First, it portrays men as meat-headed automatons rendered incommunicado by the seductive mistress that is playoff hockey-leading them to, apparently, abandon their female mates.

Uh... yeah. That's never happened to me. Nope. No way.

:shiftyeyes:

I'd check it out, but the puck's about to drop for the second period of NJD/NYR.

Ha. This ten minutes after my girlfriend called to verify that I would, in fact, help her use the season tickets she just bought. Watching the Kings live should be neat.

I just Googled "rage stroke" to explain it to non-30 Rock fans and discovered it's a real thing. So now I'm at risk for death. Thanks, CBC!

- Shannon Proudfoot (@sproudfoot) May 23, 2012


brother shep had no comment.

Women hate hockey? Not this one!
Break up with any woman that doesn't like hockey, she's evil. Or if she's a Wings fan :-p

Gee, bubbaprog is again offended on behalf of everyone. I'm shocked.

CBC just needs to stop, HNIC has run it's course. Send Hughson, Hrudy and Friedman to TSN and turn the lights out.

IAmRight: Gee, bubbaprog is again offended on behalf of everyone. I'm shocked.

Didn't know he wrote for Deadspin. Cool?

Dammit CBC, how am I supposed to defend against Tory calls to defund you if you do stupid shiat like this?

4NSpy: Didn't know he wrote for Deadspin. Cool?

Yeah, he makes a lot of .gifs that get a lot of attention on Twitter, too, in between getting offended by everything.

apoptotic: Dammit CBC, how am I supposed to defend against Tory calls to defund you if you do stupid shiat like this?

This. This year was the first year I actually started actively avoiding hockey games on Saturdays because I knew Glenn Healy would be between the benches spouting his stupid biased "commentary". As long as he's employed, I'll catch the highlights on NHL.com.

This only aggravates the whole thing.

Canadian women care about hockey as much as the men
and understand it just as well too.. we all grew up with it

this is stupid cbc

This makes no sense anyhow. Any women who are that bored by hockey would find something else to do anyhow like use their PC/laptop rather than sit there and listen to a completely unrelated audio feed while watching a game they hate. Any women who is into hockey is going to be plain offended. It's one of those things you wonder how it ever got out of the marketing board room without someone saying, "hey, this is a really stupid idea that could backfire in a huge way".

It's an alternate audio channel, apparently like SAP. I'd probably check out what they said. It's not like you're getting anything listening to the normal feed - wow, they're explaining what's happening slightly after it happens! I need to hear that!

Now, what they need to do instead of this is have someone mocking the players involved on an alternate audio channel.

/there definitely needs to be more audio channels in every broadcast
//that's the actual story

Mr.Tangent: CBC just needs to stop, HNIC has run it's course. Send Hughson, Hrudy and Friedman to TSN and turn the lights out.

They basically said they gave up on sports after they didn't even try to get the CFL rights a few years ago. The largest Canadian only pro sports league with a championship that is celebrating it's 100th anniversary this year? Nope need those funds for 6 post game shows after the Laffs lose again.

TSN did more for the CFL than CBC ever did though. Other than Dragons Den and Newfoundland P.I. The CBC is already dead.

IAmRight: Now, what they need to do instead of this is have someone mocking the players involved on an alternate audio channel.

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Exactly.

Like, as an NBA fan, virtually all of us would watch every game with the Inside the NBA set commentary as they watch the game instead of watching with the announcers. I guarantee that virtually everyone who knew about the alternate audio channel would select that feed.

MAKE THIS HAPPEN, NBA

/sorry for a semi-threadjack, but I don't know if there's a comparably enjoyable hockey show

the ladies are fun to listen to. i think it was just something they did on jtv out of boredom and it kept getting bigger.

IAmRight: It's an alternate audio channel, apparently like SAP. I'd probably check out what they said. It's not like you're getting anything listening to the normal feed - wow, they're explaining what's happening slightly after it happens! I need to hear that!

Now, what they need to do instead of this is have someone mocking the players involved on an alternate audio channel.

