Official 2018-2019 NHL Thread - v. Free agents - frenzy and feast

[KevShmev]

I mean, we got a solid period of shot after shot of Chara on the bench yesterday and the announcers lamenting the fact he wasn't playing. Whatever....

So you're saying if it was Pietrangelo, they wouldn't have done the exact same thing? C'mon, man!

It took several rounds for NBC's on-ice reporter to pronounce Pietrangelo's correctly (and I am still not sure he is, since I have largely tuned him out).

[TAC]

Persecution complex much?




Hey, I had to double check the spelling myself.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Persecution complex much?

That’s what happens when your team continuously gets treated like that by the broadcast team. Same thing happens to the Rangers. Actually, there are a lot of similarities between the Blues and the Rangers (well up until recently when St. Louis started to get their shit together while the Rangers went into rebuilding mode). That’s probably why I like the Blues so much. They remind me of my team.

[TAC]

When have the Rangers ever been treated like shit by NBC? If anything, they've tried to prop them up too much on the telecasts. I mean, there ain't a heck of a lot going on there to talk about, and hasn't been for some time.

I can see Network TV being slow to catch up with reality and they tend to come up with lazy story lines.

Like the Backes/St. Louis one. I cannot believe how much play that has gotten from the network. He's such a non factor.

[King Postwhore]

I think he's asking for consistency.  They called every little ticky tack call on both sides in the first 3 games and then the Blues coach speaks up and they let everything go.  I'm fine with most go but be constant.  It's the games coaches play and I get it.  It's a chess match.

Persecution complex much?

That’s what happens when your team continuously gets treated like that by the broadcast team. Same thing happens to the Rangers. Actually, there are a lot of similarities between the Blues and the Rangers (well up until recently when St. Louis started to get their shit together while the Rangers went into rebuilding mode). That’s probably why I like the Blues so much. They remind me of my team.

Count we can't trust you.  You hate everything Boston in sports.

[KevShmev]

This is the result of NBC always featuring the same teams on Sunday afternoon games throughout the years and whatnot.  The top announcing teams know those teams better because those teams (Penguins, Capitals, Blackhawks, Bruins, Flyers, etc.) are always given the primo national games.  And even the East always gets the top announcing team throughout the first three rounds, so to them, the Bruins are a team they know, while the Blues are one of those Western Conference teams they rarely cover and thus no little about.

[TAC]

This is the result of NBC always featuring the same teams on Sunday afternoon games throughout the years and whatnot.  The top announcing teams know those teams better because those teams (Penguins, Capitals, Blackhawks, Bruins, Flyers, etc.) are always given the primo national games.  And even the East always gets the top announcing team throughout the first three rounds, so to them, the Bruins are a team they know, while the Blues are one of those Western Conference teams they rarely cover and thus no little about.

That I agree with completely. It's the same fucking teams all the time. Caps/Hawks/Rags.

Please give me some Western matchup that does not include Chicago.

[Hyperplex]

NBC SUCKS. I cannot STAND their on-air personalities. Even Emrick, who I used to be able to stand, has become overbearing to me. Mike Milbury is a fucking goon with nothing between his ears but bitterness and cement, Pierre McGuire is honestly one of the worst personalities to represent hockey in my own personal memory, and Olczyck, while being very knowledgeable, doesn't come across as someone I want to listen to talk every other minute. Micheletti, or however you spell his name, isn't terrible, but certainly isn't great. Likewise Keith Jones isn't horrible, but he isn't good, and Roenick.....I didn't like his personality as a player let alone as someone I have to listen to.

I miss Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. I miss coverage and analysis that was about educating and explaining the game, not selling faux storylines and gimmicks to draw attention. I rewatch old Cup broadcasts from ESPN and ABC with wanton nostalgia. I actually mute the games when McGuire has his bench and on-ice interviews, and I no longer watch between periods.

I know I'm griping for no fucking outcome, but it pisses me off every time I watch a game and remember how much I used to love National Hockey Night, and how this shit is what we have now.

Carry on...

[TAC]

NBC SUCKS. I cannot STAND their on-air personalities. Even Emrick, who I used to be able to stand, has become overbearing to me. Mike Milbury is a fucking goon with nothing between his ears but bitterness and cement, Pierre McGuire is honestly one of the worst personalities to represent hockey in my own personal memory, and Olczyck, while being very knowledgeable, doesn't come across as someone I want to listen to talk every other minute. Micheletti, or however you spell his name, isn't terrible, but certainly isn't great. Likewise Keith Jones isn't horrible, but he isn't good, and Roenick.....I didn't like his personality as a player let alone as someone I have to listen to.

