05 Augusti, 2008

Förvirring i Kanada

Varje en gång i en stund, I-förmiddag som påminns av hur precis långt vi har kommit som ett samhälle. Sannerligen ger det kanadensiska massmedia bara oss med viktiga framflyttningar i sätta in av blidkar på en dagstidningbas; den Toronto stjärnan gör mer än dess aktie i detta område. Utställning en: Cox Damien writeup av den sist natten blad blad förlust till hajarna, som han fokuserade i inte på felet, men på' ”det sandig uppförandet och utseendemässigt av stolthet.”, Jag har hört av att accentuera realiteten, men denna är löjlig. Utställning två: Stack nya Westheads kolonn i stjärnan, som visar oss att en inte måste faktiskt att veta något om en stad för att göra domar om den.

Faktumet är, den skulle NHLEN har varit långt bättre av hae Ovechkin som vars tillåten att kasta i sig Washington som en inskränkt fri person denna sommar för att sammanfoga ett NHL-lag i Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, eller städer för œ för € för New York â⠂¬â, var skulle Ovechkins talangar har varit den bättre van vid hjälplönelyften NHL'SNA, profilerar.

Som synes Westhead känselförnimmelser så starkt om det New York honom omnämnanden det två gånger! Incidentally för någon som uppehällen som nämner ”faktum” alltigenom artikeln, honom inte använder många. Detta särskilda utdrag är självfallet en åsikt som motsatt till faktumet, men det är bredvid peka.

Profilerar någon annars egentligen funderare, att NHLEN behöver dess, lyftt i New York eller Philadelphia? Philadelphia rangordnar 4th i NHLEN i uppslutning, eftersom frodig 11th för kommandosoldater (öborna är 30th, men hey, som är mestadels den Nassau coliseum'sen, kritisera). Skulle inte en stad närmare bottnen av den uppslutning lista behov Ovechkin mer i deras town ”att hjälpa lönelyft NHL'SNA att profilera” - något att säga, Washington på #29? Det skulle är för logisk, om en var att använda Westheads resonemang.

I vad var enträngd ihop marknadsplats, måste fläktar huvudstäderna nu att konkurrera för dollar från båda presumtiva sponsorer och mot baseball Washington medborgare, och turnering för golf för tigerträn' sade ny inbjudnings-, Chris Hudgins, ettområde idrott som marknadsför utövas officiella och tidigare huvudstäder.

Här är ett vara besvärad-bogglinglydåligaargument som ser som hur medborgare och huvudstad säsonger inte får effekt varje annan alls (Natsen är away på lock' hemmamatchdagar under den första veckan av April), och inbjudnings- tigerträn' rymms i sommaren. En bättre jämförelse skulle är med trollkarlarna, D.c. United, or Redskins, but it would apparently be too much to ask this guy to do some actual research instead of surfing the Post website or talking to one person in Washington for his opinion. Westhead’s confused ramblings continue:

Ovechkin may well help to sell more of the Capitals’ safety-cone-coloured sweaters. But it’s doubtful he’ll help spur the NHL’s popularity across the U.S.

“Safety-cone-coloured sweaters?” Huh?

Despite Westhead’s best efforts, there’s just no way to compare hockey in Canada with hockey in Washington. No one would ever claim that hockey is a priority here since D.C. is a football town, but the Caps are not the unmitigated disaster that Westhead seems to think they are. It’s an understatement to say that the Washington media isn’t as focused on hockey as the Toronto media, but at least they wouldn’t attempt to sugarcoat a bad situation by writing pathetic articles about the Caps’ “gritty demeanour and appearance of pride” in a loss. (They save that for the Redskins.) The media in D.C. would also likely research a topic before making unfounded judgments about a city they’ve likely never visited. Isn’t that one of the basics of responsible journalism?

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12 Comments

  1. NS2NOVA wrote:

    You can take it one step further, Toronto sports media only follow issues which impact Toronto Teams. It was interesting that during our trip back home at Christmas, most Non-Crosby related hockey stories were about the Leafs. All of the national hockey broadcasts on TSN and CBC were Leafs games. You could only see another Canadian team if you could get the regional broadcasts on satellite or digital.

    Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Permalink
  2. BernieWolfeFan wrote:

    DC Sports Chick,

    Let all the Sour Grapers, vent. I’m too busy watchin’ Ovie play. It just goes to show how important they feel Ovie is to the NHL but just can’t get over the fact that Ovechkin and Crosby are in the US! Hah! The captains of Van, Ott, and Tor, are Swedes and Mon is Finnish. It just reeeekks of nationalistic jealousy. LOL.

    Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 6:57 pm | Permalink
  3. You’re right, Bernie- but it’s the laziness of the jealousy that irritates me more than the jealousy itself ;-)

    NS2NOVA- all Leafs, all the time would be extremely depressing.

    Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 7:02 pm | Permalink
  4. yngwie wrote:

    As a lifelong Canadiens fan who grew up in North Jersey (long story), I have to laugh at Westhead’s arguments. Maybe Ovie could have gone to a REAL hockey market, maybe like, um, I dunno… Quebec?!? BWAHAHAHAH!!!

    Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm | Permalink
  5. chanuck wrote:

    Why does a city like Toronto need a player like Alex? They constantly put up a pitiful product on the ice and they sell out every night. For the viability of the NHL you need to promote the smaller markets.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 8:26 am | Permalink
  6. Victor wrote:

    I think Toronto wants to give McCabe’s “A” to Ovie.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 9:03 am | Permalink
  7. Great article. (by you, not him)

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 9:39 am | Permalink
  8. Ralph Hass wrote:

    Toronto Maple “Laughs”! is appropriate. They should have let Scotty Bowman come in on “his” terms to begin the rebuilding process in the summer. They should move Sundin now to get some valuable prospects into their system.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 12:28 pm | Permalink
  9. Schultz for Calder wrote:

    In Canada, safety cones are red, not orange.

    Ok, I made that up.

    Also, Damien Cox is actually color blind.

    Ok, I made that up too.

    Is there a Franco-Canadian word for “putz”?

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 12:35 pm | Permalink
  10. chanuck wrote:

    “Is there a Franco-Canadian word for “putzâ€??”

    Putz in any language is Damien Cox.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm | Permalink
  11. I think what the writers are saying is that it would help the league publicity wise to have Ovie in a bigger market than Washington.

    Now of course with Ovechkin staying in Washington, numbers wise it will help the smaller market team Ovie is playing for more so than the NHL.

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    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
  12. Putting one of the marquee players in the league in New York, or wherever, could in theory be a big boon for the NHL, but I’m not so sure Jaromir Jagr has had that effect.

    That said, it is rather unfortunate that Ovechkin’s record deal wasn’t front page news the next day. That’s the kind of impact you’d hope having a megastar would create.

    And Cox has been harder on the Leafs than anyone in any city. Heck, they get hammered by everyone, ad infinitum, so there’s no sugarcoating here.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

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