/there definitely needs to be more audio channels in every broadcast
//that's the actual story

I remember seeing a couple of years ago that some guy in New Zealand was broadcasting over the Internets alternate commentary for rugby matches. Some of his material was kind of funny but he was more about being different than the dull commentators they had on TV. Made me think that some sports could use similar treatment.

IAmRight:

Now, what they need to do instead of this is have someone mocking the players involved on an alternate audio channel.



This. Someone make this happen.

SpikeStrip: I just Googled "rage stroke" to explain it to non-30 Rock fans and discovered it's a real thing. So now I'm at risk for death. Thanks, CBC!

- Shannon Proudfoot (@sproudfoot) May 23, 2012


brother shep had no comment.

"Nope."

/Go smoke a peace pipe or something.

GGracie: Women hate hockey? Not this one!
Break up with any woman that doesn't like hockey, she's evil. Or if she's a Wings fan :-p

BLASPHEMY! FOUL WENCH!

/Wings fan

apoptotic: Dammit CBC, how am I supposed to defend against Tory calls to defund you if you do stupid shiat like this?

If it helps, this is well down the list of reasons why the CBC needs to be defunded. It still ranks well below George Strombolopololpololoplolis wasting my money to throw lavish parties with B-grade celebrities to make himself feel important, or the fact that the CBC consistently tries to hide its graft and waste by heavily redacting any and every access to information request related to its financial practices.

The CBC: Corrupt AND Sexist. And we make YOU pay for it all!

If you're quoting 30 Rock, in a twat, no less, you have no bloody complaint.

Here are the women's comments from an article in the Toronto Sun:
"As two women married to sports fanatics, there was really no escaping hockey on TV - especially during playoffs," Sutherland and Mancuso wrote in a CBC blog post describing how their online show got started. "As our men were glued to the game, we were on the phone talking to each other about what we saw on the ice in a way that was completely different than what our guys or the real announcers were saying.

"Why were the players getting a seat and a drink in the penalty box if it's supposed to be a punishment? And how exactly did that coach pick out a brown suit and tie combo four sizes too big?"
Full article

Bet they aren't alone, by a long shot.

why the hate?? its a good idea. It doesnt mean ladies dont like hockey they just view it differently.

but while we're on a cbc rant:

first off your tax dollars go to lots of stupid things you have no control over, cbc to me is not one of them.


many years ago the cbc went on strike in quebec, so there were no announcers at the Habs games, no color guy, no play-by-play.
You could hear the "biere froide" cries and the crowd noise. Not a hab fan but that was the BEST hockey i've ever listened to. I would pay extra to have that back!!!

/wish they had kept the hnic theme.. that was a disgrace.

GGracie: Women hate hockey? Not this one!
Break up with any woman that doesn't like hockey, she's evil. Or if she's a Wings Preds fan :-p

FTFDet

barefoot in the head:

"Why were the players getting a seat and a drink in the penalty box if it's supposed to be a punishment? And how exactly did that coach pick out a brown suit and tie combo four sizes too big?"
Full article

Bet they aren't alone, by a long shot.

Because it's not a punishment for the player, dumbass, it's a punishment for the team. Stop making my gender look stupid.

/Went to my first Wings game at age 8
//Got some of my senior pictures taken in my Yzerman jersey
/I'll take Mickey and Ken over CBC every day of the week.

chellen: Because it's not a punishment for the player, dumbass, it's a punishment for the team. Stop making my gender look stupid.

It's a good point, though, it should be a punishment for the player, too.

chellen: Because it's not a punishment for the player, dumbass, it's a punishment for the team. Stop making my gender look stupid.

/Went to my first Wings game at age 8
//Got some of my senior pictures taken in my Yzerman jersey
/I'll take Mickey and Ken over CBC every day of the week.

How YOU doin?

IAmRight: chellen: Because it's not a punishment for the player, dumbass, it's a punishment for the team. Stop making my gender look stupid.

It's a good point, though, it should be a punishment for the player, too.

