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Around the League 2019-2025 Edition

Pwner said:
Should I Start a media thread? Probably


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Fucken gross shit.

League should be getting right to Amazon, Netflix or Apple. They are always behind the times. They should be getting on a worldwide deal with one of these platforms and quickly - screwed up.

Aside from Rogers sucking ass as production of hockey. That too. Cant believe it’s another decade plus of the leafs not getting any announcers that care about the team doing well.
 
soco22 said:
Fucken gross shit.

League should be getting right to Amazon, Netflix or Apple. They are always behind the times. They should be getting on a worldwide deal with one of these platforms and quickly - screwed up.

Aside from Rogers sucking ass as production of hockey. That too. Cant believe it’s another decade plus of the leafs not getting any announcers that care about the team doing well.
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12 more years of zero home broadcasts for the Leafs, and 12 more years of me muting the TV, setting a timer for 18 minutes and then doing something else during the intermissions.
 
soco22 said:
Fucken gross shit.

League should be getting right to Amazon, Netflix or Apple. They are always behind the times. They should be getting on a worldwide deal with one of these platforms and quickly - screwed up.

Aside from Rogers sucking ass as production of hockey. That too. Cant believe it’s another decade plus of the leafs not getting any announcers that care about the team doing well.
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No Leafs fan has a right to complain about announcers that don't suck the team's collective dick enough. Ask any non-Leafs fan how nauseating it is to watch McLean and Company prostrate themselves before the altar of the blue leaf every damn day. For a team that hasn't won a game that matters in nearly 60 years, they get too much love and respect from the national media. A bit more criticism might actually do them some good, in fact.
 
LeafGm said:
12 more years of zero home broadcasts for the Leafs, and 12 more years of me muting the TV, setting a timer for 18 minutes and then doing something else during the intermissions.
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Try being a fan of literally any other Canadian team for 5 minutes and then tell me again about how hard done by the Leafs are with Rogers. Sportsnet does nothing on Saturday night except suck the Leafs off while gently cupping their tiny balls.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
No Leafs fan has a right to complain about announcers that don't suck the team's collective dick enough. Ask any non-Leafs fan how nauseating it is to watch McLean and Company prostrate themselves before the altar of the blue leaf every damn day. For a team that hasn't won a game that matters in nearly 60 years, they get too much love and respect from the national media. A bit more criticism might actually do them some good, in fact.
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I have no idea how anyone can think this. Leafs BY FAR are the most crapped on team on Sportsnet and TSN. There is a shocking difference in views of the Leafs on U.S broadcasts. Th issue is non Leaf fans think if Leafs are shown the mots that means the network loves them and are homers. The content is so hilariously negative all the time.
Also, if you talk about Winnipeg people change the channel..
 
I mean aside from the billions of dollars, fans and viewership - the Leafs as a team would be better off without weekly national broadcasts IMO. Sounds like conspiracy, but I do think that it affects several league anti-biases including those with the refs and league offices. Every nationally televised game carries the weight of "making sure that nobody is favouring the Leafs in any way". Glasses was onto something when his data nerds started looking into why the Leafs get so few powerplays compared to league averages.
 
BG said:
I mean aside from the billions of dollars, fans and viewership - the Leafs as a team would be better off without weekly national broadcasts IMO. Sounds like conspiracy, but I do think that it affects several league anti-biases including those with the refs and league offices. Every nationally televised game carries the weight of "making sure that nobody is favouring the Leafs in any way". Glasses was onto something when his data nerds started looking into why the Leafs get so few powerplays compared to league averages.
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The amount of times that Rielly infraction last year was replayed was laughable. You see something 1000x vs once every other market you view it differently. That was a point Keefe made last year and I agree.
The Matthews suspension in the Heritage game, don't get me started. The entire broadcast crew immediately cheerleading for a suspension and an in-person announced by the NHL in record time. The very next day Huberdeau did something far worse but no one saw it and he got nothing.
The "Leaf bias" conspiracy idiots will never stop no matter how bad Leafs are hit worse than any other teams.
 
