CreaseAndAssist Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Minnesota Wild TV Broadcast Ranked 29th in the NHL We provide some thoughts on this latest ranking of the broadcast and remind people we told you it was this bad a long time ago. Enjoy and discuss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Check Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) I thought Walz's first ever night as a color analyst was his best. Excellent insight despite, as would be expected, a very rough presentation. But steep downhill from there. Now, his filibuster style of delivery is so incessantly long, that his points get lost in all the verbiage. Like when Greenlay does color, I'm turning off the sound. Greenlay appears to be a nice guy, but he rarely offers any insight. IMO, VERY lazy preparation. Like you indicated, Nanne was excellent. I'm hopeful on Carter. Still raw, but informative and MUCH, MUCH more succinct than Walz. And as Theresa opined, oh what a joy it would be to listen to a Forslund or Kelly on a nightly basis. Throw in Reaugh, Hedican, Fox, Panger or Olzcyk to do color and I would be in regional hockey broadcast heaven. Edited April 5, 2020 by 4Check spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I wouldn't rank them 29th but definitely in the bottom 1/3. I guess It doesn't bother me that much as I'm able to tune out Greenlay's blabbering and Walz's looong calls and stories and focus on the action. LaPanta's adequate. Fully agree on Nanne. I'd actually get distracted from the game listening to him. Carter is fine also. When they first started rotating out Greenlay, I swore his voice was a bit rough. Thought he might have a medical issue. That bubbly-babbly goofiness wasn't there. Maybe he was just reacting to the writing on the wall and it was showing in his voice and demeanor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfondajane Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I'm curious on how everyone stands on this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I'm happy as long as I don't have to listen to the Finnish broadcast. They cover all of the NHL so they can't be that much in the know about the Wild. Plus they have to emphasise the Finns, even if the Finns are not achieving anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 2:42 AM, notfondajane said: I'm curious on how everyone stands on this list. Pretty quiet. Directly or indirectly COVID-19 affected us too. We see a huge social distancing without alive hockey discussions. We (fans) missed a real professional hockey, and sport missed us as their real hockey fans. Kind of a vacuum with lost relations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 That's an interesting way to put it @Alexandron but I think people haven't been happy with the Wild broadcast for years. I agree on the point on Walz, who had a decent start but then seemed to think he needed to talk so much more, when the opposite is true. My favorite broadcast teams in the NHL. San Jose Sharks New York Islanders TSN - Murphy and Ferraro Hughson and Simpson - Rogers I like John Forslund although Tripp Tracy can be annoying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Anybody else remember the MSG broadcasts on cable early '80s? Color man Bill Chadwick unapologetic in support of Blueshirts Ron Duguay, Greschner etc. Rangers could do no wrong..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 I liked John Davidson when he used to be the analyst for Fox national broadcasts during the late 1990's. Then he had to go be a Team President for 3 different organizations. Pete Weber and Terry Crisp were actually a pretty entertaining duo in a 'listen to your grandpa' kind of way. I like Chris Cuthbert too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 4/28/2020 at 7:19 PM, CreaseAndAssist said: That's an interesting way to put it @Alexandron but I think people haven't been happy with the Wild broadcast for years. I agree on the point on Walz, who had a decent start but then seemed to think he needed to talk so much more, when the opposite is true. My favorite broadcast teams in the NHL. San Jose Sharks New York Islanders TSN - Murphy and Ferraro Hughson and Simpson - Rogers I like John Forslund although Tripp Tracy can be annoying. Agree with that part too, LIG. For the last decade I preferred even to listen more our games through the FM radio 100.3 (last couple years) and on AM radio in previous years because of their commentators. Talent in any parts of our life is always and forever will be valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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