I miss Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. I miss coverage and analysis that was about educating and explaining the game, not selling faux storylines and gimmicks to draw attention. I rewatch old Cup broadcasts from ESPN and ABC with wanton nostalgia. I actually mute the games when McGuire has his bench and on-ice interviews, and I no longer watch between periods.

I know I'm griping for no fucking outcome, but it pisses me off every time I watch a game and remember how much I used to love National Hockey Night, and how this shit is what we have now.

Carry on...

I'm totally with you on Thorne and Clement. Damn, those guys were great.

It's funny what you say about Olczyck. I agree. He is very knowledgeable, but (I can't believe I'm going to do this) I feel like he hates the Bruins.

Emrick is fine. I like Millbury, but can understand why everyone outside of Boston doesn't. I love me some Keith Jones, and the addition of Patrick Sharpe has been excellent.

I'm done with Pierre Maguire. But I feel during these finals that he's been a lot more reserved.

I'll say this, the Bruins had Brian Boucher do all three rounds and I thought he was fantastic. He sounded fresh and had great insights, especially on the goaltending.



How about the NHL Network guys? I've always liked Kevin Weekes, but lately he's turned into the black Pierre Maguire. STFU man!

[TAC]

This is the result of NBC always featuring the same teams on Sunday afternoon games throughout the years and whatnot.  The top announcing teams know those teams better because those teams (Penguins, Capitals, Blackhawks, Bruins, Flyers, etc.) are always given the primo national games.  And even the East always gets the top announcing team throughout the first three rounds, so to them, the Bruins are a team they know, while the Blues are one of those Western Conference teams they rarely cover and thus no little about.

Therefore the Cinderella storyline...

They are in the business of selling storylines.


Here's the NBC schedule for the past season.

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2018/08/13/your-2018-19-nhl-on-nbc-tv-schedule/

Caps...8 games
Hawks...8 games
Pens..7 games
Rags...5 games
Bruins...5 games
Blues...4 games
Bolts...4 games

[gmillerdrake]

The only one out of all of them that is tolerable is Patrick Sharp. Not only is he one of the only ones who actually knows what he's talking about.....he's about as unbiased as you can get. Near all the others you can 'taste' who they like by what they talk about and how they talk about it.

[Anguyen92]

Can Youtube TV give us the option to watch the Canadian feed of NHL games that would be hosted on NBC?

I do feel like I have the NBC broadcasts muted more often than not.  Doc Emrick is all right.  I find Pierre more tolerable than most although I can understand why a lot of people would not stand him.  Both of them emphasizing where players play in college can get overbearing though.  It's like wrestling where Jim Ross used to drop a fact where a wrestler played football for.  I highly doubt the majority of the viewers are really interested where a player played hockey in college, unless that viewer went to the same college.  All of the other hockey personnel on NBC that I'm familiar with (Olczyck, Millbury, Roenick, etc.), I can live without hearing them.

[KevShmev]

Millbury is the worst.  He always sounds cranky and like someone just shit on his hamburger.

Doc Emrick is great; I would never knock him.

[TAC]

The only one out of all of them that is tolerable is Patrick Sharp. Not only is he one of the only ones who actually knows what he's talking about.....he's about as unbiased as you can get. Near all the others you can 'taste' who they like by what they talk about and how they talk about it.

What is Jones' bias?

I mean, I can't think of any of them that lean a certain way. I guess I'm missing it.

[pg1067]

Millbury is the worst.  He always sounds cranky and like someone just shit on his hamburger.

Doc Emrick is great; I would never knock him.

I love Emrick.

And I think Millbury is mostly great because he sounds cranky and like someone just shit on his hamburger.

I also desperately miss Gary Thorne and Bill Clement.  Every time I hear highlights from an Orioles game or they show one on MLB Network, it makes me nostalgic for late 90s/early 2000s hockey.

[jingle.boy]

Meanwhile, LOL at Backes again.  What a huge crybaby he has become.   He comes off like 'Wah, wah, we didn't get all of the calls for once, so I am going to complain about it."

https://nesn.com/2019/06/david-backes-questions-officiating-after-bruins-game-4-loss-to-blues/

Sounds a lot like how someone(two) was posting last page. 

Oh, thank god for Sportsnet/CBC. I'd listen on mute if I had to watch NBC coverage. At least NBCSports had the brains to hire/borrow at least one of the Canadian broadcast teams (Chris Cuthbert) for the earlier rounds.

