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Neither would get me to watch it
I can't bear to watch Strombo. When I watched hockey games this year, at the end of each period I changed the channel to something else, ANYTHING ELSE, to avoid watching the between period panel and analysis. Too painful. And you could feel that George was really grasping, or at least that's how I perceived it. I'm sure he's a great guy, but I just don't see him as a hockey guy.
There was no need to replace Ron MacLean in the first place but when they did, George Strombo was the worst possible choice. Their rationale with bringing in George was to attract younger viewers. Why the urgency ? Baby boomers make up the vast majority of the hockey audience and there is at least 20 years of boomers remaining. Natural attrition would have given Rogers ample time to select and groom the perfect replacement for Ron MacLean who, is the preeminent hockey host in the world - not just Canada. I'm actually surprised that Scott Moore wasn't fired over this ill conceived, bone-head move. But at least he is apparently going to make it right by returning the king to his throne.
Not to say that Stroumboulopoulos is a bad TV host, but he is so far out of his depth on HNIC that sometimes it just borders on embarrassing. I don't even bother watching what is going on between periods because it is so painfully dull. Strombo hasn't convinced any young people to tune in, and not having MacLean in the big chair has actually caused many fans to tune out. Find a show aimed at young people for Strombo, and put the far superior hockey knowledgeable MacLean back on HNIC.
Lost all respect for MacLean some years back when he hired a big-name agent and then tried to have his salary increased by 50%. He should have been dumped then in my humble opinion. In addition, half the crap that Cherry found himself in was because MacLean brought up the topic to begin with and just let Grapes run with it. Strumbo, sounds more like a hockey fan than a hockey man. Personally, I think there are many who would do a fine job in the big chair including Darren Dreger, Bob MacKenzie, Dave Hodge, and my personal choice because of his background and hockey knowledge, Mr. Darren Pang.
Ron should have been there from the start. The new guy was terrible. He, and that ridiculous panel of so-called experts, drove many people away from HNIC. Get Ron back with the TSN panel...Dregs, Bob Mackenzie and their team. Would be awesome!!
When Ron MacLean was replaced as host of HNIC I stopped watching. If he is back, I am back. PERIOD.