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Old 04-20-2016, 11:07 AM   #261
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I liked McLean as host. And I don't mind Stombo either.

Just give me a good quality broadcast.
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Old 04-20-2016, 11:08 AM   #262
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Reading the comments on that G&M article...wow. A lot of people really hate Strombo haha. I guess I prefer the old CBC broadcasts but I think thats just mostly nostalgia because the only time I got to see the Flames on TV was when they played an HNIC game.

I dislike Healy and Cox and those guys but I refuse to believe ratings are down because of the personalities on a five minute panel session, as other people have said weather, quality of play, and other teams such as the Jays and Raptors are responsible for the ratings drop.
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Old 04-20-2016, 11:13 AM   #263
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I quite like Stombo. He's an excellent host and knows his stuff. No, he's not Ron Maclean, but he's doing a decent job.
I don't quite get the hate for Strombo. I haven't had any issues with him. I don't really miss Ron MacLean either.
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Strachan is a non starter. He was ruining the show, glad they got rid of him. Cole and Neal did way too many freakin Leaf games.
I thought Strachan was pretty good in the early 90s, but either he got old and out of touch or I really started to pay attention to what he was saying. In the end he just wasn't any good anymore. He didn't have the personality like Don Cherry to extend his stay on TV.
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Old 04-20-2016, 11:41 AM   #265
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I don't quite get the hate for Strombo. I haven't had any issues with him. I don't really miss Ron MacLean either.
Earrings, interrupting, and touching of the analysts do it for me. Don't much care for how he dresses either.

Leah Hextall is 100x the host Strombo is.
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Old 04-20-2016, 12:29 PM   #266
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Other than super awkward fistbumps (which could be more the fault of the fistbump recipient...) I have no problem with him as a host.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:07 AM   #267
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Earrings, interrupting, and touching of the analysts do it for me. Don't much care for how he dresses either.

Leah Hextall is 100x the host Strombo is.
The skinny pants. The suits tailored to have the skinny pants look. The overly pointy dress shoes. More bracelets than Steven Tyler. I'm guessing he comes out with a man-bun this fall after he has the off-season to grow it. Two more seasons and I'm guessing he comes out looking like Dave Navarro.

CBC needs to give this dweeb the gas pipe.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:26 AM   #268
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Last night was pathetic. Chicago scored ot winner, maybe a minute after the goal, an abrupt mid sentence cutaway from the blues feed they were using, and right into SN connected. No post game analysis, no reaction, nothing. Straight to Connected. I get that it was late in the east, but come one. Pathetic.
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:57 PM   #269
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The fact that SN is withholding the nationial broadcasts from NBC is unforgivable. If it is because they don't want us to remember what quality PBP sounds like with Cuthbert and Miller then it just shows that even they know they are ####ing us over with a sad and pathetic product.
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Andi Petrillo is on TSN that's hockey.

I know a lot of people liked her on cbc in previous years.
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Old 05-02-2016, 06:01 AM   #271
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Ron MacLean was terrible. He had this notion that he had gained some unrivaled credibility as an analyst and he was terrible at it. Strombo knows his place. The problem is the other guys. Basically, everything is fine as long as Friedman is on my screen. When he's not, there's not much reason to listen.

The broadcast teams are hit or miss, but yeah, when you've got Cuthbert and Miller calling for NBC it really exposes people like Romanuk. Romanuk calling a playoff game just massively detracts from its sense of importance and grandeur.
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Andi Petrillo is on TSN that's hockey.

I know a lot of people liked her on cbc in previous years.
Was she a RSN layoff?
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Old 05-02-2016, 08:33 AM   #273
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Romanuk is awful, but I enjoy Mike Johnson. As an Nhltv subscriber I have the choice of the NBC feed, and sometimes i pick the CBC feed (sometimes = 1 out of 5).
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Was she a RSN layoff?
It was so sudden I think it was a poaching
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:31 AM   #275
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Strombo is terrible - I don't know anyone in my age group (mid 20s) who enjoys him on HNiC.
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Was she a RSN layoff?
Don't think she was ever a Sportsnet hire. She was (and I believe still is) working with CBC.
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:57 AM   #277
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:58 AM   #278
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Don't think she was ever a Sportsnet hire. She was (and I believe still is) working with CBC.
No she's with TSN. She's on That's Hockey.

I didn't follow that closely but I'm sure others can confirm, did she ever do any CBC work after SN took over? I don't recall seeing her on HNIC at all this season, then again I don't watch much intermission stuff.
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:59 AM   #279
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I liked McLean as host. And I don't mind Stombo either.

Just give me a good quality broadcast.
bleh, I can't stand McLean, and his blathering on about the Oilers a couple of summers ago sealed my dislike.
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Old 05-02-2016, 10:09 AM   #280
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After Hours was worth the price of admission. Scott Oake did an amazing job of getting interesting stories out of players and tying them into sports/hockey.

The only silver lining in this whole multi billion dollar mess is Hextall, Ball & Hrudey. Having Elliot on as an analyst helps, but even that studio pisses me off. .
Scott Oak produced some odd interviews and between period interviews. I can't seem to find any links, but that is my recollection.

Of course, I might be thinking of someone else.
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