06-23-2020, 07:20 AM
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#161
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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Still don't get why Canadian sports media had a blackout on the Matthews Covid issue. They had no problem reporting on players with Covid in other sports, so it's nothing to do with a persons right to privacy.
Just guessing the hammer came down from each stations upper management. Just not sure why. Covid is life now. Of course players are going to get it.
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06-23-2020, 07:38 AM
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#162
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Probably because it was Simmons and he got the news unethically.
Simmons is a rat.
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06-23-2020, 07:41 AM
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#163
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Probably because it was Simmons and he got the news unethically.
Simmons is a rat.
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I’ll be on the look out for it in other posts now, but his initial tweet saying “my story” struck me as odd.
Isn’t there a professional term for that? Exclusive? Sounds much better than “me me me”
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06-23-2020, 07:57 AM
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#164
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Probably because it was Simmons and he got the news unethically.
Simmons is a rat.
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Why is he so popular in the Toronto market? I don't get it as he has to be one of the all-time worst Canadian sports journalists.
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06-23-2020, 07:58 AM
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#165
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Why is he so popular in the Toronto market?.
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He isn’t.
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06-23-2020, 08:00 AM
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#166
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
He isn’t.
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He remains employed in that market so someone must like him. I get that Eric Francis remains employed in the Calgary market despite not being the most popular journalist but I think Simmons is much more of an extreme when it comes to being a poor journalist.
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06-23-2020, 08:03 AM
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#167
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He remains employed in that market so someone must like him. I get that Eric Francis remains employed in the Calgary market despite not being the most popular journalist but I think Simmons is much more of an extreme when it comes to being a poor journalist.
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They’re kinda the same villain. Both work for the Sun, both think they are Eric Duhatschek.
Some I’m sure like them. But when I consider people “popular” it’s due to a majority of people enjoying them.
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06-23-2020, 08:05 AM
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#168
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
They’re kinda the same villain. Both work for the Sun, both think they are Eric Duhatschek.
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The reality is that at their best they are poor man's version of Bruce Dowbiggin.
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06-23-2020, 08:46 AM
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#169
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He remains employed in that market so someone must like him. I get that Eric Francis remains employed in the Calgary market despite not being the most popular journalist but I think Simmons is much more of an extreme when it comes to being a poor journalist.
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Clicks make money.
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06-25-2020, 04:36 PM
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#170
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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In the running for Hub Cities? [twitter, some of this may be hearsay]:
Some are saying Chicago is out, Vancouver is out, and I have to think LA is out now. That leaves 3 sites? Vegas, Edmonton and Toronto.
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06-25-2020, 04:40 PM
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#171
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I heard on the radio here that the province of BC is saying no to Vancouver.
I would have to think L.A. is out considering that their COVID-19 numbers are peaking again.
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"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
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06-25-2020, 05:04 PM
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#172
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
In the running for Hub Cities? [twitter, some of this may be hearsay]:
Some are saying Chicago is out, Vancouver is out, and I have to think LA is out now. That leaves 3 sites? Vegas, Edmonton and Toronto. |
I sure hope we can break away from the US and float into the Atlantic. Shorter flights to Europe!
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06-26-2020, 05:59 PM
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#173
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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06-27-2020, 12:34 PM
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#174
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Toronto and Vancouver or Edmonton seem pretty reasonable if they want to have an event without Covid impacting it. The surge across the US makes it not feasible to have all the support staff you need to host a 1000 people be highly likely to be Covid free.
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06-27-2020, 12:46 PM
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#175
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
Toronto and Vancouver or Edmonton seem pretty reasonable if they want to have an event without Covid impacting it. The surge across the US makes it not feasible to have all the support staff you need to host a 1000 people be highly likely to be Covid free.
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How embarrassing for the states if they held it exclusively in Canada.
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06-27-2020, 12:47 PM
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#176
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
It's easy to forget that NHL players are real people with real families. I understand they're very well compensated, for the most part, but I'm certain that their significant others/children wouldn't be particularly happy about having to leave their homes for what could be an extended period, to go live in a hotel in Edmonton.
Another thing to consider is the health of their families. Obviously most players are in fantastic physical shape, and may be better suited to fight off illness, but their families may not be. I know for example TJ Brodie's wife has MS; I'm sure there are plenty of others with compromised immune systems. It's one thing to risk your own health, but It's completely different to risk your family's health
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Absolutely. I think the wives would be legitimately concerned about what three months of Edmonton would do to their SO. They might never be the same after that.
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06-27-2020, 12:52 PM
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#177
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djsFlames
Absolutely. I think the wives would be legitimately concerned about what three months of Edmonton would do to their SO. They might never be the same after that.
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But they can go relax in the Rockies and be back by game time.
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06-27-2020, 12:53 PM
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#178
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
But they can go relax in the Rockies and be back by game time.
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If they leave at 4am? Absolutely.
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06-28-2020, 10:31 AM
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#179
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Edmonton may "win" by being the only city left in the race
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06-28-2020, 11:07 AM
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#180
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
How embarrassing for the states if they held it exclusively in Canada.
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It’s all anyone can think about really.
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