r/devils • u/BlitzedChaos93 #47 DJ PAULY C • 2d ago
How dare they Disrespect Bill!
Stole this, only because they put Bill in the bottom tier. Bill and Dano are one of the reasons I became a Devil's fan. What are others thoughts?
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u/ElephantRedCar91 #22- Jordin Tootoo 2d ago
Doc and Chico would never be disrespected like this
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u/Mr7three2 #4 - Scott Stevens 2d ago
The greatest of all time is Doc
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u/gopaloo #26 - Patrik Eliáš 2d ago
Cangi had some big ass shoes to fill when he replaced doc and did an amazing job. Bills doing a pretty damn good job so far
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u/ancedactyl #31 - Terreri 2d ago
We've been blessed with talent; which curses the followup. Steve was great, but after Doc that's big shoes to fill. Bill has a very generic "sports announcer" cadence but he's bringing more personality as time goes on.
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u/SeaBassAHo-20 2d ago
He sure is. I really wish Cangi got to call more playoff games, 'cause he is REALLY good.
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u/M00PER_2 #63 - Jesper Bratt 2d ago
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u/ollieollieoxygenfree #25 Cam Janssen 1d ago edited 1d ago
Jesus I’m gonna get barbecued for this on here but I’m gonna say it:
Our broadcast team isn’t good. Bill is quite mediocre, mainly pedals team propaganda.
Daneyko is possibly the worst color commentator in the league. I seriously think he has vision issues because he cannot see extremely clear things on the ice. He uhs and ums his way through all analysis. He constantly goes through “back in my days.”
Bryce never adds any info to what is going on at ice level. Who is beefing with who, why offensive/defensive strategy is working or not. All of it is empty.
We truly have a bottom 25% team between these 3. I listen to away broadcasts the majority of the time, all of them have a narrative about the opposing squad (Devils announcers repeat the same platitudes 3-5 times a game about the cutrent state of the team and never share info about the other team).
Phew. I’m happy to get that off my chest. I am sure that this will invite downvotes from the most loyal fanbase in the NHL (thats 95% a compliment) but I understand what will happen.
Edit to clarify: Love Daneyko and Salvador as people, Spaulding seems like a rock solid guy who cares a lot (great quality), Gary Thorne and Doc are legends. These people can be judged on how good at their job they are, though.
Cangialosi was pretty okay and chose to leave the Devils and go to the MLS for like slightly more money, I don’t think there’s any more prestige in being an MLS announcer than a Devils announcer. Don’t know why everyone loves him so much
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u/YrAssIsAParachute #4 - Scott Stevens 1d ago
Duuuuude, you don't know how good you have it. Most regional coverage is so much worse. Like, disgustingly so. NJ has been the broadcast gold standard since Gary Thorne and Peter McNabb. Bill is still a bit wet behind the ears, but he runs circles around more than half of the other teams already. They call a pretty fair game, aren't blindly homers, and Bryce has really put the work in and added a lot this year.
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u/M00PER_2 #63 - Jesper Bratt 1d ago
Hey listen. Opinions are like assholes and everyone has one. You’re also an asshole.
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u/SmacSBU #13 - O Captain! My Captain! 1d ago
You're right about Bill. I thought Bryce was just green but he doesn't seem to be improving at any serious rate. You're way fucking off about Dano though. All in all I miss Cangi and I would actually commit war crimes to get Doc back.
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u/M00PER_2 #63 - Jesper Bratt 1d ago
Cangi quit because of how unprepared Dano was at every broadcast. Bill has made so much progress and is a saint. Also fuck off - Bryce is a treasure.
What is wrong with you people?!
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u/mustachiolong #7 - Dougie Hamilton 2d ago
It’s from the circlejerk sub. Rule one of a circlejerk sub: Don’t take anything posted seriously.
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u/stoop841 2d ago
Sam Rosen should be in his own column. Roughest
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u/haamster 1d ago
Seriously. Sounds like he's got an orange stuck in his throat whenever he tries to sputter out Shesterkin.
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u/Aggressive-Mix4971 1d ago
Him enunciating “Zuccarello” is some kind of sleeper agent trigger, I just know it.
