Favourite Commentary team?
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Tkachuk Norris
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Anyone but Hrudey for me 
Hughson is pretty good for ploff games. Ive always been a Chris Cuthbert guy though. Too bad he doesn't do hockey anymore.
Hughson is pretty good for ploff games. Ive always been a Chris Cuthbert guy though. Too bad he doesn't do hockey anymore.
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I'm not sure anyone will be voting for Romanuk or Randorf
You mean you aren't in the group that call him Seanahan?!!
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I'm not sure anyone will be voting for Romanuk or Randorf
I'd put the game on mute if we have Romanuk for the playoffs.
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Of the options listed I'd say
Randorf+DeBrusk/Millen/Galley or
Ball+DeBrusk/Millen/Galley
I don't hate Millen like most people seem to, actually I find him funny.
And it's not that I don't like Hrudey, I do like him and his personality but I feel like he doesn't add much depth to colour. It's weird because as a studio analyst I think he was great when he had Behind the Mask.
Randorf+DeBrusk/Millen/Galley or
Ball+DeBrusk/Millen/Galley
I don't hate Millen like most people seem to, actually I find him funny.
And it's not that I don't like Hrudey, I do like him and his personality but I feel like he doesn't add much depth to colour. It's weird because as a studio analyst I think he was great when he had Behind the Mask.
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Ball and either Hrudy or DeBrusk. I used to really like Hrudy when he was more neutral, but he's gotten really homery this season. Maybe it's better that DeBrusk is an ex-Oiler.
Lunatik
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For a regional broadcast it's not that bad IMO. But since the playoffs will be National, I suspect we see Hrudey in a studio position.
FlamerForLife
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5 different series involving Canadian teams, and there are only 4 national commentators, so I suspect we'll likely have Rick Ball doing our games with Garrett or Millen doing colour.
I see Hughson and Simpson doing the Toronto series, Randorf and DeBrusk doing the Oilers series, Bob Cole for Montreal and Romanuk for Ottawa.
This is all just a guess by me though, but that's how I see it shaking down.
I see Hughson and Simpson doing the Toronto series, Randorf and DeBrusk doing the Oilers series, Bob Cole for Montreal and Romanuk for Ottawa.
This is all just a guess by me though, but that's how I see it shaking down.
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What's Mike Johnston doing these days? Is one of my favourite colour guys. Overall I like the TSN teams from past better than anything Sportsnet has given us so far. I don't mind Ball, but kind of wish Wills would do the television broadcasts instead of radio.
SmellOfVictory
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Split between Ball + Hrudey and Ball + Debrusk. Honestly, the colour guy barely matters because Ball is so damn good. I still kind of miss the unique character of the Loubardias PBP, but I think Ball is one of the best PBP guys the NHL has, period.
Hrudey does tend to ramble a bit, and sometimes he just gets lost, but I think he throws out some entertaining insights every now and then. He's also adorable.
Hrudey does tend to ramble a bit, and sometimes he just gets lost, but I think he throws out some entertaining insights every now and then. He's also adorable.
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FlamerForLife
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He's on the NHL network I believe, and according to his twitter he's going to be calling the Sharks/Oiler series for NBC.
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I always hoped that Mike Johnson would return to TSN after Rogers fired him. I wonder if he burned bridges when he jumped ship. I quite liked him and thought he was one of the better people at Rogers.
I never realized how much I like Loubo until after he was replaced with Kerr.
Yeah I agree. Hrudey seems like the kinda guy you'd love to hang out with just to shoot the **** with over a drink.
At least he and Ball have good chemistry together.
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Lunatik
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Hrudey's likeability makes up for his mistakes and also makes his dorkiness endearing. Rob Kerr on the other hand always seemed like he was a bit arrogant so his dorkiness and mistakes wore on me, same with Millions.
Loubo fits in the same class as Hrudey, not that he made many mistakes but he seems like a huge dork and it's great.
Loubo fits in the same class as Hrudey, not that he made many mistakes but he seems like a huge dork and it's great.
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Yeah Kerr's arrogance bothered me. I hadn't paid much attention to him since he was taken off the televised broadcasts since I don't listen to the radio but I did happen to listen to him on it once and he seemed to have gotten worse, maybe almost angry.
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I don't know if I'd describe Kerr as arrogant, maybe a bit of a know it all, but moreso being just overly dramatic. But he does come off that way.
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Ball and Hrudey are the best team the Flames have had in a while. Kelly is an affable idiot, the kind of person you find endearing because they mean well. You can count on him for at least 4 or 5 poorly delivered and incoherent contributions per game so that always gives me something to look forward to. His particular brand of homerism is pretty harmless because I can't imagine many take him seriously anyway and since most of the other Canadian teams get a broadcaster obviously rooting for them the Flames should too.
What the hell did we do to deserve John "no chance for the goalie" Garrett? I blame him for Canucks fans being the way they are, and possibly inciting the riot in the first place.
What the hell did we do to deserve John "no chance for the goalie" Garrett? I blame him for Canucks fans being the way they are, and possibly inciting the riot in the first place.
