[opiated]

is James Duthie retarted?

[Hard Canadian]

is James Duthie retarted?

mildly.

[ryan93]

Why what did Duth say? I watched the first hour of the playoff preview, and will watch the last 30 minutes later tonight probably.

I'm glad the Hawks won the lottery, it's about time that organization got things back on track, they've been a mess for years! The Hawks have a pretty good group of young players/prospects, and hopefully they'll be able to turn things around soon. This years draft doesn't have the top end talent of the last few, but there are still a number of quality prospects near the top, including Patrick Kane.

[opiated]

Why what did Duth say? I watched the first hour of the playoff preview, and will watch the last 30 minutes later tonight probably.

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It's not just one thing he said.. I just wish he looked like he was interested in hockey, not performing really bad stand up comedy

[opiated]

is James Duthie retarted?

mildly.

whereas pierre maguire is mostly

[Tthip]

is James Duthie retarted?

Come on now - that is not politically correct.
You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste.
You call your friends retards when they are acting, retarded.

[emperor penguin]

Why what did Duth say? I watched the first hour of the playoff preview, and will watch the last 30 minutes later tonight probably.

I'm glad the Hawks won the lottery, it's about time that organization got things back on track, they've been a mess for years! The Hawks have a pretty good group of young players/prospects, and hopefully they'll be able to turn things around soon. This years draft doesn't have the top end talent of the last few, but there are still a number of quality prospects near the top, including Patrick Kane.

I don't think the Blackhawks will go anywhere good with Bill Wirtz as the owner. And if they take Pat Kane 1st overall, which they likely will, I don't think he's gonna help the team very much. This is a pretty weak draft year. Don't get me wrong Kane's a good player but in past years I don't think he'd be considered as a first overall pick.

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so the NHL screws the CBC....

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CBC livid as league bows to Americans


WILLIAM HOUSTON
globeandmail.com
April 10th, 2007


The CBC is furious over the National Hockey League's decision to schedule Saturday's Pittsburgh Penguins-Ottawa Senators match in the afternoon instead of prime time.

The Canadian network wanted the game in the evening timeslot to maximize viewership for the traditional Hockey Night in Canada Saturday night show.

But the league bowed to NBC, which limits telecasts to the afternoon and wants the game because of the marquee potential of Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby.

NBC will air one additional afternoon game on Saturday -- the second game of the New York Rangers-Atlanta Thrashers series.

Particularly galling to the CBC is that it is paying the league a rights fee of $65-million a year while NBC pays nothing in a profit-sharing agreement with the NHL. What's more, the CBC recently signed a contract extension with the NHL in which it will pay $600-million over six years, starting in 2008-09.

"Generally, the network that writes the biggest cheque gets to make the call," a source said. "When ABC was paying the league $100-million [U.S.] a year, and CBC was paying $60-million, ABC got priority."

"If I'm the CBC, I'm saying, 'My God, I just agreed to cut you a cheque for more than half a billion dollars and I still don't get priority over somebody who isn't paying five cents? It's not right.' "

That sounds close to the tone of the conversation on Sunday night when Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, put in a call to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in the hopes of changing the schedule.

"I made my feelings known in very strong terms that I felt that game [Penguins-Senators] should be in prime time," Mr. Moore said. "He feels that he's doing the right thing for the game by exposing Sidney to the U.S. audience. I strongly disagree. I couldn't change his mind, and we're very disappointed about that."

Not only did the NHL refuse to give the CBC the Pittsburgh-Ottawa Saturday game in prime time, but the first-round schedule denies the network the assurance of any Saturday night telecasts involving a Canadian team.

There could be one -- Vancouver Canucks-Dallas Stars on April 21 -- but only if that series goes six games.

Without Pens-Sens in prime time on Saturday, the CBC will air Tampa Bay Lightning-New Jersey Devils, a weak matchup unlikely to produce an audience larger than TSN's New York Islanders-Buffalo Sabres telecast, which will air at the same time.

The CBC will lose at least 300,000 viewers, and probably more, because of the league's decision to designate Pittsburgh-Ottawa for Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Moore refused to discuss the particulars of his exchange with Mr. Bettman.

"If I tell you anything more, it would be less than politically correct," Mr. Moore said. "I feel very strongly about it. He felt very strongly about it. We had a very frank discussion about it."

The league's argument is that NBC needs to be given priority to help make hockey a growth TV sport in the United States. However, there is no evidence that the NHL, with or without Mr. Crosby, is growing on NBC. Regular-season audiences were down from last season.

Jamey Horan, the NHL's vice-president of public relations, said the league attempts to address the playoff needs of all broadcasters.

"Although there are always a multitude of competing interests in formulating a playoff schedule, such as building availability, television, and travel, we always make every effort to accommodate and maximize value for our broadcast partners," he wrote in an e-mail. "This year was no different."

The league should pay more attention to the needs of hockey viewers in Canada, says Nick Kypreos, who works for Rogers Sportsnet.

"The more you tamper with the tradition of watching Canadian hockey on Saturday nights, the more you're going to turn audiences away," he said.

[tth_fan]

so the NHL screws the CBC....

