Hank 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) Sometimes I really hate TSN. They're such homers for the Eastern Conference it's not even funny. The Oilers spanked them the other night and TSN runs the headline "Oilers relentless in pounding of road weary Canadiens". It was only the SECOND game of a 6 game road trip? What the hell? Are they that tired from just flying outside the Eastern time zone? Those Eastern teams are babies. Philadelphia had a long western road trip a month ago and by the time they hit San Jose, they were griping and whining about all the travel. Last year, New Jersey's players spent a total of 6 days away from their homes during the whole season. That's a joke. I bet if you put any team from the West into the East for a season they would finish in the top 4 easy. Even teams like LA, St.Louis would kill most teams over there. In the West, every team is a playoff team. In the East you have punching bags like the Islanders, Leafs, Thrashers, Lightning and Senators. Can you imagine if those 5 teams were in the West? They'd have 10 wins between all of them after 82 games. And teams like the Oilers, Coyotes, Predators or even the Blue Jackets would have over 100 points from feasting on those bums. If the East wins the Cup this year it will be only because the West is so strong, the team that emerges from that conference is too beaten up and road weary to take out the Eastern champ. Edited February 12, 2009 by Hank Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted February 12, 2009 TSN is pro Toronto Maple Leafs, and slightly after them comes the canadiens, and the rest of the canadian teams are about the same. Just check out how many videoclips there are of leafs, like 5 different clips about the possibility of antropov getting traded... for an example.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben_usmc 253 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 I've been saying that about the east all season. Mark my words if Malkin/Ovie/Malkin were in the west Datsyuk would be the point leader by at least 7. They are great players but have the ability to play horrible teams a lot more then the west. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 TSN is pro Toronto Maple Leafs, and slightly after them comes the canadiens, and the rest of the canadian teams are about the same. Just check out how many videoclips there are of leafs, like 5 different clips about the possibility of antropov getting traded... for an example.. Yeah, I've grown used to how pro-Leafs they are. But I couldn't help but laugh over that 'road weary' excuse. It was only their 2nd game on the road for crying out loud. If it was their 6th game I can sort of see it. But they got spanked plain and simple. And speaking of the Habs, it looks like Carey Price's playoff collapse was no fluke. This kid goes down far too early and teams are shooting high exposing his weak glove hand. It's a good think Bob Gainey dealt Christobal Huet for a 2nd rounder last year. Struggling Price + Uninterested Kovalev = 1st round exit for Montreal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 I've been saying that about the east all season. Mark my words if Malkin/Ovie/Malkin were in the west Datsyuk would be the point leader by at least 7. They are great players but have the ability to play horrible teams a lot more then the west. Yup. Bill Clement put it perfectly when he said "The Stars are in the East but the Teams are in the West". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) Looks like Carey Price is gonna start crying everytime he gets interviewed after a loss.. poor kid yet it saying that being a young goalie in this league is probably the most stressful and high pressure posision which require a mentally strong person Edited February 12, 2009 by mindfly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doggy 130 Report post Posted February 12, 2009 TSN is pro Toronto Maple Leafs, and slightly after them comes the canadiens, and the rest of the canadian teams are about the same. Just check out how many videoclips there are of leafs, like 5 different clips about the possibility of antropov getting traded... for an example.. They're catering to their audience. Makes sense to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjlegend 155 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 They're catering to their audience. Makes sense to me. And that's the only audience they'll ever have if they don't broaden the base a bit. I find myself watchign Hockey On the Fly final edition more than Sportscentre because I know I'm going to get more than Leafs, Leafs, Leafs, Habs, Toskala, Burke, Antropov, Lefas, Leafs, Habs, Wilson, Price, Gainey, Burke, Koivu, Leafs, Leafs, Leafs, Habs, Price, Crosby, Leafs, Sharks, Cherry, Leafs, 2010, Leafs, "Bryan McCabe back at the ACC", Leafs, Burke, Wilson, Burke, Oilers, Leafs. I'm beginning to wonder if Toronto has any local television affiliates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Secret 304 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 Looks like Carey Price is gonna start crying everytime he gets interviewed after a loss.. poor kid yet it saying that being a young goalie in this league is probably the most stressful and high pressure posision which require a mentally strong person They hung the franchise tag around the kids neck way to soon. They should have hung onto Huet to help him along. The English classic rock station here in Montreal, CHOM 97.7, did a hilarious interpretation of what they thought would have been said inside the Canadiens closed door meeting, have a listen: http://www.chom.com/player/player?mediapat...nid=873858& If that link doesn't work, look on youtube..... they rip on Price real bad. Hilarious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted February 13, 2009 They hung the franchise tag around the kids neck way to soon. They should have hung onto Huet to help him along. The English classic rock station here in Montreal, CHOM 97.7, did a hilarious interpretation of what they thought would have been said inside the Canadiens closed door meeting, have a listen: http://www.chom.com/player/player?mediapat...nid=873858& If that link doesn't work, look on youtube..... they rip on Price real bad. Hilarious Funny