[Rumour] Rogers to renew Don Cherry's contract. UPDATE: Previous reports false

[CroFlames]

The man they call Seanahan!

[troutman]

Ron Maclean - just stop with:

1) the puns
2) I'm a referee
3) hockey is a "religion" in Canada
4) I'm the most Canadian person that ever lived
5) name drops

[jayswin]

I actually like Ron MacLean, but the ref stuff is just ridiculous. You can take the most egregious missed call or horribly officiated game and he just comes on fired up ready to chastise the entire nation for daring to question the hardest working, best professionals on planet earth!

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Originally Posted by troutman

Ron Maclean - just stop with:

1) the puns
2) I'm a referee
3) hockey is a "religion" in Canada
4) I'm the most Canadian person that ever lived

5) Name Drops (sometimes 3 generations of)

[FireGilbert]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

I don’t really watch Don much anymore. When I do it is a little cringey at times as he’s either repetitive now or can get off track. I always say if there is a goal scored in the first where a Dman had his stick out you can make a prop bet Cherry will bring it up. “Kids, what do I always say? KEEP YOUR STICK OUTTA THERE!!” Ron tried to interject something “But Don, don’t you thing....” “WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN BOUT? LET THE GOALIE STOP IT!!”

This is the thing that bugs me the most about Cherry. Does the guy even watch hockey anymore? Every defenceman will put there stick in the way to interfere with or deflect a shot. The benefits of preventing direct shots on net far outweigh the occasional fluke deflection.

[neo45]

Strombo was pretty good I thought and I guess he sort of got screwed over by Maclean behind the scenes?

Hometown hockey is my least favorite part about watching Flames games nowadays. I’d seriously rather watch a panel with my least favorite analysts at least talk NHL than hear anything to do with lower level hockey. It doesn’t “bring us all together”, it’s just very uninteresting

[corporatejay]

I like hometown hockey.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by bigtmac19

I follow Strombo on Instagram and all the pictures he posts of himself lately, he looks rough!. I think he's mostly living in California now as well.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzH1N5igAdv

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzH1N5igAdv

He looks pretty rough on the House of Strombo YouTube series.

You would think he is heavy into drugs by the way he looks but apparently he is straight edge and vegan.

Ron MacLean Leno`d Strombo big time.

MacLean is everything I hate about watching hockey in Canada.

[Magnum PEI]

I remember listening to the press conference introducing Strombo as the new HNIC host. Maclean kept making passive-aggressive comments towards Strombo. "Don't screw this up" he kept saying. You could tell he was not happy.

[Corral]

I think Maclean is great precisely because of his ego and knowledge of the game. There are way too many commentators who are afraid to be critical of the NHL and they bore me. Watching Maclean square off with smug little bettman is awesome viewing. Nobody else could pull that off.

Likewise with scott oake. Well prepared and thorough in his research. His interviews have some substance. Players don’t cringe when they take questions from him. Unlike most of the other interviewers.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Corral

I think Maclean is great precisely because of his ego and knowledge of the game. There are way too many commentators who are afraid to be critical of the NHL and they bore me. Watching Maclean square off with smug little bettman is awesome viewing. Nobody else could pull that off.

Likewise with scott oake. Well prepared and thorough in his research. His interviews have some substance. Players don’t cringe when they take questions from him. Unlike most of the other interviewers.

Oh my god. Seriously? I love watching MacLean and Bettman square off for exactly the opposite reason—to watch MacLean get his ass handed to him.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

I like hometown hockey.

We need a poll.

I suspect it’d be a landslide.

[Dube]

Don Cherry drinking game lives on!

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzH1N5igAdv

Maybe it's me but that's not what I envision as rough. Beards can make men look up to 10 years older and his with a lot of grey is certainly contributing to an older look. Shave that off and he looks the same as he always does.

[sleepingmoose]

Originally Posted by Toonage

I think I'm most stunned that Cherry writes so well on Twitter.

It's well documented that he has someone run his Twitter account for him - I'm sure they're translating/cleaning up a lot.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I wonder if they had more patience and gave him about five years if he would have worked out better. I didn't think he was that bad but he was always going to be a tough sell with the crusty old conservative fans that if they had their way the cast would still be wearing blue blazers.

I am 36 and am not crusty yet and I thought Stombo was the absolute wrong choice.

David Amber is awesome. He is the future host.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

I am 36 and am not crusty yet and I thought Stombo was the absolute wrong choice.

David Amber is awesome. He is the future host.

David Amber is already hosting HNIC.


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[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Oh my god. Seriously? I love watching MacLean and Bettman square off for exactly the opposite reason—to watch MacLean get his ass handed to him.

Totally agree, but I suspect Maclean walks away from each and every interview thinking "nailed it".

[Steve Bozek]

I liked Strombo -intelligent and lets the "experts" or interviewee get his/her point across, but for HNIC, I think David Amber is better - as a moderator, he doesn't inject too much of his own opinion into the discussion.