Eddie Olczyk or Joe Micheletti

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I rather listen to Xhosa commentary than having to sit through Olczyk's whining

 

[will1066]

I rather listen to Xhosa commentary than having to sit through Olczyk's whining

Hockey's really expanding!

 

[nyr2k2]

Joe's fine. Honestly at this point he has to do a lot of carrying Sam--correcting him on players, what the call on the ice was, what has actually happened, etc. So he's doing color and also trying to gracefully and respectfully cover for Sam who is several steps behind at this point.

 

[pld459666]

Sam is a legend, so he's going out on his shield. But he's been horrible for a while now.

Joe, I didn't like his addition when they hired him, so him going would be addition by subtraction.

Felt this way for a few years now, but both need to go.

 

[NYR94]

Even Olczyk didn't want to stick around and watch that dreadful Hawks team. Enjoy him Seattle fans.

 

[SickNice]

What the f***? Eddie O is awful.

f*** that loser.

Finally someone who gets it. Eddie O is one of the poorer color guys out there. Listen to a few of his games. He provides very limited, if any, insight and only calls out like the same 3-4 things. He's terrible.

 

[RangerBlues]

Mich has stunning spray on hair.

 

[I Eat Crow]

The correct answer is John Giannone. Scoring from the side everywhere.

 

[Synergy27]

Eddie O can Eatty my Ass-O

 

[Kocur26]

Eddie O and Mike Emrick formed the best 1-2 broadcast duo in sports for a decade - and I didn’t care for Emrick.

Joe M is an msg shill

Get me Eddie O

 

[GbgRanger]

Vally.

100%

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This 100%.

 

[CasusBelli]

Love Eddie as a commentator. His skew on national broadcasts is easily remediable.

Vally.

100%

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Very insightful but I can’t stand the way he speaks. That upward inflection that makes every statement sound like a question drives me nuts.

 

[bhamill]

Eddie O can Eatty my Ass-O

“Assie-O” IMO.

 

[yada]

News broke today that former Ranger Eddie Olczyk will not return to the Blackhawks TV booth after 16 seasons. Would you take him over Joe Micheletti on Ranger games?

Ed olczyk is the worst color man in the league. I dont want him at all, hopefully he goes exclusively to tnt

 

[yada]

Eddie O and Mike Emrick formed the best 1-2 broadcast duo in sports for a decade - and I didn’t care for Emrick.

Joe M is an msg shill

Get me Eddie O

That duo was so great that i learned how to watch the canadian feeds. Too bad it doesnt work with espn+

 

[Unpredictable1]

I'd rather listen to the game in silence if it meant my only alternative was to have Ed Olczyk as color commentary.

 

[Machinehead]

f*** Eddie O lol

 

[clmetsfan]

I honestly can't believe this was a question. For all his flaws, Micheletti is still leaps and bounds better than Olczyk.

 

[Hire Sather]

JD

 

[RangerBoy]

When JD left in 2006, MSG Network spoke with Olczyk about replacing JD. Olczyk took the Hawks analyst position. MSG moved Joe from the Islanders to the Rangers broadcast.

 

[Hire Sather]

Much more worried about the future of the play-by-play position. I hope Sam stays as long as possible, but I have my eyes on Brendan Burke to replace him

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

Sooo… syphilis or gonorrhea?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Joe can be repetitive but he has good chemistry with Sam

 

[Miamipuck]

I know people don't like Joe, but have you heard what's out there? There are some downright putrid commentators, f***ing awful. Joe isn't one of those.

 

[Bluto]

Man if I could get anyone to the NYR broadcast it'd be Razor, but he'll never leave Dallas.