s*** that, LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 They hung the franchise tag around the kids neck way to soon. They should have hung onto Huet to help him along. The English classic rock station here in Montreal, CHOM 97.7, did a hilarious interpretation of what they thought would have been said inside the Canadiens closed door meeting, have a listen: http://www.chom.com/player/player?mediapat...nid=873858& If that link doesn't work, look on youtube..... they rip on Price real bad. Hilarious Haha "Someone pass Carey a towel" *crash* "Aww come on. You know not to throw it glove side. Throw it into his chest, build up his confidence." Haha ******* hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjgj13 30 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 You don't hear the Wings complain about a 5 or 6 game west coast trip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Secret 304 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 You don't hear the Wings complain about a 5 or 6 game west coast trip. The best part of it, in true Canadiens fashion, they blame travel for the reason they suck on game 2 of a 6 game road trip. Happy 100 years cry babies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valas19 50 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 Road weary is a lot less inflammatory than saying overrated. That team certainly is not as good as the number of "stars" they had in the "All Star" game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wombat 26 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 It'd be nice if the NHL stopped the East/West conference divide and instead spread the travel out for all teams by arranging conferences like the NFL and MLB (leagues) do. Then every team can have the chance to be "road weary" by leaving EST a few more times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
servo 15 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 Everyone needs to understand that their target audience isn't the US and certainly isn't western canada. Take that into consideration and you can understand why they broadcast the way they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broken 16 381 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) Every time I hear of an Eastern Conference team whine about travel... I view it as a direct insult to all Western Conference teams. Seriously... could the league spoon feed that conference any more? On the bright side... I suspect that the insane travel that the Western Conference teams have to endure actually give them an advantage in the playoffs. Adversity makes you stronger. Wether it's adversity through getting your ass handed to you by a better team or adversity through a ridiculous travel schedule. It all helps bring teams together and create chemistry. That's the way I see it, anyway. Edited February 13, 2009 by Broken 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,232 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 Everyone needs to understand that their target audience isn't the US and certainly isn't western canada. Take that into consideration and you can understand why they broadcast the way they do. To call a team road-weary when it's two games into a swing is just plain stupid, regardless of the team, regardless of existing biases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 They hung the franchise tag around the kids neck way to soon. They should have hung onto Huet to help him along. The English classic rock station here in Montreal, CHOM 97.7, did a hilarious interpretation of what they thought would have been said inside the Canadiens closed door meeting, have a listen: http://www.chom.com/player/player?mediapat...nid=873858& If that link doesn't work, look on youtube..... they rip on Price real bad. Hilarious Man that was hilarious! "Whoever's been giving 100% raise your hand" "Put your hand down Kovy" Hahahaha! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 And speaking of the Habs, it looks like Carey Price's playoff collapse was no fluke. This kid goes down far too early and teams are shooting high exposing his weak glove hand. Lack of goalie heroes. Record since game with "Barber Shop Jersey": 1W-4L. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miller76 463 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 The problem with this team is that all of it's hopes are on Price. A young guy with the weight of the world on his shoulders, with the over bearing fans and media. The other issue is their leaders are M.I.A. Kovalev and Koivu are not leading or producing. And one of the biggest things that I actually find a little amusing, is this team has fallen on it's face since Robert Lang went down. He was their work horse, goal scorer, and energy guy. Who would have thunk it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDavis35 140 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 The problem with this team is that all of it's hopes are on Price. A young guy with the weight of the world on his shoulders, with the over bearing fans and media. The other issue is their leaders are M.I.A. Kovalev and Koivu are not leading or producing. And one of the biggest things that I actually find a little amusing, is this team has fallen on it's face since Robert Lang went down. He was their work horse, goal scorer, and energy guy. Who would have thunk it? not to mention that with a 2-1 lead over colorado tonight, they sat back 1-2-2. I've never seen such a passive defence of a lead! (its now 2-2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 Wonder if it's safe to say that the Habs are becoming the 08-09 version of the 07-08 Sens? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel Hossyukstrom 2 Report post Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) I agree TSN is a joke. I'm surprised they don't have the Leafs And Canadiens ahead of the Wings in their power rankings. We're still behind the Blackhawks this week??????? They haven't been winning too much as of late and of course aren't as deep as the Wings but they're ahead? We should be at least 3rd or even 2nd since the Sharks have been tanking as of late. http://www.tsn.ca/fantasy_news/feature/?fid=548 Edited February 15, 2009 by Pavel Hossyukstrom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