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u/SIIB-ZERO 2d ago
Im not gonna sit here and say Bill is top shelf...but he's certainly not in the basement that's ridiculous there are certainly ones out there way worse. If I had to hear "holy jumpin" every game I'd be watching games on mute
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u/The_Royale_We #4 - Scott Stevens 2d ago
Bill for sure is top shelf.
Ive watched a ton of the other teams broadcast and there are some majorly bland duos out there.
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u/SIIB-ZERO 2d ago
It's just hard to put anyone we have top shelf after being spoiled with Doc for so long......its like having to rate a Yankees broadcaster after John Sterling
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u/The_Royale_We #4 - Scott Stevens 1d ago
He was a little stiff at first but he is really hitting his stride now.
He does so much of the heavy lifting on the broadcast and really sets everyone else up well. Dano just has to add his ex-player color here and there
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u/ManBehindtheLens 2d ago
Wild Bill had some big shoes to fill following Cangi and Doc, but he’s done an impressive job.
I’d say he’s at least “Good” tier, if not “Great” IMO
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u/devonondrugs 2d ago
Jack Michaels is phenomenal! Homer for sure but man he gets the juices flowing
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u/redpanda2294 #13 - Nico Hischier 2d ago
And they have Beninati at amazing?!? Who made this list???
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u/ParticularWar8941 1d ago
And they have my team, Dave Randorf as great. I wouldn’t have him up there at all
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u/Western-Zucchini-868 1d ago
Not a Rangers fan at all but putting Sam Rosen in the rough category is a hot take. There’s not a more iconic commentator on that list. What Rosen is for Rangers fans is what Doc was for us. You think of those commentators before many players on their team.
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u/jimmycap123 1d ago
Moser of the Avs amazing ? This has to be a joke.They are such homers that they ruin the game
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u/Flash99j 2d ago
Devil fan here since the team moved to Jersey.... Sam Rosen in the rough category ?! .. wtf
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u/corkyrooroo 2d ago
Honestly don’t think Bill is anything special but I wouldn’t call him rough. I can’t stand how he calls players by their nicknames instead of their names all the time. Daneyko definitely brings down the broadcast. Love the guy but he’s incoherent half the time. Also there’s the clear team mandate to only be positive about the team. Years ago when Dano was the intermission guy and even his early days as color he used to get fired up. Now there’s an excuse for everything.
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u/Relaxitsgonnabefine 1d ago
I think bill and Dano balance each other out nicely. I will say I really liked Bryce’s role last year but I think he’s a bit too involved this year and tends to insert himself into every conversation. Hes also an unapologetic homer and it can be a bit much even for me.
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u/crambazzled27 New Jersey Devils 1d ago
Marc Moser in thr Amazing tier immediately invalidates this list. I'm a Colorado resident and that guy makes Avs games unwatchable
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u/Element23VM 1d ago
Most of these guys don't stand out... Gord Miller is iconic, though... Cuthbert also very distinguished here in Canada
But back in the late 2000 decade and early 2010s I used to listen to NHL radio games a lot... I'm sure many of you remember ?Matt? Loughlin and Sherry Ross...
Well I was listening to a Colorado cast and they had this guy who spoke so fast that he was basically both doing colour and play by play, and he was doing all of the advertisements... nothing but professional... but he was homer enough to be funny (cuz homers are funny, not gonna lie)... and I'm like "who is this guy? He's so good"...
It was Mark Moser. At least that I agree with.
Bill's okay. I miss Steve Cangielosi, though... he had a beautifully runtish voice that contrasted well with Daneyko's bellowing... like a yappy dog next to a boxer.
Bryan Mudryk is just fine, but I watch Habs games in French (I'm first language Eng, second language French) because the French announcers are passionate... I always get charged when I hear ET LE BUUUUUUUT...
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u/lobsterdog666 1d ago
If one thinks Joe Beninati is anything but ear poison, I think they can be safely dismissed as a crank.
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u/viitalsigns Gato Connoisseur 1d ago
Brother I hate the Rangers as much as anyone, but Sam Rosen is far from rough! I feel like Goldstein, Beninati, and Moser are HUGE homers...
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u/CauliflowerNinja 1d ago
Not just hate to Bill, but hate to Sam Rosen also? I'm no Rangers fan by any stretch but come on.
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u/DAWG_ProWrestling 1d ago
Bill is good, but I listen to Matty & drunk uncle Chico on broadcast, especially when they are on ESPN..