If your team gets scored on during the PK while you're in the box, believe me, that hurts. It's punishment that goes on the scoreboard. You play as a team, you score as a team, you get penalized as a team.

Bruxellensis: If your team gets scored on during the PK while you're in the box, believe me, that hurts.

And if they don't (as is the case with 80-90% of penalties), then it doesn't. It'd be interesting to try out - see if it has any effect on people playing extra rough if, say, they have to stand inside the box and they don't get water.

IAmRight: Bruxellensis: If your team gets scored on during the PK while you're in the box, believe me, that hurts.

And if they don't (as is the case with 80-90% of penalties), then it doesn't. It'd be interesting to try out - see if it has any effect on people playing extra rough if, say, they have to stand inside the box and they don't get water.

Even if they don't score on you, your teammates have to pick up your slack and will be more fatigued at the end of the PK, putting your team at a slight disadvantage for some time. Especially if a line change isn't possible. No matter the outcome of the penalty, it's not a good risk, and no team or player wants to be penalized. A team's discipline could be the difference between a loss and a win, and in the post season, that means quite a lot.

IAmRight: Bruxellensis: If your team gets scored on during the PK while you're in the box, believe me, that hurts.

And if they don't (as is the case with 80-90% of penalties), then it doesn't. It'd be interesting to try out - see if it has any effect on people playing extra rough if, say, they have to stand inside the box and they don't get water.

No offense, but to me denying anyone water during (even a brief break from) strenuous exercise seems like a spectacularly bad idea, both medically and legally.

IAmRight: Bruxellensis: If your team gets scored on during the PK while you're in the box, believe me, that hurts.

And if they don't (as is the case with 80-90% of penalties), then it doesn't. It'd be interesting to try out - see if it has any effect on people playing extra rough if, say, they have to stand inside the box and they don't get water.

Don't take away water. Each team gets to choose one lucky fan from the people in attendance at the game and allow that fan to sit inside the opposing team's penalty box. Waivers will need to be signed and helmets will be provided. The lucky fans get unlimited beer and nachos and a t-shirt with Gary Bettman's face on it. Put microphones in the penalty boxes and sell the audio streams on NHL.com.

ignatius_crumbcake: Don't take away water. Each team gets to choose one lucky fan from the people in attendance at the game and allow that fan to sit inside the opposing team's penalty box. Waivers will need to be signed and helmets will be provided. The lucky fans get unlimited beer and nachos and a t-shirt with Gary Bettman's face on it. Put microphones in the penalty boxes and sell the audio streams on NHL.com.

See, there we go. Just because something "is what it is" doesn't mean it can't be better.

I think that the penalty box should just permanently smell like rancid farts and have a ceiling.

apoptotic: No offense, but to me denying anyone water during (even a brief break from) strenuous exercise seems like a spectacularly bad idea, both medically and legally.

Meh, they usually just skate right back to their bench and they can have water there. They'll live. But I'm fine with other ideas like above.

They should have one called, "while the Canadians watch" for people from the US. They could talk about the MLB and how the first quarter of the season is going while showing the Stanley Cup

IAmRight: ignatius_crumbcake: Don't take away water. Each team gets to choose one lucky fan from the people in attendance at the game and allow that fan to sit inside the opposing team's penalty box. Waivers will need to be signed and helmets will be provided. The lucky fans get unlimited beer and nachos and a t-shirt with Gary Bettman's face on it. Put microphones in the penalty boxes and sell the audio streams on NHL.com.

See, there we go. Just because something "is what it is" doesn't mean it can't be better.

I think that the penalty box should just permanently smell like rancid farts and have a ceiling.

apoptotic: No offense, but to me denying anyone water during (even a brief break from) strenuous exercise seems like a spectacularly bad idea, both medically and legally.

Meh, they usually just skate right back to their bench and they can have water there. They'll live. But I'm fine with other ideas like above.

what if theyre in the box for 5 minutes?

denying anyone water / power drinks is stupid
have you ever played hockey? theres a reason an avg shift is only 38 seconds long