watching hockey on TSN is torture..

[Canuck311]

:mad::mad:

I hate tsn .. everyone on it..

they way they broadcast ... the colour commentary .. the non-stop commercials... (the only tv station to break for commercials during a scrap..)


Brutal.. all those guys are tools...

i wanna fight pierre maguire..

[WellandDogsFan]

:mad::mad:

I hate tsn .. everyone on it..

they way they broadcast ... the colour commentary .. the non-stop commercials... (the only tv station to break for commercials during a scrap..)


Brutal.. all those guys are tools...

i wanna fight pierre maguire..
So the line forms behind you to get at maguire?? great! I am next!! On a whole, I generally hate most color commentaters.... but yes, tsn team on tonight is the bottom of the barrel.

Then there is the studio team. the only one I like in the studio is duthie(spelling?). I cant stand mckenzie...

[AlphaDog]

The one thing I'll give Mckenzie is he knows a LOT about hockey at the junior level.

I like Healy though. McGuire is a Don Cherry wanna-be, trying to come across all hard-nosed and loud mouthed, but it doesn't work. Only Don does it right.

I admit i was pissed to come back from commercial and find out I missed a scrap. They could have at least shown the fight in its entirety after, instead of all of it with the last 5 seconds cut off.

Other than that, I don't mind TSN. (wow Steen just got hammere by Nazaros)

They do a good job on the technical aspect of things.

[WellandDogsFan]

Yeah I like healy too.... great stop by raycroft on the breakaway

[dogleash85]

McGuire's a meat-head. its funny how bad he wants to copy the highly outspoken style of Don cherry yet Mcguire is anti-fighting. at least he used to juding from the way he talked about fighting.

[RioBravo]

Wow im the only one who likes TSN around here...? As much as you can hate Mcguire, he knows what hes talking about.

[AlphaDog]

You're the MONSTER of the day Rio!

Yah overall I like TSN. It doesn't have that 'ole Canadian hockey feeling that CBC has, but they've always done a good job from as far as I can tell. I'm glad Darren Dutceshen doesn't wear as much lipstick as he used to. He used to be borderline pretty.

BTW: What is Pierre McGuire's claim to hockey fame? Did he play or coach in the NHL? What's his background?

[WellandDogsFan]

I have no clue what McGurie's claim to fame is.... his big mouth??? sorry that was a low blow...

[AlphaDog]

Well a lot of them were either players, or refs, or whatever... but what makes McGuire's words-of-wisdom so sacred (or worth anything for that matter). Was he a junior player? Anyone?

I'm sure TSN didn't just scrape him up off the sidewalk, dust him off, and chuck him into a studio room. He's got to have SOME hockey credentials.

[RioBravo]

He was assistant coach for the Penguins cup winning teams in the early 90's I think.

[GoDogsGo]

i dont mind TSN...prefer to watch CBC... remember the days when not all the games were telivised... that was tourture... now that every game can be watched... I dont care who shows it... if I dont like a commentator...I switch the channel or start listening to what the wife is saying...

[dogsphotog]

From Wikipedia

"Pierre McGuire (born August 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8), 1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)) is an ice hockey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey) analyst and provides colour commentary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_commentary) for hockey programs on TSN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_NHL_on_TSN) and The NHL on NBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_NHL_on_NBC), where he is the lead "Inside the Glass" analyst. He won 2 Stanley Cups (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup) as a scout and assistant coach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_%28sport%29) with the Pittsburgh Penguins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins). He became a head coach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_coach), leading the Hartford Whalers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers) to a 23-37-7 record in 1993-1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993-94_NHL_season) before being replaced by Paul Holmgren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Holmgren) the following season. Prior to his coaching career, McGuire played professional hockey in Europe. McGuire also served as colour commentator for the Montreal Canadiens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens) radio broadcasts on CJAD 800 with Dino Cisto before moving to TSN"

[WellandDogsFan]

Thanks for the bio!

[AlphaDog]

Scouts win Cups?? :) Only if the guys the scout win, but that would be YEARS later :)

Ok, so I guess he's got a bit of hockey credentials. Not enough to justify his all-knowing attitude, but I supposed I'll classify him as a "hockey guy" from now on. Hehe.

Thanks for the minibio Dogsphoto

[leafs_fan77]

I was pissed when they cut out that scrap. Like common, what station does that?

Healy is good, but Pierre is a piece of crap haha.

[RioBravo]

I met Healy in France at the vimy ridge ceremonies last year. It was the day we all found out the Leafs didn't make the playoffs and I asked him what he thought and he was VERY disappointed as was I. Great guy though. Took time to get an autograph and everything. He was there playing bagpipes.

[Chooch]

If I don't like the commentary I just hit the mute button and put on the radio. I don't have to hear what they're saying. It's just like being there live. :)

[rowdi29]

i think he coached St.Louis at some point.