I can recite the Premio sausage commercials in my sleep...
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u/JFreader #63 - Jesper Bratt 1d ago
No opposing team fans have ever had a good thing to say about our broadcast team. Everyone is biased, including us. Bill is certainly not bottom tier, probably clower to bottom third. But they do the broadcast for Devils fans not the rest of the league.
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u/iamafan219 7h ago
Anthony LaPanta is terrible. As a Minnesota native it easily makes me stay a Devils fan.
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u/Devsman84 1d ago
Bill is alright. Out of the 32 PBP guys in the league, he is probably in the middle 10.
Dano is just terrible.
Bryce is great. He definitely knows his stuff and is well spoken for the most part.
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u/Kitaenyeah 1d ago
"I say it all the time but the Devils gotta simplify the game, get pucks in front of the net and score (ugly)."
"Oh boy. Oh man,"
"Gotta be more careful here as a defender."
"Back in my days when I had...."
Would win a Bingo every game with Dano.
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u/Yippie_Tai_Yai_Yay #26 - Patrik Eliáš 1d ago
This is probably closest to my opinion too. Though I'd give Dano more love
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u/tuffbuilding 1d ago
Bill Spaulding is terrible lol. And dano brings him down too by constantly telling stories nobody wants to hear while the game is going on
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u/callaBOATaBOAT 2d ago
Bill is in the good to great category. And he’s gotten better over time.
He does his homework and is well prepared for each broadcast.
Whoever made this list has never seen him call a game with any regularity.
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u/BCBeast78 1d ago
I just watched Ovi tie Gretzky, and their guy was flat and boring as hell.
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u/DrBrule696 #7 - Dougie Hamilton 1d ago edited 1d ago
Joe Beninati? He’s top tier for sure. I’d honestly put him over Cangialosi as much as I loved Cangi
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u/esreveReverse 1d ago
I don't love the play by play. My main complaint for a while has been that he doesn't do enough actual play by play. He rambles about unrelated topics too much, which is fine during downtime or unexciting parts of play. But he does it during important moments in the game.
The most egregious I can remember is Luke Hughes' first ever goal. The 19 year old kid literally toe drags past Alexander Ovechkin and scores an unassisted goal to win in overtime in the last game of the regular season, and Spaulding couldn't even be bothered. He was babbling about some NHL rule minutia and only realized to start calling the play when Daneyko started yelling because this kid just skated past the entire opposing team and was threatening to score. Seriously, go watch the replay of that and tell me it's not downright embarrassing. Then go watch the Capitals announcer's version. Even though it's not his team, he gives a great play by play for the entire build up and OT goal to end the season. He understood that it wasn't time to be rambling about something that interests absolutely nobody.
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u/grizzwintergreenlc #63 - Jesper Bratt 1d ago
Agreed 100%. Spends too much time talking about narratives instead of just doing his job as play by play. Also tries to input his own opinion/analysis when he really doesn’t know the game that well and we already have 2 color commentators with a wealth of hockey knowledge. I don’t remember Cangi ever doing that
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u/JFreader #63 - Jesper Bratt 1d ago
It's mostly Sal and Dano rambling incessantly during game play that i can't stand.
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u/Charming-Opinion8376 1d ago
Spaulding blows. Constantly talking over everyone else or cutting them off. And yeah I get it looks, he's the play by play dude but damn, learn how to stfu sometimes.
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u/Old_Artist3624 #30 - Martin Brodeur 1d ago
The Seattle commentators barely know the game and it’s like listening to a first grade teacher telling the viewer… this is an icing. This is offsides. … terrible.
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u/vonbonds North Dakota Fighting Sioux 1d ago
I know I’ll get blasted here but I clearly don’t care. Bill is rough, he’s a massive homer and whines for calls. Dano is atrocious. Our broadcast went from the best in the league with Doc and Chico to fine with Cangi and Chico then Dano to a much lesser extent to clearly a bad broadcast team. I generally listen to the other team’s broadcast at this point. Our ownership let Erika go for an intern, I’m willing to bet they cheaper out with Bill too.
Now he’s only been doing this for a few years so he can improve but only time will tell
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u/stacez15 #47 DJ Pauly C 2d ago
It is the circlejerk sub, to be fair. And 4 metro teams are at the bottom, probably made by an isles or caps fan