First and foremost I say we re-title this thread considering it has evolve beyond us (including me) just bitchin about Avs media. Now we're talking about the future and posting articles in here.
Second, I just saw the news about Haynes. I am not sure how I feel about this because it potentially opens a spot to Moser and Mike was a good human being. I also believed he had passion for the Avs and even though he wasn't a hockey guy growing up, he put everything in his job and I commend him for that. Now having said that, I am also beyond ecstatic that he's gone. Again, he wasn't a hockey guy and it clearly showed in the end during his broadcasts. Very simple questions and a very simple frame of mind when it came to hockey who more often than not encouraged McNab's ramblings. He wasn't too bad when it came to the Europe Series, but you need a class A analyst to keep Mike in line and vice-versa with McNab - we have(ad) neither of these.
Curious, do we know the reason why Haynes decided to resign? I know he had medical problems in the past, but seemed like he was in good health since that scare.
Haynes and Moser both have pros and cons to each other, Moser actually announces the game and tends to go over the top making easy saves into Game 7 heroics. It's not bad, but you definitely get burnt out from him. Moreover, he is a complete tool and definitely is a bigger homer than one you would want even for a home broadcast. However he has the hockey knowledge you want for a PBP, while Haynes was a more genuine person. For the record I have no insider information that Moser will replace him, but if you consider Kroenke's business tactics of seniority, Moser will be the guy and they just replace the vacant position in radio.
If I had a choice, the best PBP who isn't with an NHL club would easily be R.J. Broadhead from the CHL Sportsnet games. If I was the owner for an expansion team I hire him within seconds.
Here are some of his highlights
He might not bring the excitement, but he is very consistent and level-headed.
Could Conor McGahey be coming back?
Perhaps I missed something since I wasn't here for the past month, but he was always employed by the Avs. He just got a second job with Vegas and travelled back between cities. I do know he also does PBP for DU, but that's just college for like three games in 6 months.