Writing about the NHL is hard. It can become even harder when people twist your words. It can be even harder than that if you are on TV and only have a short amount of time to explain a situation. It was a tough spot that TSN’s Darren Dreger found himself in last night on NBCSN. These series of tweets document the roller coaster ride we all went through going over his timeline.
No. I said with attendance concerns in Car and Fla some believe the league sees Que as a more likely relocation site https://t.co/PBgP9a1FDC
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 19, 2015
Understood. There are some owners/Gov's reluctant to expand to 2 markets unless certain existing ones are strong. https://t.co/DIlpxwqb8l
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 19, 2015
In his segment many believed that he was alluding to teams being moved but was only talking about a hypothetical situation which leads to this next string of tweets.
With expansion on the horizon owners need to be certain. Do you know what I said? You paid by Fox or team? https://t.co/gtemkIgfst
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 19, 2015
This is the point in time where Dreger gets frustrated with the play-by-play announcer of the Florida Panthers and takes a little bit of a pot shot. Reminder this is coming from the same person who used to defend his cousin Dave Nonis vehemently and defended his moves beyond what was necessary. Maybe not the best person to talk about journalistic ethics.
@DarrenDreger current owners have stated countless times they're here to stay. I read your quote, yes.
— Steve Goldstein (@goldieonice) November 19, 2015
Understandably, Steve Goldstein is frustrated but isn’t at the point of taking a shot at Dreger. Now this is where it gets interesting…
@goldieonice @DarrenDreger you guys having fun? Now kiss and make up. Both do good jobs. And we aren't moving so it's kind of a pointless
— Doug Cifu (@Dougielarge) November 19, 2015
While they are having a war of words on twitter, more or less a “he said, she said” type of debate, a partner of the Florida Panthers steps in and squashes it all in one fell swoop. Now was that so hard?
Dreger, who does get it right more often than not, had a tough time last night but that shouldn’t stop this insider from doing what he does best which is reporting the news.