JackBurton said:
I have no idea how anyone can think this. Leafs BY FAR are the most crapped on team on Sportsnet and TSN. There is a shocking difference in views of the Leafs on U.S broadcasts. Th issue is non Leaf fans think if Leafs are shown the mots that means the network loves them and are homers. The content is so hilariously negative all the time.
Also, if you talk about Winnipeg people change the channel..
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As Oscar Wilde said, "The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about."

You're complaining about the quality and alleged bias of Sportsnet's Leafs-centric discussion while us non-Leafs fans are complaining mostly about the sheer quantity of it.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
As Oscar Wilde said, "The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about."

You're complaining about the quality and alleged bias of Sportsnet's Leafs-centric discussion while us non-Leafs fans are complaining mostly about the sheer quantity of it.
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Nah, most of the whining 6 other Canadian fanbases tell me they lick the taint of the Leafs nightly.
 
JackBurton said:
Nah, most of the whining 6 other Canadian fanbases tell me they lick the taint of the Leafs nightly.
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They complain because they only ever hear about the one team from Toronto, never about their own teams. Whether what's being said is positive or negative is irrelevant. If they're talking about the Leafs then they aren't talking about any of the other 6 teams.
 
Wayward DP said:
gonna continue until dumdums like you stop caring more about our team than yours
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Sportnet doesn't allow viewers to care about any other team but the Leafs. Personally I'd like to see NO national broadcasts. Make them all local. If you live out of market, you can pay to watch your team with your broadcasters and analysts. Your team and ONLY your team. One channel for the Leafs, one for the Habs, one for the Sens, and so on. No pre, post, or intermission segments shared across the board. Each team has their own pre and post game show, and their own intermission segments.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Sportnet doesn't allow viewers to care about any other team but the Leafs. Personally I'd like to see NO national broadcasts. Make them all local. If you live out of market, you can pay to watch your team with your broadcasters and analysts. Your team and ONLY your team. One channel for the Leafs, one for the Habs, one for the Sens, and so on. No pre, post, or intermission segments shared across the board. Each team has their own pre and post game show, and their own intermission segments.
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They just paid 7.7 billion U.S, so expect them to talk about the team that brings in the ratings most next 12 years again.
The other fanbases believe it should be an even split of every team spoken about. That isn't realistic.
 
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JackBurton said:
They just paid 7.7 billion U.S, so expect them to talk about the team that brings in the ratings most next 12 years again.
The other fanbases believe it should be an even split of every team spoken about. That isn't realistic.
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It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy after awhile. When Labatt's took over sponsorship from Molson 20 odd years ago, all of a sudden you stopped seeing Habs games in English on Saturday night because they played at the then Molson Centre. When you're a kid and the only team you can watch without a Centre Ice package is the Leafs, you probably grow up to be a Leafs fan. Not because the Leafs are good or fun to watch, but merely because it's all you get to watch. One of my nephews in Toronto grew up then and became a Leafs fan mostly because of the fact that he never saw any other team. (Well, that, and the fact that my brother failed to provide a home free of any Leafs influences when the kid was in his formative years) Now the kid is 25 or 26 and he went from rabid Leafs fan to barely watching hockey anymore because, even at his relatively young age, he's already fed up with the Leafs and their constant failure. He told me he's simply "tired of seeing them lose every year".

When I was a kid growing up, I could avoid the Leafs on most Saturday nights because the CBC affiliate in Peterborough had the Habs game most of the time and the NBC affiliate in Buffalo always had Sabres games. Today, a kid in Fort Erie who can see the Sabres arena from across the river won't ever see a Sabres game unless it's one versus the Leafs. The Sabres used to have fans in the Niagara Peninsula. But not anymore since none of their games can be seen there.

So of course your team will always have the most fans if the networks and sponsors conspire to disappear all the other teams from everyone's televisions.
 
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