I find complaining about commentating in general to be irritating. I used to do it too, but then I realized I'm watching the play happen myself. What two other dudes watching it talk about is so incredibly minor.
Complaining about the studio analysts? Fine. They are the entertainment. But the way someone describes what I'm seeing with my own eyes is really far down the list of things that affect my enjoyment of the game. Different for radio announcers, sure. But TV?
No one watches hockey just to watch the athletic action. It's story telling and emotion and certainly the play by play and color can affect that, but it's all baked in before the drop of the puck. How invested in each game I am is built on lots of twists and turns in the real life soap opera that is hockey. Not how what I'm seeing is described to me
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