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Media Thread

Nik the Trik said:
herman said:
Is it Shanahan related, or is it more Bell/Rogers owning the team related? I'm not saying there's a nefarious conspiracy, but it would make sense for a media conglomerate to curate their message about a business property. It definitely appeared to 'stabilize' around Shanahan.

I don't really think it's either. I think that what happened was that certain things the new management team did, whether cynically or not, appealed to a lot of the new breed of media and there isn't anyone in the world who doesn't like being told they're pretty.

Would you be able to share some examples?

(Basically, I don't know what you mean exactly)
 
herman said:
Would you be able to share some examples?

I'm sort of being facetious but as you're well aware there's really no way to avoid the sort of old school-new school divide between the Leafs' previous regime and the one that seemed to be in place when the Leafs brought in guys like Shanahan and Dubas.

Because a huge chunk of the debate in the hockey media over the last decade or so has been about these competing philosophies I think there were quite a few people who so wanted their beliefs validated that they were willing to pre-approve the new front office and give them credit before it was due. The flip side being the old schoolers wanting to take shots at it and give more credit to who they saw as their ideological horses like Lamoriello and Hunter.
 
Nik the Trik said:
I'm sort of being facetious but as you're well aware there's really no way to avoid the sort of old school-new school divide between the Leafs' previous regime and the one that seemed to be in place when the Leafs brought in guys like Shanahan and Dubas.

Because a huge chunk of the debate in the hockey media over the last decade or so has been about these competing philosophies I think there were quite a few people who so wanted their beliefs validated that they were willing to pre-approve the new front office and give them credit before it was due. The flip side being the old schoolers wanting to take shots at it and give more credit to who they saw as their ideological horses like Lamoriello and Hunter.

Ah that.

During the Lou-Dubas transition, there was a very concerted effort in their media availabilities and subsequent interviews to stress Dubas' hockey bona fides to bridge the two factions of the fanbase. It's been quite interesting to see how each team that has been on the forefront of this 'battle' have chosen to handle it (see Florida).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
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Turbot? What?
 
https://twitter.com/SportsnetPR/status/1030137119103045632

John Bartlett will be replacing Paul Romanuk at Sportsnet. Bartlett was a radio guy for the Marlies for a number of years before moving to do Habs games on the radio and then on TV for TSN.
 
Unreal!!!!!!!.... He's a Hab's fan.  I want a Leaf Homer Calling the games with us this close to the cup. This guy had better be good. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
 
cabber24 said:
Nik the Trik said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Meh. I always found him painstakingly bland. I get HNIC isn't the institution it once was but I would have hated to see him replace MacLean one day.

Yeah, nothing against the guy or anything but I can't ever recall thinking he ever really added or detracted from a show. Maybe that's what some people want out of their hosts but I think it's fairly replaceable.
I listened to him a lot on the FAN590 over the lunch hour. He was good, better then most hockey pucks who report these days. I would guess he is going to US programming in some capacity.
Daren Millard to the Golden Knights broadcast crew.
 
For the Athletic subscribers, Jonas Siegel has a great one on one interview with Matthews today.  Touches on Tavares, Babcock, captaincy, expectations for himself and the team etc.

https://theathletic.com/476020/2018/08/21/one-on-one-with-auston-matthews-on-tavares-babcock-the-captaincy-and-becoming-the-best-player-in-the-world/
 
Zee said:
For the Athletic subscribers, Jonas Siegel has a great one on one interview with Matthews today.  Touches on Tavares, Babcock, captaincy, expectations for himself and the team etc.

https://theathletic.com/476020/2018/08/21/one-on-one-with-auston-matthews-on-tavares-babcock-the-captaincy-and-becoming-the-best-player-in-the-world/

I'm not one to typically post big, exclusive scoops from paywall'd sources, but he also revealed that the team got Marleau to download and use snapchat.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Zee said:
For the Athletic subscribers, Jonas Siegel has a great one on one interview with Matthews today.  Touches on Tavares, Babcock, captaincy, expectations for himself and the team etc.

https://theathletic.com/476020/2018/08/21/one-on-one-with-auston-matthews-on-tavares-babcock-the-captaincy-and-becoming-the-best-player-in-the-world/

I'm not one to typically post big, exclusive scoops from paywall'd sources, but he also revealed that the team got Marleau to download and use snapchat.

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So this was interesting to me, because some of you subscribe to The Athletic, and you posted a link to the article that this article refers to:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/auston-matthews-id-feel-ready-leafs-captaincy-asked/

So I'm wondering if this is how The Athletic is going to monetize some of their content beyond the subscriptions:  charge for parts of interviews/stories to be published on other media sites.
 
He measures himself against the league?s best: Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

?Yeah, absolutely. I want to be on their level. I believe I am and that I can be.?

All for the low, low price of $14M/year.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hzByTn-LS0&t=0s
Sportsnet just put up a best of Joe Bowen. Wet your whistle as you wait for October.

"My favourite call... I haven't made yet."
 
Hobbes said:
Wow...Sean McIndoe (aka Down Goes Brown) joins The Athletic.

Great!  Looking forward to his writings.

(I've been a subscriber for a while now, and while I understand the purpose of advertising, video content, etc., etc., on other sites, somerimes one would like a reprieve and enjoy reading something else on a different level.). 
 

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