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I think Friedman was one of the best personalities on HNIC. Although, it's not hard to look good when you're on a panel full of man-children, air-guitar referees and scatter-brained former goalies.
So far, they haven't announced how many ex-NHLers that were part of the CBC will join the new HNIC panel.
I also wonder if they are still making a play for Ray Ferraro to be the no. 1 or 2 colour guy or he signed an extension with TSN.
"Both Ray Ferraro and Farhan Lalji are staying put with TSN and not jumping to Rogers Sportsnet. Ferraro has a contract extension in the works to be a part of the Toronto Maple leaves regional TSN television package and Farhan is happy with the network making an even bigger push into football with NFL, CFL and NCAA coverage."
"Both Ray Ferraro and Farhan Lalji are staying put with TSN and not jumping to Rogers Sportsnet. Ferraro has a contract extension in the works to be a part of the Toronto Maple leaves regional TSN television package and Farhan is happy with the network making an even bigger push into football with NFL, CFL and NCAA coverage."
Uh, that's too bad. Ray is probaby 1 or 1a when it comes to NHL colour commenters ... along with (Regis) Pierre McGuire, of course! But at least Ray will still do his regular spots on TEAM Radio .....
p.s. It wouldn't surprise me if there is an "out" clause for Ray to leave after a year ... I mean, it states, "to be a part of the Toronto Maple leaves regional TSN television package" ......
Now I think the question needs to be asked, could Ray stomach and last more than a season watching and commentating on a diet of leaves games?
Betamax wrote:
Now I think the question needs to be asked, could Ray stomach and last more than a season watching and commentating on a diet of leaves games?
Hmmm hard to say, Ray... and Pierre... are strange animals.
"Both Ray Ferraro and Farhan Lalji are staying put with TSN and not jumping to Rogers Sportsnet. Ferraro has a contract extension in the works to be a part of the Toronto Maple leaves regional TSN television package and Farhan is happy with the network making an even bigger push into football with NFL, CFL and NCAA coverage."
Uh, that's too bad. Ray is probaby 1 or 1a when it comes to NHL colour commenters ... along with (Regis) Pierre McGuire, of course! But at least Ray will still do his regular spots on TEAM Radio .....
p.s. It wouldn't surprise me if there is an "out" clause for Ray to leave after a year ... I mean, it states, "to be a part of the Toronto Maple leaves regional TSN television package" ......
Now I think the question needs to be asked, could Ray stomach and last more than a season watching and commentating on a diet of leaves games?
Exactly.
No chance, Ray is at best a 1b on a network w/ a bad TV-deal, if he was w/ the big boys he'd be a 2C tops. He'd never lead Rogers in commentary.
Ron MacLean has been frozen out of the new version of Hockey Night In Canada. Literally.
While George Stroumboulopoulos will sit in the studio chair and take the starring role that once was his – ringmaster of the most popular show on Canadian television – MacLean will be looking in from the outside on Sunday nights.
As for MacLean, he will now work well into Saturday night on Coach’s Corner, then either jump on a red-eye flight or an early morning one to get to small towns across the country by Sunday afternoon. He also lost a strong behind-the-scenes influence on Hockey Night, one MacLean always protested he did not have even as his co-workers insisted otherwise.
LOFL @ MacLean playing the martyr!!
"It's because I am a man of principle that this happened to me!"
Ron MacLean has been frozen out of the new version of Hockey Night In Canada. Literally.
While George Stroumboulopoulos will sit in the studio chair and take the starring role that once was his – ringmaster of the most popular show on Canadian television – MacLean will be looking in from the outside on Sunday nights.
As for MacLean, he will now work well into Saturday night on Coach’s Corner, then either jump on a red-eye flight or an early morning one to get to small towns across the country by Sunday afternoon. He also lost a strong behind-the-scenes influence on Hockey Night, one MacLean always protested he did not have even as his co-workers insisted otherwise.
LOFL @ MacLean playing the martyr!!
"It's because I am a man of principle that this happened to me!"
Won't miss him. Enjoy the Tim's in Small town Canada Ron.
MacLean will be looking in from the outside on Sunday nights. And even he admits his fractious relationship with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, which saw Bettman boycott Hockey Night after one particularly contentious interview in 2010, might have something to do with it.
Hmmmm, I wonder if the "contentious" interview was the one where Ronnie boy was assassinating Burrows on T.V. Over the auger incident And buttman was looking REALLY uncomfortable. Wasn't that around that time frame??
I was hoping Rogers would poach at least some talent from TSN. As it stands their intermission panels are basically garbage. I really enjoyed the Hotstove on Saturdays to get decent news from around the league, I hope that hasn't been replaced by clips of what Burrows did over the summer or Kypreos trying to discover the point he's trying to make.