TSN 690 & Other Montreal sports media Thread V

[David Suzuki]

if you don't like him talking about soccer a good idea is to not listen

 

[tazsub3]

Well said , sorry to burst many Habs fans bubble, including myself, lol.... but in a world context , Italy missing the wc is way more important then the niemi piack up...

 

[Runner77]

if you don't like him talking about soccer a good idea is to not listen

No one media figure is going to be universally supported. One weighs the good with the bad.

 

[Inkling]

I prefer Tony's soccer takes to his hockey takes to be honest. It helps that I'm a soccer fan, but I don't find he has much to say of value when it comes to hockey and his guests are not up to the standards of the Morning Show or Melnick's show. He gets good guests and has some pretty intelligent discussion when it comes to soccer, both the pro game and the development of players in Canada. After the whole PK thing, I don't really trust what he has to say about hockey although be may be getting fed stuff from management. We'll see if Max gets traded before next season, that seems to be his big thing at the moment.

 

[sheed36]

Today's TSN690 Friday scrum has started off pretty lively. Melnick and Marinaro don't seem to be agreeing on anything today.

 

[Saxon]

Yup. It's pretty funny actually...... nuckles is blaming.....Bergy......... It's about damned time.

 

[Habs 4 Life]

Marinaro was on fire this morning, good for him, hope he goes back to ripping the Habs the way he did 2 years ago
Franchise is becoming such a joke

 

[sheed36]

Seems Nilan's constant crapping on Galchenyuk for his defensive play as rubbed off on his good buddy Sean Campbell as well now. Melnick pretty much said Galchenyuk looked like the best Habs forward last night and Campbell piped up that he was a disaster in his own end.

What I don't get is why does Nilan and now Campbell and others like crapping on Galchenyuk for his poor defensive play but never seem to bring up Drouin's poor defensive play in his own end. Why is it always Galchenyuk that gets singled out for an entire team that looks terrible defensively. I'm really gonna have to stop listening to everything on TSN690 other than Melnicks show.

 

[sheed36]

Tony is gonna completely meltdown before this show ends.

 

[Habs 4 Life]

Seems Nilan's constant crapping on Galchenyuk for his defensive play as rubbed off on his good buddy Sean Campbell as well now. Melnick pretty much said Galchenyuk looked like the best Habs forward last night and Campbell piped up that he was a disaster in his own end.

What I don't get is why does Nilan and now Campbell and others like crapping on Galchenyuk for his poor defensive play but never seem to bring up Drouin's poor defensive play in his own end. Why is it always Galchenyuk that gets singled out for an entire team that looks terrible defensively. I'm really gonna have to stop listening to everything on TSN690 other than Melnicks show.

Galchenyuk was not the best player forward last night, by far the best one was Gallagher and probably Hudon after
However that being said, he was far from terrible and to be honest I noticed Galchenyuk a lot more than Drouin in the offensive zone last night, and had seats in the offensive zone 2 of the 3 periods.
Galchenyuk is really NOT the problem on this team the way the media makes it out to be. This teams lacks talent, 2-3 players at leats

 

[sheed36]

Galchenyuk was not the best player forward last night, by far the best one was Gallagher and probably Hudon after
However that being said, he was far from terrible and to be honest I noticed Galchenyuk a lot more than Drouin in the offensive zone last night, and had seats in the offensive zone 2 of the 3 periods.
Galchenyuk is really NOT the problem on this team the way the media makes it out to be. This teams lacks talent, 2-3 players at leats

I think Melnick meant one of the better Habs forwards last night. I agree with the rest of your post. Galchenyuk is just the scapegoat for everything wrong it seems and gets singled out way too much when others are just as bad or even worse. Operation lets get another good young player in Galchenyuk driven out of town by the media is well on it's way. Dumb-asses.

 

[Runner77]

Tony is gonna completely meltdown before this show ends.

Best part was Marinaro veering off into an analogy involving shaving pubes and armpits.

 

[sheed36]

Best part was Marinaro veering off into an analogy involving shaving pubes and armpits.

Damn I missed that. That must've been when I left the room for a few minutes. Gonna have to listen again now when the audio is either up on TSN690 or on the replay tonight.

