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Today is truly a good day for those of who believe the majority of the MSM (main-stream media) are idiotic. The only guys worth watching are those who don’t take themselves seriously; the rest are hilarious.
For example, Steve Simmons just spent a couple minutes evaluating the Ken Sutton trade. Of course, there was no Ken Sutton trade. There was an Andy Sutton trade.
The guys around the office that talk hockey rarely screw up names, and it’s a secondary activity for us. These guys get paid reasonable money (I assume) to appear on national television and talk about hockey. And they can’t get name right.
I imagine I could have about 1000 more examples if I flipped to Sportsnet. If only TSN could trade Steve Simmons to Sportsnet for Doug Maclean.
March-03-10 at 4:17:21 AM
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While analyzing last night’s Leafs/Sharks game, our friend Bill Watters was quite complimentary of the play of Luke Richardson. To be honest, Richardson didn’t do much. It may be because he left the Maple Leafs after the 2006 season.
I’ll forgive a slip of the tongue (he clearly meant Schenn), but Watters mentioned Richardson at least 3 times. Something about the arrogance displayed by Bill Watters makes me not want to forgive this.
On another Bill Watters note, I’m pretty sure that Leafs goaltender coach Francois Allaire has, at some point in his life, seriously wronged Bad Bill. Watters has some serious hate-on for Allaire, while just about everyone else in the media seems to think he’s the deity of goaltending coaches.
February-09-10 at 10:35:40 AM
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On one of the hockey shows that I listen to, Bill Watters was talking about the Olympics. As Bill does, he offered his uninformed opinion. He claims that the Russian Olympic hockey team has no goaltending. Let’s examine some numbers. The Russian goalies rank 5th, 8th, and 15th amongst NHL goaltenders in save percentage (Nabokov at .927, Varlamov at .924, and Bryzgalov at .919). Roberto Luongo leads the way for Team Canada with a .920 mark, followed by Brodeur at .917 and Marc-Andre Fleury at .906. Edge? Russia. Evgeni Nabokov has long been a top NHL netminder. Semyon Varlamov is
February-08-10 at 11:50:23 AM
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Sportsnet Host: What do you think about Ilya Kovalchuk? Bill Watters: [long-winded speech culminating with…] I wouldn’t touch him. Sportsnet Host: What about Ray Whitney? Bill Watters: I’d touch him. I don’t doubt it Bill, not for a minute.
February-02-10 at 11:19:37 AM
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In the wake of some genius Canucks fan (is there any other kind?) aiming a laser pointer at Miikka Kiprusoff during the Flames/Canucks tilt on the weekend, it seems that everyone is making a large stink about the risks associated with laser pointers. I remember reading somewhere that the risks associated with laser pointers were largely overblown by our protectionist society (1 in 8 zillion people get this disease, so we must all beware!). I was lead to Wikipedia, through Google, and the following… “Thus, it appears that a brief 0.25-second exposure to a <5 mW laser such as found
January-11-10 at 12:17:34 PM
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Why do certain members of the media feel obliged to mention (at least twice during HNIC) that only 2 of the 23 players named to Canada’s Olympic roster (Roberto Luongo and Jarome Iginla) play for Canadian based NHL teams? Is that somehow relevant? Guess what. None of the members of Team Finland play in the Finnish league. Heresy. This argument reminds me of people who complain about American based teams being comprised largely of Canadians and Europeans, or of those who complain about Canadian teams not winning the Stanley Cup. Misplaced patriotism? Perhaps. Pointless? Definitely.
January-02-10 at 5:41:19 PM
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I almost forgot. When the HNIC talking heads were picking their Olympic rosters, Glen Healy tossed out a gem. David Clarkson would be on this team were it not for the injuries he’s been battling. Really? David Clarkson? Clarkson has 15 points in 23 games, and does bring a physical edge to the game that most people can appreciate. But an Olympian? Surely Healy has taken one too many pucks to the temple. A quick peak at the NHL’s statistics website reveals that Clarkson is currently 7th amongst New Jersey forwards in average time-on-ice, a figure that shouldn’t change much
December-28-09 at 6:46:50 AM
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On Saturday night’s “Hotstove”, the topic of Olympic team selection came up. After offering their own picks for Team Canada, Glen Healy couldn’t resist the temptation to offer up some criticism of the recently announced Russian roster. To paraphrase… “How can they pick all these guys that aren’t even good enough to play in the NHL?” Does Healy not know about the KHL? You know, the Russian league that pays Russian players on par with the NHL. The Russian league that has been the home to some pretty good hockey players over the last few seasons. When Alexander Radulov skipped
December-26-09 at 1:05:33 PM
