08-01-2018, 06:32 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Darren Millard leaving SportsNet
All over twittter today.
He was pretty good. Synonymous with SportsNet.
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08-01-2018, 06:38 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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nm
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08-01-2018, 07:15 PM
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#3
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Sportsnet is becoming extremely watered down for talent
But count me amongst the group that really was never all that fond of this guy either
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08-01-2018, 07:58 PM
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#4
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: victoria
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Where would he go?
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08-01-2018, 08:15 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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I found him a little odd throughout his career. Maybe it's a Sportsnet thing but they have a couple personalities on staff who try to mimic Ron McLean's hand gestures in recent years. Millard is one, and the worst offender Jeff Marek being the other. Even old Elliott Friedman has started it a little, but not as bad as those other guys. Anyway, hope Millard got something lined up for his sake.
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08-01-2018, 08:19 PM
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#6
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Franchise Player
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bring back Leah Hextall
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08-01-2018, 08:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Based on his announcement, it seems like he might be leaving sports altogether, with the way he talks about all the great sports moments he's had a chance to cover over the years and pursuing another opportunity "in that wake of history".
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqk482
On the other hand, these sorts of vague announcements are usually the result of a no-compete clause in the person's contract, which would usually be because he's moving to a competing network/station.
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Doesn't Ontario have municipal elections coming up in the fall? Maybe he's following Millions' lead and running for office.
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08-01-2018, 09:23 PM
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#8
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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He goes back to nearly the early days of RSN. I can't say he was my favourite but he wasn't terrible or anything. I wish him good luck in his future endeavour.
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08-01-2018, 09:40 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Duthie on his way over.
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08-01-2018, 09:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He goes back to nearly the early days of RSN.
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He was a Day One SN employee, so he's actually been there longer than Rogers has owned the network.
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08-02-2018, 09:58 AM
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#11
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
Doesn't Ontario have municipal elections coming up in the fall? Maybe he's following Millions' lead and running for office.
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That would be risky considering nobody knows if Toronto will have 47 councillors or 3 if Doug Ford gets his way.
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08-02-2018, 05:04 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
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Toronto media guy on twitter saying first of many expected changed at rogers before hockey starts
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08-02-2018, 05:09 PM
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#13
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by d_phaneuf
Toronto media guy on twitter saying first of many expected changed at rogers before hockey starts
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Can you link that tweet?
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08-02-2018, 06:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by d_phaneuf
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Ha ha ha. Funny reading the comments and how much Leafs fans hate the RSN guys doing their broadcasts. I can't believe there's still 6 years left in this jail sentence for Canadian hockey fans. The 2026 season is going to be glorious as it's hard to imagine the NHL giving Rogers back their product after this mess.
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08-02-2018, 07:09 PM
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#16
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Ha ha ha. Funny reading the comments and how much Leafs fans hate the RSN guys doing their broadcasts. I can't believe there's still 6 years left in this jail sentence for Canadian hockey fans. The 2026 season is going to be glorious as it's hard to imagine the NHL giving Rogers back their product after this mess.
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I'm willing to bet that in 6 years the demand for cable news networks covering sports will be diminished so badly that there won't be any more mega contracts handed out.
So a bad as things are now, I don't see them getting better when this contract ends.
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08-02-2018, 07:11 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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If anything it'll probably be Rogers picking up the next contract for a much smaller price, and cuts deeper than we've seen under this one. They have the most money in Canada and are kind of all in on cable.
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08-02-2018, 07:13 PM
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#18
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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TSN & Sportsnet each have streaming services. They'll pay to keep the NHL in house especially if viewers continue to migrate online.
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08-02-2018, 07:54 PM
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Help, save, whatever.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Ha ha ha. Funny reading the comments and how much Leafs fans hate the RSN guys doing their broadcasts. I can't believe there's still 6 years left in this jail sentence for Canadian hockey fans. The 2026 season is going to be glorious as it's hard to imagine the NHL giving Rogers back their product after this mess.
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Monday to Friday if a game is on RSN I always watch the opponents feed and it's always way more enjoyable than having to listen to Romanuk and Millen.
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08-02-2018, 08:11 PM
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#20
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
TSN & Sportsnet each have streaming services. They'll pay to keep the NHL in house especially if viewers continue to migrate online.
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People won't stop illegally streaming until their prices are more reasonable. $24.99 for each one? You'd be at like $50.00 for just TSN and Sportsnet. What a rip off.
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