My sympathies to Leaf fans for another year of history repeating itself. 

Turning it back to radio for a second, I turned on 680 News at 6:30 AM the morning after and was stunned by what I heard. Of course, they led with this story, and had all kinds of reaction from players and voicers about how the fans felt.

Here's what they never said: who scored the OT goal, which overtime period it was and perhaps most unforgivably - the final score!

That's basic journalism 101 when it comes to reporting a sports story like this one. It can be argued that if you were interested in the outcome you already knew the disastrous details, but it still should have been one of the first things they outlined other than the loss itself. 

Sometimes, I have no idea what they're doing over there. 

I'm going to Sportsnet for my lottery ticket information.   
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At least there’s the PWHL playoffs still to look forward to, and Toronto is hot!

RadioActive wrote:

To be fair, I listened to their 7 AM cast and this time they got it right. But it wasn't until the second report of the hour that they mentioned the score or who got it. You'd think it would be vital information off the top. 

It's a news headline ticker. My expectations are low.

Saul wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

To be fair, I listened to their 7 AM cast and this time they got it right. But it wasn't until the second report of the hour that they mentioned the score or who got it. You'd think it would be vital information off the top. 

It's a news headline ticker. My expectations are low.

Mine aren't, at least not in Toronto. But even the most inexperienced newscaster would have to know giving the final score is a requirement of reporting on any hockey game, especially in the playoffs.

RadioAaron wrote:

Somewhat interestingly (but not surprisingly,) Rogers chose to air the ABC feed of the game on its own CityTv network - activating a Simsub and ensuring its advertisers got their spots seen regardless of the channel being watched. 

I noticed that as well.  Rogers did the same thing last year.  A smart move in my opinion, they paid $5.2 billion for exclusive rights, other than a small package that TSN has during the regular season.  Also as you mentioned helpful for their advertisers.  Game 6 had 3.4 million viewers on Sportsnet/CBC on Thursday.

ABC's coverage last night was well done what I saw. 

 

mic'em wrote:

The Ballard curse continues ...

Actually it's the curse of the Big M. The Leafs haven't won a cup since they traded Frank Mahovlich. The Big M was traded March 4, 1968, the season after the Leafs won their last cup. 

As sad as the Leafs championship drought continues, how would you like to be a Cleveland Indians/Guardians fan. They haven't witnessed a World Series Championship since 1948. Unlike the Leafs, the Cleveland squad managed to make it back in 2016 where they proceeded to blow a 3-1 lead and lose game seven at home, in extra innings to.... the Chicago Cubs which ended their 108 year drought. Now that has really got to hurt.

I have always joked that radio stations should keep the comments from players while they are still with the team, so they can be recycled each year without the need to go to the after game scrums.
The Leafs lose a game -- just dredge up the players' comments from a few years back and reuse "we didn't execute too well," "we wanted to win, but the other team wanted it more, I guess."  "we came to play hockey, and we played hockey, but they just played better hockey than we did."
or conversely, "we had a real good feeling about the game, we figured we could win the game, and we did win the game, now we just have to keep up the momentum and win more games."
Easy.

 

This cartoon by Beach Metro News and Art Prof. Bill Suddick is from a long time ago and still applies to the long suffering fans of today.   

RadioActive wrote:

I heard this on the radio on Monday, although I can't quite remember which station I was listening to. 

A guy called in to one of the shows lamenting the Game 7 loss, when he related this story. He said he was in the hospital a few years ago when the Leafs lost yet another playoff series in the first round. He saw a guy hanging around the nurses' station getting his pills, when the caller asked him how he was.

"My doctor just confirmed I have the "Big C," he told the stranger. "He advised me to get my affairs in order, because it's terminal."

"Geez," replied the guy telling the story, "I'm so sorry."

"Thanks," was the reply. "I'm putting it in my will that the Leafs are going to act as my pallbearers,"

"Why?" he was asked.

And his final answer was, "I want to make sure they let me down one last time."

Yes I have heard that joke several times with a number of teams that consistently miss the post season entirely or are quickly eliminated from the playoffs every year.