Sportsnet répond au discours anti-Canucks de l’analyste Luke Gazdic
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Sportsnet répond au discours anti-Canucks de l’analyste Luke Gazdic
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I feel like his broadcasting career is going to be shorter than his NHL career…
I’ll never watch a hockey game on Sportsnet until this man is fired. The journalistic integrity is too obvious here. Truly a sad day for Canadian media.
It’s too bad. I liked Gazdic and thought he was getting better. Then he let some toxic trolls get to him. In his line of work, you can’t do that. Maybe he isn’t cut out for this career?
“Luke’s response on the podcast was an emotional one and he made the mistake of taking what some people said to him online and generalized about the entire Canucks fan base.”
I don’t care what he said about the fanbase! It is what he said about the Canucks team that needs to be scrutinized. That’s where he crossed the line, and Sportsnet, like other commentators, has failed to address that—trying to make it seem like it was just a slag against the fans.
I don’t mind him generalizing about the fan base, in relation to inappropriate comments from certain fans toward him personally. I think most people understand that “you guys are a joke” doesn’t actually mean every single person who is a fan of the Canucks. But calling the team, and organization, a joke is highly inappropriate for someone in his role and something he should have to apologize for, which by the way I don’t think he actually meant. I thought his coverage of the Canucks was fair during their run and he had high praise for a lot of Canuck players.
Why is everyone brushing over the part where he went after the team itself?
How does a guy with 8 regular season NHL points get a broadcasting job? They must be just giving it out to anyone.
As a long time Canuck fan, we’re used to this lack of respect. Everyone east of the Rockies can go fuck off.
I like how the only picture of him in the article is him wearing a Flames jersey
Buddy is a lousy commentator. This isn’t going to help at all. The good thing for him is sportsnets talent floor is pretty low.
I think the line was more-so crossed when he called the actual team a joke than when he was generalizing Canucks fans (I know he had gotten emotional but that was also an odd thing to do to begin with, because it should be pretty well-known by 2024 that social media is where the loud minority of any fanbase is at its loudest and most toxic), since 1. that team is made up of very talented NHL players who have nothing to do with online trolls and should not be lumped into an attack by the media for something that Twitter did and 2. both the Canucks and HNIC are affiliated with Rogers, and here is a HNIC panelist calling the Canucks team/org a joke. That’s the part of his comments that Canucks-centric podcasters/reporters seemed to think was the worst bit as well, so it’s surprising that both this Sportsnet reply and Friedman’s response didn’t mention it.
Oh well. Hopefully Bieksa makes a joke about it on the panel on Saturday and then everyone moves on. I’m not the biggest fan of his on the panel but I wouldn’t want to see him lose the position over this of all things. Sucks that people online always have to cross the line and make genuinely hurtful comments; hopefully if he stays in the media business there’s someone to offer a bit of mentorship to Luke as to how to handle the inevitable online trolls.
~~the irony of people saying canucks fans haven’t moved on from the series lost, while this is what’s happening on oilers podcasts (and edmonton media is busy writing articles about the oilers that include the canucks in the headline) is not lost on me~~
How does a grown up get cyber bullied? Just close your eyes – no one making you read them.
did he even apologize? all these words mean nothing otherwise
Listen, they can deal that with us how they want. However, talking about toxic fans is one thing. This analyst who works for a national station, called the team, a joke, and said that the team that lost in game seven was « dusted »
This pretty clearly shows that, without a major change in behaviour from him, he is not suitable to be analyzing hockey on a national level. You really think people talking like this should be tasked with analyzing players, plays, teams, performance at a national level?
I actually think that going after the toxic fans was totally appropriate, the team not so much.
He can be a diehard Edmonton oiler fan, or he can be an employee of a sports media station, but he really can’t be both if he wishes to provide any value
IDK why people are offended by this. Not defending Gazdic here, but his little tantrum rant made him look like such a fucking tool, I don’t know how anyone wouldn’t see it and just laugh. Especially from a player who’s done nothing in the NHL or broadcasting.
So canucks fans « crossed the line » but their admittedly inexperienced (bad) national panelist hire « made a mistake ».
Fuck off sportsnet, back to sailing the seas, I already cancelled.
This guys awkward and I don’t want him on my tv
gazdik played himself. He’s only going to get trolled harder and now he needs to stay quiet to keep his job.
The guy is softer than chinchilla fur and has skin as thin as an onion. I’d bet I’ve heard shit just as bad here on Reddit from OTHER Canucks fans. How did a supposed tough guy get so sensitive?
HE’s the joke.
Its kind of funny how much everyone hates us. We’re good for ONE year and everyone’s just shitting on our group. Literal weeks after we’re eliminated. Are we just a bunch of psychos? I see comments on all the nhl subreddits about us. Buble help
The first time I saw him on a panel I didn’t like him and his smarmy attitude. I didn’t even know he was a former Oiler player. I just wondered what he was doing and why he got his job. I’m still wondering.
So they made excuses for him.
He needs to disappear. I like respectful, insightful analysis. Twitter peeps gonna Twitter.
Fire him. He’s not a very good analyst to begin with tbh
I hope word about him calling the Canucks losers and getting « dusted » by the Grease in a one goal game in game 7 get to the players and someone calls him out on air while doing a HNIC interview.