Watched the video with Elliotte today and I have to say to my fellow Canuck fans, let’s chill a bit with Luke.
He’s new to the world of Canucks Twitter and while its mostly fun, sometimes people from anywhere can be offside and over the top.
Hopefully he’ll grow with this and we trade for Necas š
PaperMoonShine
Dude called the Canucks org itself trash.
Its one thing to call a fanbase out but to trash the org, and then to refer to himself as part of the Oilers with “we”. How does he expect British Columbia to watch this man on the national panel with any respect or consideration moving forward?
Personally I think he’s cooked.
Live_Presentation_74
Elliotte is missing the point. We don’t care that he dumped on Canucks fans. The bigger issue is that he took unsolicited shots at the hockey team itself. That has nothing to do with any harassment that he may have received on social media. That’s when he became unhinged and unprofessional.
mephnick
How do we mass complain to Sportsnet to get that idiot fired
Jolly_Ad_5549
Fuck gazdick
Initial-Ad-5462
Yah, Iām sure Ron Maclean will give Gazdic a stern talking-to š
ArcaneX1234
I wonder how much trash talk or nonsense Bieksa has had on twitter over the years… yet he acts like a pro
DishwasherFromSurrey
“Luke doesn’t hate the Canucks”… i want to believe him but like it sure sounds like he does. I’m sure he’s a nice guy but obviously too much of a homer for a national broadcast. Bros cutout for YouTube, not TV.
Illustrious_West_976
Talk about talking yourself out of a job lol
Sweetsalty20
Speak the truth, Elliotte. He should not remain in the country’s eye. You cannot attack an organization. I don’t agree with you at all.
mediumyeet
Can’t listen right now. What did he say about Necas?
GN221
I mean heās gonna get fed up. Heās new and probably gets some of the grossest things said to him by these degenerate āCanuck fansā (seems like a lot of them frequent this forum with how many ppl are defending those comments). What was said to him was probably 100x worse than what he said in response.
Chill the f out and move on. Canuck fans have a terrible rep for a reason and itās well deserved.
JealousArt1118
I get that Friedman doesn’t want to sewer a colleague, but that colleague has shown he can’t be impartial when certain teams are playing.
I started thinking about what might happen if Kevin Bieksa shit-talked the Oilers organization while working for a national broadcaster, but then I remembered, he’s a professional.
That’s the difference between him and Gazdic, who is just an ex-jock gasbag who fell upward into a job he’s not qualified for.
VanCanuckguy
As soon as Elliotte said Gazdicās āgoing to be a starā I just closed the video.. Clearly not being honest, just speaking carefully about a fellow SN colleague.
thesunsetflip
Dudes irrelevant stop giving him attention.
111ggg222111
Elliotte was always going to protect him ā a bit shocked at the length he went, but honestly not a surprise. I just canāt see Gazdic being a valuable analyst for HNIC/SN at this point. Vans market is big and I am sure the org is JUST overjoyed to have the brand attacked, especially after building it up. Hell, SN gave him Van regional broadcasts to build his skill which makes it even funnier as a whole.
Stuff sent to him was wrong, but its par for the course. He was overly emotional, you could hear it in his voice. May have some serious consequences, may not. Bad look overall
awayfromcanuck
>Canucks Twitter, you are an absolute joke. Your teamās a joke. Youāre a bunch of losers.
I have no issue with Luke calling out Canucks Twitter and it’s trolls.
Where the root of the issue lies is when he calls the team a joke. We won the division and we took the Oilers to game 7 with our 3rd string goalie.
Be a fucking professional Luke, but you’ve already shown you can’t do that.
shorthanded
Friedman has lost the plot. If some former, and current, nobody wants to talk a bunch of stupid nonsense, he will and should get blasted. Ass blasted. To the sun. It’s ridiculous someone that can’t think before he speaks gets a job over an actually accredited broadcaster that actually went to school to do so. That this plug, both as a player and a talking head, gets preferred treatment because apparently he played in the nhl? He sucked then, he sucks now, he was replaced then, and he will be replaced again. I’ve got no patience for Denis Potvin level idiocy on a network that is still courting the fanbase some gassed dick wants to shit all over. What moron. Seems like the kind of guy that made a bed out of shit and is crying because it’s bed time.
Gillz13
As an analyst you just have to accept that fans online, no matter the fan base, are trash – itās unfortunately a given. And this is a true for all teams, Whether itās Canucks or oilers. But to paint the whole fan base and the entire organization as trash or resorting to name calling is not a good look.
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I think the story is less Gazdic and instead how toxic the Edmonton hockey media is. I think it’s interesting that Serevelli and Gazdic have taken low shots at the city of Vancouver in the last few days while making appearances on local Edmonton shows. They love shittalking more than anyone.
