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*Festinator* · 09-22-2022, 04:01 AM

Hockey prompt:

I would say that nowadays most of my media consumption comes from twitter. That is where I get the bulk of my hockey news and updates and follow the teams I like. A few of the people I follow on there are indeed hockey writers and those would be guys like Murat Ates from The Athletic and Elliote Friedman, as well as some other dudes from local newspapers. I think that the media they release, especially the ones from Ates at The Athletic are pretty good and I don't have too many complaints. Sometimes I wish some of the local writers would leave their biases out of their reporting but I know that for the most part the more edgy their content, the more views and reads they will get so they have to be a bit more opinionated. That being said, I would also like it more if the writers would also ask the teams/management harder questions and let them feel the heat a little bit, question some of the questionable decision making and such a little more.

**RomanesEuntDomus** · 09-22-2022, 06:55 AM

I used to follow hockey media a lot more a few years ago than I do nowadays. I'm not even quite sure what the reason is as I think the available content has actually gotten better in a lot of places, with more in-depth pieces being written as well as stuff that strikes a nice balance between opinion commentary and actual factual reporting, your Steve Dangles and what not. And yet my interest has dwindled if only through oversaturation. Hockey is great but it's also a bit weirdly balanced. A rather long period of almost half a year where pretty much nothing happens if, like me, you are a fan of a team that usually doesnt appear in the playoffs. And in the 6-8 months where there is action, there is soooo much of it, so many games by so many teams that the individual goal, or storyline becomes meaningless and gets drowned out because there is so much of it. For all the shit people give sports like soccer where there is "too little scoring" this is actually a strength of it because every game, every goal, actually matters a lot, is remembered by fans and pundits and can make or break your season. That makes the reporting about those things more meaningful as well.

MN_Moosey · 09-22-2022, 08:34 AM

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Z0REM · 09-22-2022, 09:02 AM

Seamus loves living in the spotlight. As a promotor for his bar he is used to getting up in front of a lot of people and just having to sell himself and his product. Just because you're young does not mean you can't get up there with the others. So when the team stopped by Seamus's locker to ask him to help do some media promotion, he was all over it. Seamus never thought life could get better a Battleborn until he started doing media again. As captain he was also roping in all the other players when possible. Going into his 4th season, Seamus really wants to be there to mentor these new kids and getting them used to the camera is a big deal. After all, they're all going to be stars so might as well get remembered for it. So every player has been involved, some more than others, but always just the right amount.

Credit to Vulfzilla for the awesome render pic

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