[GT] Flames at Ducks - Jan. 7, 2025

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

They're using that term because somebody in senior management issued a directive to use gender-neutral language even in cases where every person being referred to is of the same sex. This is a silly thing to do.

If they’re all white and cisgender does that need to be pointed out too? Sheesh. What’s silly about referring to people as people?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by getbak

The IIHF changed it Too Many Players on the Ice some time ago because their rules apply to both the Men's and Women's games.


The AHL has at least one female Linesperson, so it's likely just a matter of time before she (or another woman) gets a shot in the NHL. No reason for them to not get ahead of the game on this.

Well now, that doesn’t seem silly at all.

[Locke]

Did anyone else notice that after Weegar's goal SN posted the Score as 2-0?

I thought I missed something for a second there as I have it on my 3rd screen. But yeah, for almost 5 minutes the score was 2-0 Calgary.

Does Weegar's goal count for more because its on the mom's trip?

[neo45]

Originally Posted by Locke

Did anyone else notice that after Weegar's goal SN posted the Score as 2-0?

I thought I missed something for a second there as I have it on my 3rd screen. But yeah, for almost 5 minutes the score was 2-0 Calgary.

Does Weegar's goal count for more because its on the mom's trip?

I did notice that

Sportsnet was busy making sure it was linespeople though you can’t expect them to get the SCORE of the game right when there is much more important stuff

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by neo45

I did notice that

Sportsnet was busy making sure it was linespeople though you can’t expect them to get the SCORE of the game right when there is much more important stuff

The person shoots, the person scores!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

The person shoots, the person scores!

They prefer the term 'Biological Entities.'

[Manhattanboy]

Calgary Hitpeople.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Great intermission with Chopper stories. What a career.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Calgary Hitpeople.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by butterfly

If they’re all white and cisgender does that need to be pointed out too? Sheesh. What’s silly about referring to people as people?

There's nothing silly about referring to people as people. There is something very silly about altering long-accepted terminology to accommodate a hypothetical case in which someone might feel excluded by a legalistically narrow reading of the etymology of the term.

(Tell me, when NASA sends probes into deep space, do you object that they are called ‘unmanned’? Is it sexist to use the term ‘chessmen’ to refer to the pieces including the queen?)

[Toonage]

How did that not go in

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Can't believe Scoronato didn't score there.

[Manhattanboy]

I thought Chopper was Al MacInnes.

[browna]

"Dig deep"
"Calgary........."

[Locke]

These announcers sound like they'd prefer to be somewhere else.

[Toonage]

Chaos in the Flames end

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Coronato will not miss that badly very often. Ouch, wide open net.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

I thought Chopper was Al MacInnes.

It is, and I think Ethan Moreau was called that too when he was oilers captain(?)

[Toonage]

Awful change ended up in a 4 on 2

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

There's nothing silly about referring to people as people. There is something very silly about altering long-accepted terminology to accommodate a hypothetical case in which someone might feel excluded by a legalistically narrow reading of the etymology of the term.

(Tell me, when NASA sends probes into deep space, do you object that they are called ‘unmanned’? Is it sexist to use the term ‘chessmen’ to refer to the pieces including the queen?)

OTOH, who does it harm to make a little change in terminology. Are people so soft they can't handle it?