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Wayward DP said:
Stoeten because he'll bend over backwards and twist himself in a knot before lobbing an iota of criticism at the regime or management. In fact he often seems to go to great lengths to defend them. And he seems to have an underlying bitterness towards the fans of the club too.

John Lott I think is a great columnist and I enjoy his commentary, although I don't usually find it very insightful. His Gibbons related pieces were fantastic though. McGrath does a good job with her game day coverage but doesn't really offer anything more.

Overall I find the Blue Jays reporting is almost all just classic reporting, without much analytically or anything that would challenge conventional thinking, make you think, etc. Of course these are just my opinions and feelings on this, as I'm sure there are those out there who feel differently :p
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agreed

jays coverage (like the team) was a big disappointment

but i like the MLB prospect stuff from other authors
 
Tulloch and Dom have some good breakdowns and analysis

I don’t have much time for Wheeler. Comes across as a smug prick
 
Artnes said:
Tulloch and Dom have some good breakdowns and analysis

I don’t have much time for Wheeler. Comes across as a smug prick
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they are my two favourite of the Leafs guys for sure. although they may be too reliant on analytics/advanced stats at times.

Siegel and Mirtle are also amazing.

I haven't decided how I feel about Wheeler and Bourn yet...
 
Wayward DP said:
they are my two favourite of the Leafs guys for sure. although they may be too reliant on analytics/advanced stats at times.

Siegel and Mirtle are also amazing.

I haven't decided how I feel about Wheeler and Bourn yet...
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Bourne is quite good. He's a pretty good read for the moronic fans out there who don't understand hockey. He breaks down plays at a very elementary level that the common fan just doesn't understand. I have no use for his articles but he's basically Bill Nye for hockey. I can appreciate that.

Wheeler gets a lot wrong. He confuses players, uses GIFs in his articles of the wrong players pretty consistently and generally doesn't really understand the game of hockey. I have absolutely no respect for him as a journalist. He's some random nerd with a journalism degree. Why is he telling me about hockey?

He once had an analysis about that rookie on the habs. It was something to the effect of: he spins his stick in a weird way and it causes him to lag behind the play. Admittedly I have no ****ing clue what he was talking about, but that's the kind of deep analysis you get from him
 
Wayward DP said:
they are my two favourite of the Leafs guys for sure. although they may be too reliant on analytics/advanced stats at times.

Siegel and Mirtle are also amazing.

I haven't decided how I feel about Wheeler and Bourn yet...
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I like Bourne as well

He seems to have some insight on how the inner workings of the Leafs management teams goes about business from his time with the Marlies

He also provides some good breakdowns of play
 
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