tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post1178969535558536658..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: UP AT 6: MEET THE NINETY-FIVE PERCENTERSsagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-50279400748107478542007-09-21T19:34:00.000-04:002007-09-21T19:34:00.000-04:00I'm with you guys, I have to guess that it's bunk....I'm with you guys, I have to guess that it's bunk. I think it is revealing though....I have encountered probably at least a dozen people in this region the past year or so that "know somebody who knows yada yada yada". These same people are all firm in their belief that it is fact. I even saw an Ottawan comment in a Globe & Mail chat room / conversation ( whatever the hell we call this ) that the Sens had a frontline player ( or however he put it ) that was an addict and had been in rehab etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious to see who will replace Redden as the source of speculation once he departs ( which is soon, isn't it? ).Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-67528024761159631732007-09-21T15:43:00.000-04:002007-09-21T15:43:00.000-04:00Yeah, until a guy gets caught flat-out, there's no...Yeah, until a guy gets caught flat-out, there's not much you can really believe.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-13961031866632459482007-09-21T15:20:00.000-04:002007-09-21T15:20:00.000-04:00Every Canadian NHL city has a collection of urban ...Every Canadian NHL city has a collection of urban myths surrounding its players. There's always some gossip out there about who is sleeping with who's wife, who is allegedly gay, who is into drugs, hookers, blah blah blah. It's all a bunch of garbage. <BR/><BR/>In Vancouver, the mid-90s were full of rumours about Jeff Brown needing to be traded because he was supposedly sleeping with Kirk McLean's wife. The same stupid rumour was making the rounds in Toronto a few years previous regarding Gary Leeman and someone else. At any one time, I have heard people insist that Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, and Wendel Clark were gay, citing the usual iron clad source --a friend's cousin's co-worker's girlfriend who knew someone who knew someone who heard something. <BR/><BR/>Having worked in and around politics most of my life, I have had a belly full of this crap, and really don't care to give it any credence. All of this as a long winded way of saying I think the Wade Redden rumours are ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-48370602428846749332007-09-21T11:51:00.000-04:002007-09-21T11:51:00.000-04:00D, I do remember something about the TO ( The Fan ...D, I do remember something about the TO ( The Fan ? ) thing, although I admit I had forgotten about it. <BR/><BR/>The collective mental health of Sens fans is very fragile, they / we are very sensitive to all things anti Sens. I think we all need to lighten up a bit.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Is Wade Redden a drug addict or is this an urban myth? I'm guessing the latter, discuss among yourselves ( anybody else old enough to remember Linda Richman?).Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-24086186752198074672007-09-21T10:34:00.000-04:002007-09-21T10:34:00.000-04:00Pete -- you are right in that this practice (leani...Pete -- you are right in that this practice (leaning on the broadcast partner to be "more positive") happens a lot. The Senators, though, appear to be more thin skinned about criticism, and a lot more heavy handed in their reaction to it, than many teams. I was embarrassed for the club when they wouldn't put someone on Toronto radio due to some perceived on-air slight towards the Sens. Surely to God they are bigger than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-63286954716481130112007-09-21T10:02:00.000-04:002007-09-21T10:02:00.000-04:00I don't listen to The Team but I do recall reading...I don't listen to The Team but I do recall reading in William Houston's column early last season - when the Sens were floundering - that the Sens leaned on ( successfully ) the broadcaster to reduce the # of negative calls they were broadcasting on the post game show and to be more positive. I don't think this makes the Sens or The Team any different than anybody else in any other league though.Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-68478565819009816022007-09-21T09:40:00.000-04:002007-09-21T09:40:00.000-04:00The Senators play-by-play team is so cringe-induci...The Senators play-by-play team is so cringe-inducing it is sometimes hard to listen. I know that most NHL teams' broadcast crews are hired by the team, or at the very least the team gets a veto. As a result, the radio guys are going to be homers. I can deal with that to a degree, but Gord Wilson has to be the most over the top of them all. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes during the season, I'll listen to him after a play and I fear that a Senator player is lying on the ice with his spleen at his side. He goes on and on like this play is going to be the biggest controversy in NHL history. An hour later, I'll watch some real journalists discussing the game, and Gord's alleged war crime hasn't even made the highlight reel.<BR/><BR/>This is a great hockey city, with knowledgeable, dedicated hockey fans. It would be nice if the home team's radio broadcast would treat those fans with some respect, and not dumb it down to the lowest common denominator in such painful fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com