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That's a crazy story... But I'd believe it. As both a fan and a broadcaster, I can tell you he's absolutely the best there is. I think the guy legitimately enjoys what he does, and on the reduced schedule, he can probably fulfill the contract. As someone earlier in this thread said, look how long Scully lasted... Bob's got some juice left...

when's the last time they didn't??

The REALLY sad/disgusting part of all this, is the number of women who have been raped and or assaulted......that's the sad/disgusting part. Don't get me wrong, it's sad that maybe there's some guys not as guilty as others, but on the flip side, there's still guys not getting noticed for the egregious things they're doing. Society makes me sad.

what does money have to do with it? I'm more concerned with who's clean and who isn't. Who's cheating? The entire Russian nation is so corrupt from the top down...every facet of their way of life...

Okay!

My honest belief is that something has changed schematically for this team....I don't know enough to know what, but I think they're actually doing something different on the ice that's locking things up better and not allowing as much of a free for all for other teams.

It's interesting because Russian athletes aren't banned...just the Russian Olympic Team, as an organization. Russian athletes can participate, but only as independents under a neutral flag. And they have to pass a pee test.

The Bezan thing will go away quickly, because it was relatively minor. Just another example of how we need a full-body-off restoration of our culture. Things have to change...the way we speak has to change. The way we think has to change. It's been too wrong for too long. If it means we're "too PC" right now, then so be it....it's better than the other way.

I hate that culture got to the point where sex assault became accepted behaviour.......I'll take some "overly political correctness" instead.

Helle wasn't bad last year....the team in front of him was.

Louie DeBrusk is outstanding...shame he only does national games. The best 1-2 punch in the game is Cuthbert/Ferraro....there's nothing better in hockey, anywhere, period. Shame they only get to call regional games.

Thorpe is done in Winnipeg....no question. He committed a MOS cardinal sin.

He looked REALLY good for a 1st year player....

It has absolutely ZERO to do with being female.....she's just flat out awful.

Fantastic....

I still say the guy proved he could do it by finding TJ Thorpe, who woulda been a superstar in the making, if he wasn't mental.......point is, I think the scouts can do it. Thorpe gives me hope...

Assuming the goaltending actually changed that much is the first mistake.....

Yes......very very much. Also, not sure I agree about women's hockey being a high level WHEN COMPARED TO NHL (felt that needed to be clarified...)

I'm fine with that....I'm not sure he woulda been a personality fit here. If there's a truly better option (than RH), then I'm all for it, but whatever....unless Steinauer is coming back (not likely), then we may as well stay with Richie and see if he can adjust. I feel like we adjusted for the run game nicely after that was a huge problem. Maybe this year we can adjust for the passing game too?

and I think there's a difference between being an insider, with knowledge of the "business" of hockey (Friedman) and being an analyst of the game, which is where you always defer to people who played it. All of this sexist nonsense about Cassie Campbell not doing Flames games because she's married to the AGM......I don't give two shits who she's married to, or that she's a woman.......my only issue with her ever, has been that she never played NHL hockey, and there should never be a pro hockey analyst that never played in the NHL.......just as an example of needing that specific insight.

I should have phrased it better.....one's opinion is always worth something......it's just that an opinion based only on watching/studying isn't worth AS MUCH as the opinion that comes from experience in the room and in the game. Journalists know lots, but the least ignorant among them will be the first to tell you that they'll never know as much as someone who's been there. You'd never get it from the arrogant asshats in Toronto, but a guy like Elliot Friedman will always defer to Kelly Hrudey, just as an example...

One's opinion doesn't mean **** if you've never been there. People can have a lot of knowledge about hockey by watching it, but you'll never know as much as someone who's been in the room and played the game.

If they're canned that quickly, you KNOW there's a lot more than the public knows. It's about damned time society started changing...

I couldn't be happier for a guy like Hutch. He's been through some ****. If he manages to find his game again and resurrect his career in the bigs, that'd be a hell of a story.