Popular Post Nuxfanabroad Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 Yeah, just watched it again. My guess is KB3 is saying a hearty FU to the big machine. He's a guy that doesn't really need the bread. Must grind the gears of the other league lackeys, trying to maintain their thin veneer of "professionalism". So prob someone said to Juice recently, "Hey man, you shouldn't say this/that while on air. We want you to do..yada, yada..." Or maybe Rotten Ronnie whined as KB threw Burr's name at his face the other day(players w/strong stick discussion). Who knows?.. So instead of quietly going away. Kevin shows his expertise in various segments, peppered with great anecdotes & natural humour. Next he'll push the envelope 'til everyone's squirming, then flip the bird(to everything that's publicly greasy & ultra-evil corporate) with excessive don't-giva'-shyte irreverence, exiting on his own terms. Essentially the precise opposite of everything these lackey media wh*res/league insiders would do, given his opportunities! :^) 3 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 It does feel like Bieksa's casual feel is a much needed boost to the analyst section. It currently feels like it's still run with an older more traditional mindset of an overemphasis on professionalism and Bieksa is bringing in what in my mind is a much-needed more contemporary style, that's less focused on being perfectly professional and moreso on entertaining the audience. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 6 hours ago, buddhahoodlum said: Kevin Bieksa is someone you don't want to get into a fight with- he can beat you with his fists and his words. Shoresy from letterkenny verbal beat down lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, -AJ- said: It does feel like Bieksa's casual feel is a much needed boost to the analyst section. It currently feels like it's still run with an older more traditional mindset of an overemphasis on professionalism and Bieksa is bringing in what in my mind is a much-needed more contemporary style, that's less focused on being perfectly professional and moreso on entertaining the audience. Hopefully when SN made the hire they were like, hey we love what you've been doing on your podcast and stuff. Say whatever you wanna say. The panel has been so dull for many, many years now, and Kev's injecting some of that juice (heh) to otherwise, pretty boring personalities like Cassie and, what's that others guys name? Anthony Stewart? And some how made Ron tolerable. He's made everyone in these segments better. When you have a guy trending nationally for something GOOD you struck gold Edited August 21, 2020 by Twilight Sparkle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, -AJ- said: It does feel like Bieksa's casual feel is a much needed boost to the analyst section. It currently feels like it's still run with an older more traditional mindset of an overemphasis on professionalism and Bieksa is bringing in what in my mind is a much-needed more contemporary style, that's less focused on being perfectly professional and moreso on entertaining the audience. is bieska the new cherry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Thoroughly enjoying Bieksa on the panel. It was a bit cheesy when he dropped the name of the hockey academy he coaches at the other day, but on the whole he’s been awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Love how he mentions every offensive set play was made by the sedins or using the twins has examples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Sometimes he is a bit of a prima donna He needs to tone it down a bit at times Definitely refreshing and leagues ahead of some of the idiots we have seen over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, nucklehead said: is bieska the new cherry? When Cherry was canned. A lot of people were hoping KB3 would replace him... Now he is on his way. Has had a great start to this second career, a natural. Great guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peaches5 Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 Flames fans calling for him to be fired, LOL. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coconuts Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, nucklehead said: is bieska the new cherry? No. Cherry never played a full season in the bigs, let alone thirteen years. Kevin has his own wealth of hockey experience, and a charisma I wouldn't personally say Cherry ever had. Juice is his own man. Edited August 21, 2020 by Coconuts 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, peaches5 said: Flames fans calling for him to be fired, LOL. they need to sit through decades of this first to know what its like to be a Canucks fan, we've had to take crap from talking heads for years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Robert Long said: they need to sit through decades of this first to know what its like to be a Canucks fan, we've had to take crap from talking heads for years. right? like he didn't say anything bad he just said he wasn't a flames fan and laughed. They're saying it's unprofessional, lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, peaches5 said: right? like he didn't say anything bad he just said he wasn't a flames fan and laughed. They're saying it's unprofessional, lol! unprofessional..... how many times have we have to watch games where the play by play guy didn't even know (or bother to say) a Canucks players name? DeBrusk has been OK so far, but in the regular season he makes it clear he's not much of a fan. KB just wears it on his sleeve. Good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalCanuckFan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Robert Long said: unprofessional..... how many times have we have to watch games where the play by play guy didn't even know (or bother to say) a Canucks players name? DeBrusk has been OK so far, but in the regular season he makes it clear he's not much of a fan. KB just wears it on his sleeve. Good for him. Bieksa should make some reference to "Bieska" some time. If another analyst had said the same thing about the Canucks I'm sure many of us would not be too thrilled about it. Having said that, anyone who has followed Bieksa for a long time would know that his trolling is pretty evenly distributed. Having an analyst admit that he's not a fan of your team while giving a fair assessment for why there might be some hope for fans is a lot less annoying than having analysts just rag on your team or give takes that often take a negative slant on your team's players. Edited August 21, 2020 by EternalCanuckFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Love the thread @Twilight Sparkle! This may end up rivaling or surpassing the Luongo tweet thread, let's keep this going! KB3 is just what HNIC needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Kevin will become the best analyst in canadian hockey. He was a warrior on the ice, yet everyone that played with or against him sings his praises.. Glad he is a canuck. Keep making that painful 20 minutes between periods watchable. Go canucks go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Now we have crusty old Mike Milbury trending because he called women a "distraction" ON THE AIR. HNIC progressing getting rid of Don Cherry and bringing in the juice and NBC... oof they gotta be in panic mode now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I think the most painful thing is the lack of sense of humour from the rest of the panel. Dead straight-faced robots that can't even crack a smile. Now I get why Bieksa could rub people the wrong way and he should try to act a bit unbiased, eg not actually say on air that he's not a Flames fan (which I think was the only thing that wasn't necessary to say), so I understand the reaction to it. However that's just him in a nutshell, he's going to chirp and call people out. And honestly, that's just how media works, they troll fanbases and incite them and that draws viewership for whatever reason. Just for the first time, we get to see how it's done to the opposing fans rather than us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Was expecting some serious barbs. As good as KB3 and David Amber(hes gotta be a Nuck fan) are the rest of that panel makes it unwatchable. Ron McLean will just say one thing like 'Canucks PP' then someone like Cassie Campbell will say something so obvious like 'they need to score on the man advantage.' then McLean goes 'Jake Allen' then it's someone like Kelly Hrudley 'I like Jake Allen...' wow, some in-depth analysis right there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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