09-19-2008, 10:50 AM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Pierre LeBrun
Hello all. I regularly visit espn.com for my general sports info. I do however feel that their hockey coverage is pretty awful. I just read that they have a new columnist name Pierre LeBrun.
http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=22612
Is this guy someone you Canadians are familiar with? Does he know is stuff? Is he someone worth reading?
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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09-19-2008, 10:52 AM
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GOAT!
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LeBrun is one of the good ones. In my opinion, anyway.
Very well-respected.
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09-19-2008, 10:55 AM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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and i guess a side question as well - does he have any particular team biases? does he really love/hate the candadian teams for example?
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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09-19-2008, 11:00 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the land of high expectations...
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Pierre is a great hockey writer - doesn't tend to show any biases and I always enjoyed watching him as an analyst for The Score, Hockey Central or on HNiC. He's got the connections and the experience - he should be a good addition to espn.com.
But while espn.com doesn't have great amounts of hockey coverage, they do have good guys doing it - Burnside, Hradek, Buccigross etc....I love seeing what they have to say during the season.
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09-19-2008, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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He's not in it to make a name for himself, regardless that he has made a name for himself. He's not a character, he's not a goofball. He's a straight shooting reporter. If he's heard something, he tells you. If he doesn't believe what he's heard, he tells you why. One of the better ones for sure.
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09-19-2008, 11:53 AM
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Franchise Player
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Him and Steve Coulias is the only reason I watch the Score for hockey
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09-19-2008, 11:53 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I've been reading some of the stuff he has been writing on ESPN, Its pretty good. like another poster said above, ESPN doesn't do a lot of hockey coverage, but the stuff they do churn out is usually pretty decent. I make it a point to check out their hockey section during the season at least once a week.
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09-19-2008, 12:28 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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oh cool ... you're lucky with lebrun, I really enjoy him.
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09-19-2008, 12:56 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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i also heard espn will use matthew barnaby as their new on air personality replacing barry melrose.
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/442554.html
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Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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09-19-2008, 01:37 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the land of high expectations...
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Originally Posted by dobbles
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Barnaby is awesome as a replacement for Melrose....love him when he was doing analysis work on The Spin with Kouleas & the Gang last year and also when he stopped by on Hockey Central @ noon on SNet...love his sense of humor and insight into the game.
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09-19-2008, 01:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Just beware Barnaby's blinding white teeth!
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09-19-2008, 02:57 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the land of high expectations...
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Originally Posted by MissTeeks
Just beware Barnaby's blinding white teeth!
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If I thought those were his originals I'd be afraid he'd been brushing with radioactive toothpaste all these years....blinding is right! 
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10-04-2010, 02:49 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
LeBrun is one of the good ones. In my opinion, anyway.
Very well-respected.
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He's a dummy...plain and simple 
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10-04-2010, 03:00 PM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by T@T
He's a dummy...plain and simple |
Well... he wasn't so bad TWO YEARS AGO when I posted that...
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10-04-2010, 11:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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What a bump.
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10-04-2010, 11:29 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Portland, OR
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Pierre LeBrun gives me a bump...
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10-05-2010, 12:00 AM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Holy Christ.
Are you serious T@T? You're this bitter over a power ranking?
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Last edited by Blaster86; 10-05-2010 at 12:23 AM.
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10-05-2010, 12:04 AM
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Franchise Player
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Bitter?
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10-05-2010, 12:06 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Your Mother's Place.
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Gotta take the bitter with the better.
Oh and also... IBTL?
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