Canadian TV market is vastly different than the US in a lot of ways. Sure some people might find that TNT NBA talk and intermissions good but that's not really the method that works well in Canada. It's just a different animal here.
Case in point. We took 2 legends from TSN in Jay Onrait and Dan O'toole who were very successful in Canada doing their light hearted jokes and comical routine, that kind of flopped when they went to the US.
The US market a lot of the times is all about fighting and anger, trying to "own" the other side. You see it in news, politics, sports, culture and more. I have seen debates about who's better between Jordan or Lebron and it get's HEATED in a weird way.
2 Canadian former NHL player's getting into it about Gretzky or Lemieux or Howe etc wouldn't make for great tv. Having a HNIC host like Amber jump in with insults about Bobby Orr being #1 to stir the pot for ratings isn't my idea of great tv.
Hockey is a different sport and culture, I really hope we don't turn it into the NBA, NFL, Soccer or whatever. It's ok for it to be what it is and for the other sports, which I like, to be their own.
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