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Originally Posted by Flames0910
It's a pretty common situation where the veteran who had to work for it and pay their dues resents the newbie it comes easy for. Bieksa's a natural, whereas Friedman worked his whole career for this.
Pretty unprofessional for that kind of petty stuff to come up on air but that's my theory at least. 
Also I have no idea what Luke Gazdic is doing on the panel. He doesn't contribute anything of note. Guy has 8 points and played a single season with McDavid so Sportsnet thought he was qualified to go on national TV?  |
If you think Bieksa is a natural, go listen to the Podcast him & Kesler tried to start (& no one would buy) where they both, uh, like, totally, you know, sound like Valley Girls.
Bieksa has benefited immensely from media training.
His relationship with Friedman is likely reciprocal. Kevin provides Elliotte with actual hockey knowledge & Friedman with how to convey it effectively.
However at the end of the day, Elliotte is clueless about the actual game & how it’s played at the NHL level because he hasn’t had enough actual quality reps watching, analyzing, and interpreting video as a player or professional coach.
He rarely forms an original thought about the game, and when he does it’s usually wrong.
Him & Marek go which way the wind blows.