TOMapleLaughs Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Pros: - Missing useless, infuriating and heavily anti-Canuck biased commentary by CBC broadcasters. - No Simpson. No Healy. No MacLean. No Cherry. No PJ Stock. No Hrudey. etc. All replaced by calming silence. - Allows you to focus on the actual gameplay and make opinions yourself, rather than having their typically broadcasted incorrect opinions crammed down your throat. - You (in theory) find the games far more watchable. Cons: - Missing Hughson's useful game calls. - Missing explanations on what the hell the latest whistle/penalty was for. - Missing gameplay and crowd noises. - Missing the odd opinion that isn't formed to infuriate Canuck fans. - If you like to be annoyed and to react to being annoyed, then you're missing out. I usually watch the game with sound, but i think i'll try game 2 muted, just to see what it's like. Remember when the CBC broadcasted the odd game without voice-overs? That was pretty relaxing, but it felt like something was missing. However if that 'something' is ultra-annoying, would you really miss it? It's too bad the CBC is a national broadcaster and not a regional one. Perhaps these games would be less infuriating to watch. Until then, i unfortunately have to wait until the CBC loses their rights to NHL playoff games broadcast in Canada. But will TSN be any better? If they aren't regional either, perhaps not. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Or just get married and learn how to tune things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucks fan in TO Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Or grow up and recognize that the bias is actually yours, not the broadcasters. You want Canucks tinted commentary, just tune in the radio over top of the tv broadcasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnycanuck46 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 isn't there some way you can just turn off the commentary and listen to just the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Or grow up and recognize that the bias is actually yours, not the broadcasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnywishbone Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Puck Ya!! I hate those fruits on CBC I'd rather watch it on a U.S. station than listen to the dribble they spew out on CBC.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTVic Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Yes, I would miss Jim Hughson telling me that the line that iced the puck can't change. Its a new rule and I don't fully comprehend it yet so that REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY HELPS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Odjick Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Pros: - Missing useless, infuriating and heavily anti-Canuck biased commentary by CBC broadcasters. - No Simpson. No Healy. No MacLean. No Cherry. No PJ Stock. No Hrudey. etc. All replaced by calming silence. - Allows you to focus on the actual gameplay and make opinions yourself, rather than having their typically broadcasted incorrect opinions crammed down your throat. - You (in theory) find the games far more watchable. Cons: - Missing Hughson's useful game calls. - Missing explanations on what the hell the latest whistle/penalty was for. - Missing gameplay and crowd noises. - Missing the odd opinion that isn't formed to infuriate Canuck fans. - If you like to be annoyed and to react to being annoyed, then you're missing out. I usually watch the game with sound, but i think i'll try game 2 muted, just to see what it's like. Remember when the CBC broadcasted the odd game without voice-overs? That was pretty relaxing, but it felt like something was missing. However if that 'something' is ultra-annoying, would you really miss it? It's too bad the CBC is a national broadcaster and not a regional one. Perhaps these games would be less infuriating to watch. Until then, i unfortunately have to wait until the CBC loses their rights to NHL playoff games broadcast in Canada. But will TSN be any better? If they aren't regional either, perhaps not. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rain Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Or just get married and learn how to tune things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Or just get married and learn how to tune things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucks fan in TO Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 lol. This was a joke, right? Cheers, buddy.TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Oh please. You're being a whiny b**ch. Is it really that difficult? As a previous poster already pointed out, don't forget that you're wearing Canuck tinted sunglasses, bud. Also, given the off-chance that there's some Canuck bashing, is it really that hard to suck it up and keep watching the game? Sincerely, A fellow Canucks fan- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Whisht Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 PVR it until Cheech and Shorty catch up (or whoever is doing Team 1040 in the playoffs). Then sync the homer broadcast with the great TV. I find the ice level mikes annoying on most of the TV broadcasts. I know what skates sound like, and it doesn't add anything to the game for me; rather it interferes with trying to hear what people are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom52 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Pros: - Missing useless, infuriating and heavily anti-Canuck biased commentary by CBC broadcasters. - No Simpson. No Healy. No MacLean. No Cherry. No PJ Stock. No Hrudey. etc. All replaced by calming silence. - Allows you to focus on the actual gameplay and make opinions yourself, rather than having their typically broadcasted incorrect opinions crammed down your throat. - You (in theory) find the games far more watchable. Cons: - Missing Hughson's useful game calls. - Missing explanations on what the hell the latest whistle/penalty was for. - Missing gameplay and crowd noises. - Missing the odd opinion that isn't formed to infuriate Canuck fans. - If you like to be annoyed and to react to being annoyed, then you're missing out. I usually watch the game with sound, but i think i'll try game 2 muted, just to see what it's like. Remember when the CBC broadcasted the odd game without voice-overs? That was pretty relaxing, but it felt like something was missing. However if that 'something' is ultra-annoying, would you really miss it? It's too bad the CBC is a national broadcaster and not a regional one. Perhaps these games would be less infuriating to watch. Until then, i unfortunately have to wait until the CBC loses their rights to NHL playoff games broadcast in Canada. But will TSN be any better? If they aren't regional either, perhaps not. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six-0h-four- Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hughey is biased towards the Canucks which is nice. I have thought (at times) in the past Craig Simpson has been anti-Canucks, but he isn't. I finally figured it out... Because the fact that Hughey can be a little bit biased, Simpson tries to even that out sometimes. It almost seems that they have little "on-air battles" regarding things happening in the game. These battles can be very subtle, but I definitely notice them. During tonight's game, listen for it. Pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singularity Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I read somewhere on CDC that if you had 5.1 surround sound and disabled the middle speaker then you got to watch the game without the commentary. You could try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suolucidir Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 It's times like this I wish the leafs made the playoffs. Then we'd probably be on TSN and get less infuriating colour commentary. Stupid Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suolucidir Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I read somewhere on CDC that if you had 5.1 surround sound and disabled the middle speaker then you got to watch the game without the commentary. You could try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Canucky Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Im loving the american broadcasts compared to last year. They seems to give positive and negative attention to both teams equally... its clear that they understand fans of BOTH teams are watching the same broadcast. Last year this wasn't the case in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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