[gmillerdrake]

Sounds a lot like how someone(two) was posting last page. 

Difference being we had/have a legitimate gripe.

[jingle.boy]

Sounds a lot like how someone(two) was posting last page. 

Difference being we had/have a legitimate gripe.

[King Postwhore]

So do we about how the officiating changed for game 4. 

[TAC]

The officiating has been a complete non factor in this series. The best team has won each game. There's general inconsistencies for sure, but the officiating hasn't impacted this series one iota.

Sounds a lot like how someone(two) was posting last page. 

Difference being we had/have a legitimate gripe.

That's just ridiculous. I mean, please. That is tired.

The refs have missed calls both ways. They fell for the Bruins embellishing in game 3 and the Blues embellishing in game 4. Again. Non factor. Crying about the refs completely undermines you guys' actual knowledge and ability to have a legitimate hockey conversation.
 

[KevShmev]

Pfft, you are the one still yapping about the officiating...

[TAC]

Not at all.

[gmillerdrake]

So do we about how the officiating changed for game 4. 

Should have been like that from the start. And there were still two weak calls....one against each team.

The officiating has been a complete non factor in this series. The best team has won each game. There's general inconsistencies for sure, but the officiating hasn't impacted this series one iota.

Sounds a lot like how someone(two) was posting last page. 

Difference being we had/have a legitimate gripe.

That's just ridiculous. I mean, please. That is tired.

The refs have missed calls both ways. They fell for the Bruins embellishing in game 3 and the Blues embellishing in game 4. Again. Non factor. Crying about the refs completely undermines you guys' actual knowledge and ability to have a legitimate hockey conversation.

Don’t disagree about the team that should have won the games won the games. Will strongly disagree and politely chuckle at the notion I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to hockey.

Love ya though 

[King Postwhore]

Gary, Gary, Gary.  You did see the  neverusethis face right?

[TAC]

Will strongly disagree and politely chuckle at the notion I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to hockey.

I know you know what you're talking about when it comes to hockey. I said that and I totally believe it.



 

[gmillerdrake]

Gary, Gary, Gary.  You did see the  neverusethis face right?

Never use this face? What’s that one. Ha ha

Will strongly disagree and politely chuckle at the notion I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to hockey.

I know you know what you're talking about when it comes to hockey. I said that and I totally believe it. 

You knew that I know you knew I know’d.....so we now know that we both know we know.

[TAC]

Chara is out with a broken jaw.

[Snow Dog]

I’m with Marty regarding Pierre. I don’t mind the rest of the NBC crew that much except Milbury, who’s just always been a dumbass, so hey, let’s give him a microphone!    Besides, Kathryn Tappen isn’t some bad eye candy either.

The old Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts were where it was at for me though growing up. We had a satellite dish and tuned in to CBC every Saturday during the season. My dad LOVED Coach’s Corner and Cherry’s brashness. I kinda miss those times...

[jingle.boy]

Nothing will ever top Mcguire on TSN on trade day back in '08 and him talking to Darren Dutchyshen - and I quote "you're an announcer with a long stick from time to time " (the "eyebrows" emote is in the quote purposefully)

https://youtu.be/_i5zXLZHGI4?t=106

[KevShmev]

Chara is out with a broken jaw.

[jingle.boy]

Speaking of long sticks... if it wasn't for Chara's, maybe his jaw would be intact.

[King Postwhore]

Tim, link?

I assume he is but I haven't seen a report that says it's official yet.

[KevShmev]

Chara isn't that good anyway.  I can't remember a finals where I could say neither of the two captains were among the best players on their respective teams.

[Snow Dog]

Nothing will ever top Mcguire on TSN on trade day back in '08 and him talking to Darren Dutchyshen - and I quote "you're an announcer with a long stick from time to time " (the "eyebrows" emote is in the quote purposefully)

https://youtu.be/_i5zXLZHGI4?t=106

I’ve watched that a few times before, and every time, I get uncomfortable myself seeing how close he’s standing to Darren. Then *that* line comes out of his mouth, and I have to wonder, “Is he on a registry somewhere?” Lesser things have qualified as sexual harassment in the workplace. It’s hilarious how as soon as Darren says, “Long stick,” the eyebrows shoot up like Gronkowski’s do if he heard the number 69.

[King Postwhore]

Chara isn't that good anyway.  I can't remember a finals where I could say neither of the two captains were among the best players on their respective teams.

The problem is that puts us to our 9th in the depth chart for the Defenseman