Toronto Media Embarrasses Themselves Again re McDavid
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I get annoyed at the amount of glee the Eastern media gets out of the Oilers struggle.
And that any outrage isn't on behalf of the fans. It's on behalf of thinking there is some great injustice being done that McDavid is here.
We're allowed to make fun of our misery. No one else is. It's like playing jokes on your younger brother. But when someone else does it it's not okay.
We get it. We all know this is a huge cluster f***. Do you really need to kick us when we're down by trying to suggest McDavid has to leave?
I think there also might be some subconcious fear of the legitimate possibility that McDavid is goign to request a trade at some point here and that when media brings it up, or outright asks him that question, that it will become a reality.
And that any outrage isn't on behalf of the fans. It's on behalf of thinking there is some great injustice being done that McDavid is here.
We're allowed to make fun of our misery. No one else is. It's like playing jokes on your younger brother. But when someone else does it it's not okay.
We get it. We all know this is a huge cluster f***. Do you really need to kick us when we're down by trying to suggest McDavid has to leave?
I think there also might be some subconcious fear of the legitimate possibility that McDavid is goign to request a trade at some point here and that when media brings it up, or outright asks him that question, that it will become a reality.
Beerfish
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By far my least favourite semi local guy. I can't stand him. The very definition of a guy that likes to dish it out but goes into major pout/sulk mode if he is ever challenged on his views.
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Honestly, we can allude to which media said this but holy is that ever unprofessional. In the first year of an 8 year contract and you ask that! Our team is in a roughish spot but still contending for a spot, regardless of the points and league position. We can't allow questions like this to be the norm for any player in the league.
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Why...do you not think that there would be Western glee if the Leafs were floundering?
guymez
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Yeah but I hate the Leafs so why would I get annoyed by that?
I hear you...I dislike them too but I am far more angry at this organization for providing the ammunition so they (the Eastern media) can fire away at will.
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rboomercat90
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The Toronto media is horrible.
I’d go so far as to say they play a big part themselves in the Leafs never winning anything. I don’t remember the exact year but it was in the Curtis Joseph era, they had a team good enough to win the Cup. Media hounded management every day for weeks leading up to the trade deadline to bolster the lineup. Management relented to the pressure and made four or five deals at the deadline. The deals didn’t help, ruined the team chemistry and the team failed early in the playoffs. The team pre-deadline looked unbeatable but that wasn’t enough for the media.
I think the media also played a huge part in the team first going after Stamkos and then later Tavares. Stamkos at the time made sense but Tavares didn’t considering their circumstances had changed. They likely end up crippling their team this summer because of his acquisition.
It’s best to just ignore them. Their motivations are purely personal and have nothing to do with the team.
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So it was Ken Campbell that asked the ignorant question
What a mental Pejorative Slur
What a mental Pejorative Slur
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TB12
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f*** you Bruce Arthur.
And f*** you Frank Seravalli, you 50 year old looking idiot (seriously, he’s 30 people).
And f*** you Frank Seravalli, you 50 year old looking idiot (seriously, he’s 30 people).
Maybe its time we get Matthews out of Toronto
booyakasha
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Rishaug told strudwick it was Ken Campbell that asked the question..
Seemed to annoy rishaug as well.
Theo Fleury was none too impressed either LOL
It was Ken Campbell of The Hockey News. That magazine has sunk so low I hope it folds. Campbell is BY FAR the worst hockey reporter out there including Damien “I Like To Show Girls My” Cox and Steve “I Am The Bigger Asshat” Simmons.
Don’t worry I think tbe new owner in waiting down in Phoenix is working on it.
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Holy f***, I thought you were joking because there was no way, but jeez, he's actually 30.
Frank and I shared an elevator ride in the Delta when I was in Winnipeg to catch a Jets playoff game vs Vegas last year. Nice guy, asked him for his take on a few things. He wound up being wrong on all of them but he was pretty cool about a quick elevator chat.
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meh, Toronto is the cancer epi-center of the hockey world. They're even booing their own players whilst being 2nd the division and starting to talk about if Babcock needs to get axed.
18 months ago, they (and the rest of the hockey world) were talking about how Edmonton has the brightest future of all Canadian teams, and Cup favorites going forward.
Now, 3 points out of a playoff spot, and into Connor's 4th year, all of sudden it's a crisis, and it's paramount McDavid wins NOW. Even though he already made the playoffs, in his 2nd year, round 2. Matthews has never been past round 1, and Eichel has never made the playoffs period. Is it pandemonium in Buffalo?
Connor isn't going anywhere, he himself is the core of the solution, and he understands that, and that he is the Captain and an Edmonton Oiler until his contract expires.
18 months from now, that same writer could be writing an article on how Edmonton is the best team in the west and how they turned the page. Toronto media goes which ever way the wind blows and exaggerate, good or bad (ie. Tavares now makes them the best team in the league, the next dynasty, and so forth....
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Everyone outside Edmonton is torching this franchise, we should be supporting this team, and not entertain this trade McDavid nonsense. We are the luckiest SOB's in the league to have him, and this city deserves him
18 months ago, they (and the rest of the hockey world) were talking about how Edmonton has the brightest future of all Canadian teams, and Cup favorites going forward.
Now, 3 points out of a playoff spot, and into Connor's 4th year, all of sudden it's a crisis, and it's paramount McDavid wins NOW. Even though he already made the playoffs, in his 2nd year, round 2. Matthews has never been past round 1, and Eichel has never made the playoffs period. Is it pandemonium in Buffalo?
Connor isn't going anywhere, he himself is the core of the solution, and he understands that, and that he is the Captain and an Edmonton Oiler until his contract expires.
18 months from now, that same writer could be writing an article on how Edmonton is the best team in the west and how they turned the page. Toronto media goes which ever way the wind blows and exaggerate, good or bad (ie. Tavares now makes them the best team in the league, the next dynasty, and so forth....
)Everyone outside Edmonton is torching this franchise, we should be supporting this team, and not entertain this trade McDavid nonsense. We are the luckiest SOB's in the league to have him, and this city deserves him
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Then we have Luke Fox follow up with this beauty. Very first sentence 
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NHL All-Star Skills Takeaways: Matthews' stunt wins crowd - Sportsnet.ca
WTF is that supposed to even mean?
. NHL All-Star Skills Takeaways: Matthews' stunt wins crowd - Sportsnet.ca
WTF is that supposed to even mean?
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Then we have Luke Fox follow up with this beauty. Very first sentence
NHL All-Star Skills Takeaways: Matthews' stunt wins crowd - Sportsnet.ca
WTF is that supposed to even mean?
He's trying to be hip and edgy and appeal to the Toronto millennial? I dunno. Fox is a Leaf nuthugger so we all know he's trying to pander to his demographic. The fact Matthews is the headline kind of tells who his target is first and foremost.
TB12
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Arthur wrote the article about “Getting McDavid out of Edmonton”.
Seravalli kept tweeting about it giving it way more attention than it deserves.
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Ritchie Valens
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Thanks. I know the one Sportsnet broadcaster tweeted it first, or seemed to be first to publicly mention it and since, the Ontario media has grabbed the ball and ran with it.
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Always felt they wasted Sundin's career. He was a good guy for sticking around.
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