Did Healy sign a 10 year contract or something? Why is this guy still employed?
People still think Mike freakin' Milbury is worth listening to. Damien Cox still has a job. There are a lot of morons who make money talking about hockey without really having much of a clue.
2 points out, a better last 10 record than the team ahead of you. Rather tell your fan base you give up at trade deadline despite being only 2 points out?
If they make the playoffs it is probably worth it for the Panthers this year.
edit - and as others have mentioned, the mentorship of Jagr on the young players could be a huge boost as well.
I wouldn't call not acquiring Jagr "giving up" And him being on your team for 20-30 games wont result in much mentorship.
Panthers are an underdog and would be a good story I get it, still bad hockey trade if you ask me, if they go on some miracle run I will come back and eat crow
Mitchell's been my favorite player on the Panthers all year long and has been the biggest reason for the turnaround of a team that was plain awful for many years in a row. He's won me over in a big way for how he commands respect from everyone around him, and helps to teach the young players how to play the right way. There's been other veteran contributions that have helped the Panthers, but nobody means more to this team than Mitchell.
With all due respect to Mitchell, the Panthers turnaround starts and ends behind the bench. They simply wouldn't be where they are without Gerard Gallant.
These comments have cemented his status as one of my favorite NHL players, period. All that Canuck (and to a lesser extent, King) stink is washed off him now. Love this guy. Way to stick up for the team when getting unfairly bashed by a stupid blowhard.
I dunno, Mitchell already won me over back when he made fun of former teammate Kesler for his repetitive diving in the playoffs.
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Why does the Toronto market like Healy? I get that he played for them for a bit but it really sucks that fans from the rest of the country have to put up with this clown. Every time he opens his mouth it's like fingernails on a chalk board.
Ah I see. So in Rogers opinion it would be boring without Healy. Funny thing is that I either leave the room or turn the channel when Healy is on the air so Rogers assumes that viewers are entertained by him even if many would rather not listen to him. I would expect nothing less from the Rogers brain trust to actually believe that making their viewers tune out is better than them staying tuned in and possibly being bored because in their opinion the rest of the assembled talent isn't worth listening to on their own without the side show clown.
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Reasons Healy has a job.
1. He can string a sentence together (unlike some former players)
2. Opinionated and willing to take the other side. Sometimes hosts are asked to create controversy. Take opposite sides to create debate. He doesn't mind being the bad guy. In a way it's almost like pro wrestling.
3. Union contacts. From what I recall he's a pretty well connected guy.
I don't like him either, but it's clear why they keep him around.
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I watched about 6 hours of deadline coverage yesterday. I thought sports net had the vastly superior coverage, but every time Healy was on I switched to TSN. Eventually I would switch back, but if Rogers clued in and dumped Healy, I never would have switched in the first place. I probably watched 2 hours of TSN simply because of Healy. I doubt Sportsnet's advertisers would be happy about that.
I started to like Mitchell after then Flames coach Mike Keenan called him out for using a long stick and he came out in warm up with this. Cracked me up.
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I started to like Mitchell after then Flames coach Mike Keenan called him out for using a long stick and he came out in warm up with this. Cracked me up.
Haha I totally forgot about that.
I love when players display their sense of humour.
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Did Healy sign a 10 year contract or something? Why is this guy still employed?
It's the Kanye West factor. Only thing that makes sense.
I love seeing him get put in his place.
Lol the Kanye West factor? Ye is still around because he is a genius musician fyi. Healey on the other hand is a complete hack, who regularly throws players or entire teams under the bus for no reason. Remember back when Iginla was on the Pens? He blamed everything on Jarome during that playoff run. Really sad.
Lol the Kanye West factor? Ye is still around because he is a genius musician fyi. Healey on the other hand is a complete hack, who regularly throws players or entire teams under the bus for no reason. Remember back when Iginla was on the Pens? He blamed everything on Jarome during that playoff run. Really sad.
Credibility minus infinity.
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