometimes for 10 seconds while play is underway.
With Cassie it has nothing to do with her gender, she is just flat out awful at the job....so is Hrudey.
Yet I enjoy them both greatly when they are in the studio/on zoom while being part of larger conversations and having time to prep for whatever the subject is.
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But Hrudey’s just so lovable! He does babble a bit but I give him a pass because he seems like such a genuinely good person.
Can’t we all just think back to the Charlie Simmer days and sit back in appreciation of what we have now. With all due respect to Simmer as a person, I was in awe of his ability to suck the life out of any and every play. Just awful, awful stuff.
Agreed with the comments on Sandra she was excellent from what I heard. Hope she becomes a mainstay. In regards to the comments that she’s “too much of a fan” that’s utter bs. This is the local best they are supposed to be fans.