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treydawg
04-14-2008, 10:27 AM
My god does it ever make watching Hockey better when you don't have two knuckleheads in the booth. From the presentation to the announcing, it was 100 times better than that crap VS puts on. Sad that we're stuck with these clowns for even longer.
MauvaisSang
04-14-2008, 10:46 AM
My god does it ever make watching Hockey better when you don't have two knuckleheads in the booth. From the presentation to the announcing, it was 100 times better than that crap VS puts on. Sad that we're stuck with these clowns for even longer.

CBC's announcers are a hell of a lot better than Versus. Of course, a rooster on PCP would be preferable to Versus' announcers.

Now if they'd only get rid of Al Strachan...
Smashingt
04-14-2008, 10:53 AM
CBC is by far the best, and sometimes you even get crazy don cherry.
treydawg
04-14-2008, 11:07 AM
CBC's announcers are a hell of a lot better than Versus. Of course, a rooster on PCP would be preferable to Versus' announcers.

Now if they'd only get rid of Al Strachan...

I'm amazed that VS can't do better. It's like the male version of Pam Ward (for you college FB fans out there).
MauvaisSang
04-14-2008, 11:10 AM
I'm amazed that VS can't do better. It's like the male version of Pam Ward (for you college FB fans out there).

Agreed. The only reason to watch Versus is Brian Engblom's Mullet.
treydawg
04-14-2008, 11:17 AM
Agreed. The only reason to watch Versus is Brian Engblom's Mullet.

Keith Jones isn't bad either.

I do have an affinity for Engblom's mullet, though.
slowpokemcgee
04-14-2008, 11:32 AM
I'm amazed that VS can't do better. It's like the male version of Pam Ward (for you college FB fans out there).

I don't even watch college football but I certainly know of that disaster.
buffalofan19
04-14-2008, 12:33 PM
CBC is definitely better, but Versus doesn't even have their top crews doing these games.

Emrick is still doing New Jersey for their local affiliate, as is Joe Beninati. Jack Edwards has been doing Versus games lately as well, but he's still working for NESN with the Bruins.

Guys like Strader (Phoenix), Peckham (Tampa Bay), and Forslund (Carolina) are getting all the Versus gigs because their teams are already out. The same goes for Darren Eliot (though I really don't mind him either)
treydawg
04-14-2008, 12:44 PM
CBC is definitely better, but Versus doesn't even have their top crews doing these games.

Emrick is still doing New Jersey for their local affiliate, as is Joe Beninati. Jack Edwards has been doing Versus games lately as well, but he's still working for NESN with the Bruins.

Guys like Strader (Phoenix), Peckham (Tampa Bay), and Forslund (Carolina) are getting all the Versus gigs because their teams are already out. The same goes for Darren Eliot (though I really don't mind him either)

I'm talking about the normal VS guys.
Resident Tough Guy
04-14-2008, 12:50 PM
CBC has done it right forever. Us in WNY are blessed to have it right on basic cable.
calr
04-14-2008, 01:27 PM
CBC's Jim Hughson is the best play-by-play man in the business, and his partner, Craig Simpson, is the top analyst. Hughson and Simpson haven't been paired together in the opening round, but they will be soon. :ironsides2: :craig: :sukie3:

That network, when it comes to hockey coverage, simply can't be touched.

(bf19, I think Strader is very good. I have an inkling he'll replace RJ, too.)
treydawg
04-14-2008, 01:30 PM
:rip:Jim Lorentz
Uncle Jesse
04-14-2008, 01:37 PM
No love for :emrick:?

With a driiiiiiiiiiive!

Latendresse slides it over to Ryder, Ryder back to Kovalev, canceled.
slowpokemcgee
04-15-2008, 08:44 AM
I wish they could broadcast CBC in WNY. I watch it once in a while on Sopcast. It's much better than any national US coverage.
buffalofan19
04-15-2008, 09:31 AM
(bf19, I think Strader is very good. I have an inkling he'll replace RJ, too.)

You're right. Strader is good. My point was all the halfway decent Versus guys (except Strader) are still doing games for their actual teams. Versus isn't that bad, actually. We in Buffalo are just spoiled.

If you actually saw the budget that Versus is given to work with on this, you'd understand why it's so "bad".
Sabres244
04-15-2008, 12:40 PM
CBC :wank:
Mr. Lahey
04-15-2008, 01:02 PM
CBC's hockey broadcasts are the standard that all others should try to attain.

With the game announcing crew that Versus has no wonder that the NHL has trouble "selling" the game of hockey in the US market.
treydawg
04-15-2008, 01:12 PM
CBC's hockey broadcasts are the standard that all others should try to attain.

With the game announcing crew that Versus has no wonder that the NHL has trouble "selling" the game of hockey in the US market.

Exactly.