 

[Saxon]

Best part was Marinaro veering off into an analogy involving shaving pubes and armpits.

As a visual learner.....i didn't appreciate that....

 

[Saxon]

I think Melnick meant one of the better Habs forwards last night. I agree with the rest of your post. Galchenyuk is just the scapegoat for everything wrong it seems and gets singled out way too much when others are just as bad or even worse. Operation lets get another good young player in Galchenyuk driven out of town by the media is well on it's way. Dumb-asses.

Melnyk seems to be the only free thinker there lol. Everyone else seems to be puppets of the franchise but Melnyk keeps it real. He did the same thing with PK while the Habs and the rest of the media ran him out of town with their BS.

 

[Runner77]

As a visual learner.....i didn't appreciate that....

The things you have to unhear and unsee in life, lol. When Marinaro blurted that out, he was called on it by a perplexed Melnick, it's like he heard something from space. Tony then appeared to be scrambling, which added an extra comedic layer.

 

[CauZuki]

Seems Nilan's constant crapping on Galchenyuk for his defensive play as rubbed off on his good buddy Sean Campbell as well now. Melnick pretty much said Galchenyuk looked like the best Habs forward last night and Campbell piped up that he was a disaster in his own end.

What I don't get is why does Nilan and now Campbell and others like crapping on Galchenyuk for his poor defensive play but never seem to bring up Drouin's poor defensive play in his own end. Why is it always Galchenyuk that gets singled out for an entire team that looks terrible defensively. I'm really gonna have to stop listening to everything on TSN690 other than Melnicks show.

We have a long tradition of love/hate relationships with players of Russian decent.

 

[Runner77]

We have a long tradition of love/hate relationships with players of Russian decent.

And a propensity for easy branding. This market probably coined the term "enigmatic Russian" and then liberally applied it to every Russian player until proven otherwise. Vladimir Malakhov and Andrei Kostitsyn are the two that come to mind as setting and reinforcing the perception. I don't know that local media has done enough to help eradicate the label.

 

[CauZuki]

And a propensity for easy branding. This market probably coined the term "enigmatic Russian" and then liberally applied it to every Russian player until proven otherwise. Vladimir Malakhov and Andrei Kostitsyn are the two that come to mind as setting and reinforcing the perception. I don't know that local media has done enough to help eradicate the label.

Don't forget the "lazy" Alex Kovalev, that only showed up 1 every 5 games .

 

[Runner77]

Don't forget the "lazy" Alex Kovalev, that only showed up 1 every 5 games .

Except that the fans forgave Kovalev cause he had style, charm and looks. Cause you know, fans can't be fooled, nor can they be shallow.

Fans ultimately get the players they deserve.

And the media types they inherit.

Demand more if you want more than your bland Campbell, Nilan, Gallo types.

 

[CauZuki]

Except that the fans forgave Kovalev cause he had style, charm and looks. Cause you know, fans can't be fooled, nor can they be shallow.

Fans ultimately get the players they deserve.

And the media types they inherit.

Demand more if you want more than your bland Campbell, Nilan, Gallo types.

Makes sense, if only Radulov got those dental implants he'd be a Hab today.

 

[Captain Mountain]

And a propensity for easy branding. This market probably coined the term "enigmatic Russian" and then liberally applied it to every Russian player until proven otherwise. Vladimir Malakhov and Andrei Kostitsyn are the two that come to mind as setting and reinforcing the perception. I don't know that local media has done enough to help eradicate the label.

Which is hilarious, because Markov was probably the hardest working Hab on the roster for over a decade.

 

[Runner77]

Makes sense, if only Radulov got those dental implants he'd be a Hab today.

He did better than that. He opted for a Texan transplant.

 

[Runner77]

Which is hilarious, because Markov was probably the hardest working Hab on the roster for over a decade.

Which is why I mentioned "unless proven otherwise". It's a mistaken perception, you need to evaluate every player on their own merits and not have a preconceived opinion before you can actually ascertain what the player is actually about.

 

[Habsawce]

The Montreal media profits when the team stinks. They are loving this.