It's the same out west, too. Every bloody Saturday night, it's the Leafs vs whoever. The Habs or Sens could be playing the Sabres for 1st place in the conference or the last playoff spot and they'd still show Toronto vs the Islanders battling for 14th place. It's awful.

It makes me sick to my stomach whenever I think about our tax dollars (in Canada) going to this sham of a network in order to "preserve Canadian culture". They let TSN get the HNIC theme song, and the fucking CANADIAN Football League!!! And the other day I flipped through CBC and Martha Fucking Stewart was on!!!

Then, the bastards have the nerve to ask for a government bailout!!! It's a government-funded company!!!! FUCK!!!!!!

-Rant over-

...i'm still in shock that the CBC refused to renew licensing with Dolores Claman.

To cultivate a cultural icon, like that - To give history to a musical theme that's been called Canada's Second Anthem - And then to abandon it.

Abandon it! On its' Fortieth Anniversary!

What kind of fucking moron does that? Insane.

It still sends shivers down my spine to hear this:



The sense of anticipation in the pit of one's stomach, and recalling all the memories; simply overwhelming.

Courtesy of Faceoff.com:

The Leafs and HNIC really do suck

"When somebody who is employed as a regular contributor on Hockey Night in Canada is suddenly fired after writing a book entitled Why The Leafs Suck: And How They Can Be Fixed, you can't help but wonder what's going with respect to the CBC's journalistic integrity.

This is what happened to Al Strachan, who regularly appears on HNIC's "After 40 Minutes" on Saturdays, a segment where the goal is to break news and discuss newsworthy topics about and around the NHL or the sport of hockey.
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"Given there is a withering chapter on Brian Burke in the book -- one that people who don't like Burke's style shouldn't miss -- he is being blamed for perhaps being the thrust behind this, largely because he's tried to exert pressure on reporters and columnists before. Further, he's tried to exert pressure on HNIC in the past to have Strachan removed from "After 40 Minutes" because of an incident he didn't like while he was GM in Vancouver. So it's hardly surprising that people would be pointing fingers at his media-managing ways.

But that analysis may not be fair to Burke. After all, there are lots of others who receive shots in the book, not the least of which are the likes of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment president and CEO Richard Peddie and the company's second largest shareholder, Larry Tanenbaum, both of whom have been making most of the hockey-hiring decisions with the team recently."

...That's pretty messed up. The Leafs, the CBC and HNiC have seriously undermined their integrity and damaged their credibility, with this stupid and vain decision.

And even more curiously: where is the outcry from other Canadian sports journalists and CBC panelists?

What the hell is wrong with all these people?

Looks like the concept of "sportsmanship" takes another blow - Not only losing ground on the ice, but in the board room, as well.

...i'm still in shock that the CBC refused to renew licensing with Dolores Claman.

To cultivate a cultural icon, like that - To give history to a musical theme that's been called Canada's Second Anthem - And then to abandon it.

Abandon it! On its' Fortieth Anniversary!

What kind of fucking moron does that? Insane.

It still sends shivers down my spine to hear this:



The sense of anticipation in the pit of one's stomach, and recalling all the memories; simply overwhelming.

I'll say this about Milbury; he's a better commentator than NHL GM!!

#1 rule in Canada, thou shalt not say anything bad about the Leafs!!!!
With a few exceptions for Grapes, still hard to believe the media didn't back him up, but I am used to what they get away with down here south of the border.