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CBC livid as league bows to Americans

Big surprise....Bettman is American, isn't he??!?
I would be pissed too if I was the CBC...$600M, and no respect from the weasel.
However, I think the league was hoping the Maple Leafs would make the playoffs, that way Toronto could get the evening games. Not having Mtl or T.O. in the playoffs means that Bettman is going to turn his head on Canada, and continue to try and sell the game to the U.S. ... something he has been trying since day one....and he's been failing since day one.

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so the NHL screws the CBC....

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CBC livid as league bows to Americans

Big surprise....Bettman is American, isn't he??!?
I would be pissed too if I was the CBC...$600B, and no respect from the weasel.
However, I think the league was hoping the Maple Leafs would make the playoffs, that way Toronto could get the evening games. Not having Mtl or T.O. in the playoffs means that Bettman is going to turn his head on Canada, and continue to try and sell the game to the U.S. ... something he has been trying since day one....and he's been failing since day one.

I agree totally....there is no respect, not only to the CBC but to Canadians in general

[tommygunn]

so the NHL screws the CBC....

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CBC livid as league bows to Americans

Big surprise....Bettman is American, isn't he??!?
I would be pissed too if I was the CBC...$600B, and no respect from the weasel.
However, I think the league was hoping the Maple Leafs would make the playoffs, that way Toronto could get the evening games. Not having Mtl or T.O. in the playoffs means that Bettman is going to turn his head on Canada, and continue to try and sell the game to the U.S. ... something he has been trying since day one....and he's been failing since day one.

$600 million, not billion... but yeah, what an asshole Bettman is! :x

[tth_fan]

$600 million, not billion... but yeah, what an asshole Bettman is! :x

whoops :oops: ...sorry, I changed it

[tommygunn]

I've never been a fan of the TV networks deciding which games are played at what day and time.. but it is a business afterall. :roll:

I would rather see a set schedule.. the West play one night, and the East play the next night, etc.

[tigerthelion]

You never talk this way outside of your home, do you? You seem like a loud internet talker. You're funny. You at least finally admitted that Gerber may be better than Raycroft.

You do know that you are wrong a considerable amount of time here on hipbase, right? You use stats to prove things YOU WANT to prove. Stats can be used to prove almost anything and they can be manipulated every which way. You do know that, right? You do know that Mats Sundin has never had any tangible success in the playoffs with the Leafs, yet you still maintain that he's "Captain Clutch" because he scores a few game winners in the regular season. Captain Clutch scored something like one goal in the last 20 games of the season when his team needed him the most this season and only turned it on last year when the Leafs were out of contention. You're aware of that, correct? A superstar leader doesn't score one goal in the last 20 games of the season. You rail on about how Buffalo would be knocked out by the Leafs but, as much as I hate Buffalo, deep down you know that if the Leafs made it into the playoffs, then Buffalo would have dusted them off in five games.

Better luck next year, Leafs. :thumb: Geez, for being such a storied franchise, they've been missing the playoffs a lot lately haven't they? :twisted:

How the hell do you know how I talk at my house or outside of my house? Sorry champ, I say what's on my mind, in person and online. If you don't like it, don't read my posts.

Secondly, find me a post where I said Raycroft was better than Gerber. Please. Someone asked who the bigger bust was. I said Gerber because (a) he gets paid more and (b) he's sitting on the bench. Is this really that difficult for you to comprehend? I'm not sure how I can make it any more basic.

But I do love that since you have no comebacks you have to drag Sundin's disappointing stretch drive into a discussion of Raycroft. That's ever so relevant.

You rail on about how Buffalo would be knocked out by the Leafs but, as much as I hate Buffalo, deep down you know that if the Leafs made it into the playoffs, then Buffalo would have dusted them off in five games.

Uh, rail? One post, tongue planted firmly in cheek is railing? You love the overstatements, don't you?

And, no, I don't know deep down what would have happened, and neither do you. Here's what I do know: the Leafs went 3-5 against them in the regular season and two of those losses were by one goal, one loss was by two goals and another loss was by three goals with two of the goals being empty netters. There was only one game where the Buffalo blew Toronto out (6-1). So other than one game out of eight, the Leafs were in every game they played against Buffalo.

I would assume that given the strength of Buffalo's roster versus Toronto, and given who plays goalie for the Leafs, that Buffalo would win the series. But there were plenty of people who assumed that Detroit would demolish the Oilers last year, weren't there. That's why they play the games.

If you talked to people in society like you talk on hipbase, you'd get the shit kicked out of you. :lol: :lol:

This is an NHL thread but, yeah, I thought the talk of Sundin's failure to get his team into the playoffs for two consecutive seasons warranted a mention. :rambo: Your denial of Sundin's continual failure as a captain is quite endearing though. :rambo:

[tigerthelion]

Here's another one for the person (who shall remain nameless) who believes that injuries shouldn't be used as an excuse.

"The competitive balance in the league has never been greater and, had it not been for injuries, the Leafs might have made it into the postseason," he (Ferguson)said.


Sure looks like Buffalo isn't the only team to whine about injuries, eh Toronto fans? First, the team's "leader" basically blamed injuries for the team missing the playoffs and now the team's "general manager" has blamed injuries. I feel bad for Toronto. I think they were the only team that had to deal with injuries this past season. hock: