Who are the worst commentators in the league?

[PB37]

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[RussianRifle27]

Steve Mears is a downgrade from Steigerwald. He doesn't have an announcer's voice. He sounds like they pulled some fan and put him in the booth. He has some annoying tendencies such as stating the ages of players multiple times throughout the broadcast. He leans heavily on the phrase, "Dusts it off". And the cringey "Sticks down, pucks down" opening line every game.

 

[tom99]

As a Caps fan I think Joe Benninati is awful,

i think his voice is okay, but the caps have awful audio mix from the arena they play in..... rink sound is way too low, commentator sound on the other hand, is jacked up way too high.... when joe b yells score! i jump out the chair, way to loud!

Almost no rink sounds and goal horn/siren from that arena, they should really fix it.... any caps fans that also have noticed this?

 

[Melkor]

Doc has a very fitting voice for a commentator even at his age. For that alone, I can forgive him for his mistakes during the games when he constantly messes up players with similar numbers and body types. The worst in the tandem Doc-Pierre-Edzo is Edzo. You can tell from the get go which team he's rooting for and he does it in so annoying way - belittling good plays from an opposing team and all pumped up and giving praises left and right when his faves do anything worthwhile. Pierre, while he's a huge Crosby and Pens fan, is rather objective when it comes to other teams. I look at him as an integral part of NHLs biggest games. Edzo? I wouldn't even flinch if they fire him tomorrow.

 

[Mustard]

Preds guys are amateur hour, however Mason is a SIGNIFICANT upgrade over Stu Grimson.

 

[snipes]

Gary Galley, Drew Remenda, Kelly Hrudey

 

[Rich Nixon]

I don't understand how the Wild guys are hardly ever mentioned in these threads every time.

The PBP guy has the same cadences as Jack Edwards (who I love) if you removed the ability to credit the opposition, calls opposing goals correctly, and at least be entertaining.

Edit: Ah very good, I see I already made this comment in here last February.

Caught their broadcast last night for the Flyers, it was the only one available on Center Ice. I had it on while I was cooking dinner, glancing up on and off...and, no lie, I missed two of the Flyers' five goals because they made such little noise about them. I'd just look up and go "oh, it's 3-2 now?"

They also were pretty badly informed about the Flyers themselves. Basically portrayed them as a solid playoff team last year (they were bad for half the year and squeaked in in the last few days) that was "one of the more intense and physical teams in the league." It's one thing to be off on a few notes about some non-conference players you see only twice per season, but that's just a completely inaccurate characterization of a team that has been passive and relatively undersized for more than three seasons now. Like, the sort of lazy reputation-based local commentary that makes fans less informed about other teams around the league.

 

[Muffin]

I don't understand what everyone love about Rick Jeanneret, he sounds like a chain smoker trying to call a game to me.

 

[Johnny Rifle]

Pierre: What was the name of the evil lion in The Lion King?

Doc: SCAR!


Seriously, Emrick has one of the least broadcast-ready voices out of all the national announcers, but he makes up for it in enthusiasm and knowledge.

Wonder who NBC picks as their A-team guy once he finally retires.

 

[Rich Nixon]

I don't understand what everyone love about Rick Jeanneret, he sounds like a chain smoker trying to call a game to me.

I wanna hear Tom Waits' NHL PBP.

 

[Quarter]

I understand he's a regional guy but the Leafs game against the Avs this week reminded just how bad Altitude's play-by-play guy is.

 

[Melkor]

Pierre: What was the name of the evil lion in The Lion King?

Doc: SCAR!


Seriously, Emrick has one of the least broadcast-ready voices out of all the national announcers, but he makes up for it in enthusiasm and knowledge.

Wonder who NBC picks as their A-team guy once he finally retires.

I'd bet its gonna be John Forslund and rightfully so.

 

[mouz135]

Man, Pens announcers getting roasted in here. I may have to tune into a broadcast sometime and hear for myself just how bad they are

 

[Rebels57]

Boston (because of both) and Florida (because of Potvin)

As far as National broadcasts, there is nothing worse in sports than the Emrick-Maguire-Olcyzk trio.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Steve Mears is a downgrade from Steigerwald. He doesn't have an announcer's voice. He sounds like they pulled some fan and put him in the booth. He has some annoying tendencies such as stating the ages of players multiple times throughout the broadcast. He leans heavily on the phrase, "Dusts it off". And the cringey "Sticks down, pucks down" opening line every game.

Steigerwald is an unprofessional buffoon.

 

[Steerpike]

I understand he's a regional guy but the Leafs game against the Avs this week reminded just how bad Altitude's play-by-play guy is.

Yeah, he Moser made the transition from radio this year. His calls made the radio broadcast much more colorful, but it feels very out of place on TV.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

I am always surprised when people roast a team's broadcaster for being a homer. What the f*** do you expect? The organization signs their paychecks. You think they are going to be unbiased?

 

[orby]

Steve Mears is a downgrade from Steigerwald. He doesn't have an announcer's voice. He sounds like they pulled some fan and put him in the booth. He has some annoying tendencies such as stating the ages of players multiple times throughout the broadcast. He leans heavily on the phrase, "Dusts it off". And the cringey "Sticks down, pucks down" opening line every game.

I strongly disagree. Mears isn't an incredible sportscaster by any stretch of the imagination, but he's essentially an average-quality pbp guy. Steigerwald was not only unprofessional - airing grievances against other teams and players from the broadcast booth, making inappropriate jokes, fixating on specific players and topics to the point where he was ignoring game action - he also was starting to lose track of which player was which. It felt like he was misidentifying players more than once a game in his last years in the booth. Mears can at least get the names right.

 

[JackFr]

Steigerwald was a buffoon with a good goal call.

Mears is a mediocre commentator with a bad announcer voice.

 

[Gnashville]

Boston: Jack Edwards and the irritating color guy that can’t use any vowel sound outside of “AH”. I worst they would trade Pastrnak so he he would not Butcher his Name as Paahhstrnaahhhk
Colorado: They fired the homer and replaced him with a fanboy.

 

[RussianRifle27]

I strongly disagree. Mears isn't an incredible sportscaster by any stretch of the imagination, but he's essentially an average-quality pbp guy. Steigerwald was not only unprofessional - airing grievances against other teams and players from the broadcast booth, making inappropriate jokes, fixating on specific players and topics to the point where he was ignoring game action - he also was starting to lose track of which player was which. It felt like he was misidentifying players more than once a game in his last years in the booth. Mears can at least get the names right.

Outside of the Hobey Baker joke (which was hilarious), what other inappropriate jokes did he make? He definitely was a homer and screwed up from time to time though. I guess it's just such a stark contrast between Steigerwald's commanding, natural announcer's voice and Mears' weaker voice and lack of flair. I also thought the chemistry was greater between him and Errey.

 

[CapnZin]

I'm a Penguins fan and I can't even stand the Penguins commentators.

While I live in Pittsburgh, at times, there are ways to get around the Root Broadcasts. I definitely had to do that.

Local broadcasters are all bad. Same thing for when I am in New York or Philadelphia for extended periods of times. New York Rangers aren’t that bad and since Comcast took over the Flyers and the local broadcasting teams shifted to radio mainly, it’s not bad either, but it can be at times.

For what I’ve listened to and heard- Boston is by far the worst. Pittsburgh’s Root announcers are 2nd. The TBL announcers are annoying when they have an orgasm talking about Kucherov and Point.

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[Mobiandi]

Whoever the main guy is for Vegas broadcasts is terrible

 

[Hockeyholic]

Jim Hughson. CBC made a glaring mistake in the day by replacing Cuthbert with him.