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I really donāt like how Ellioteās entire answer was based on how basically, āLuke will learn from being an asshole back at people to ignore it, but it was justified with how mean comments were towards him.ā
That has nothing to do with being a professional. Itās one thing to clap back which nobody here Iām sure has an issue with, but itās another to attack an entire fan base and generalize a fan base based off this. Thereās nothing professional about generalizing and as a professional as a face of the media, itās your job to draw the line on all of this. As a player, you had the luxury of thriving on this animosity. But as a broadcaster, youāre just alienating yourself from a chunk of the viewers.
Piss poor take, but didnāt expect much to be honest. Just another day of Canucks fans getting a bad rep, and ellioteās demeanour towards is Luke will just learn to understand Vancouver fans are snowflakes compared to other fan bases so itās ok.
What a joke
cheguevara9
Fuck Elliotte for defending this type of behaviour. Imagine the same shit being said about any other Canadian city/franchise/group of fans. Heād be jumping up and down condemning that shit. But now heās gonna defend Gazdic to āthe endā. Fuck these hypocrites.
arazamatazguy
No Elliotte the rest of us don’t need to be embarrassed by a few people sending garbage to Gazdic.
Who in the hell would be embarrassed about something they didn’t see from someone they don’t know just because they cheer for the same team?
And no Elliotte he’s not going to be a star and I know this because Friedman knows the clip was so bad he needed to start a SN damage control tour.
Twatts71
āLuke Gazdic is going to be a starā is on the same level as āBrandon Sutter is a foundational pieceā
dattroll123
Elliotte isn’t going to throw him under the bus no matter what he thinks of him. He’s not going to outright criticize him in public, so you really have to read between the lines. Elliotte also doesn’t want to upset the connections that got Luke hired in the first place.
I don’t give a shit what Luke says about us the fanbase, but takings shots at the organization is reeks of incompetence and stupidity. One thing Elliotte does spell out is you better have thick skin if you work in broadcasting. People are going to call you out fairly and unfairly. And it looks like luke is soft and weak mentally on and off the ice lol.
Standingbutsitting
I actually liked Gazdic on the panel. Had some fun with it and even though he was a bit of a homer I didnāt really care since it was better than some other commentators who have been out of touch with the game and just repeat the same analysis again and again. But after this it really doesnāt sound like heās going to dig his way out of it. When you attack a whole fanbase like this, even those who have nothing to do with it, any good will and rapport he built up goes down the drain.
TacoTenspeed
Oilers fan here. Fuck Gazdic. Can’t stand his obvious bias and absolutely uninteresting analysis. Hope he’s done after this year.
sokah12
lol top 4 RHD n a top prospect no thanks
rajde1
Star? I find Gadzic the most boring and generic person on the panel. The dude is a blackhole of charisma and doesn’t say anything interesting. I literally turn off the panel and do something else if he is on.
arashinoko
Gazdic was a nobody and a loser as a player, and is now a classless shithead who shouldn’t be on TV.
Cgell
I hope he has a long career and every time heās in Van, covering a game, we boo that motherfucker. Every time! He steps into a bar or restaurant in Van, we boo that borderline NHLāer.
I live in Toronto now, (work, I have to)I will boo that prick and yell āyoooooooooo suuuuuuuuckā.
I sincerely wish him a long broadcasting career. A fucking long one!
Go Canucks!!!!
Miruzzz
How is this dude a national broadcaster lmao
Bryn79
Just waiting for Bieksa to superman punch the dick on national tv.
S0urP1ckle
What is the actual quote calling the organization trash? I didn’t see it in the video. Just the fanbase called trash?
redditguyinthehouse
Gazdicās comments are simply unprofessional and really show how sensitive he is. Like Elliotte mentioned (and Iām a big supporter of Elliotte) any public figure, in any capacity, any where in the world today will receive hate comments online, it is truly the way the world is. Responding is a very weak move, and frankly just unprofessional.
Then to lump the organization and fans all together as trash, is a massive mistake, that will follow through the entirety of his career in one of the largest and educated markets of the game.
Horrible mistake by Gazdic, really just trash at his job.
CrookedSoldiers
Love hate relationship when it comes to Friedman content, heās honest at the end of the day
But in this case heās wrong. As noted by everyone already, Luke didnāt just check the fans or rage at Canucks Twitter..
He straight up said the Organization is trash. Lol like really? Reallyyyyyyyy Sir 8 points? I guess heād know all about trash orgs but Iām gonna go on an unexpected 2nd round limb and say I think heās wrong.
Letās see how time ages with those sentiments.
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Oiler fan here – Gazdic calling the canucks fans and organization trash because of the actions of a few individuals who may or not actually be canuck fans is like blaming canadians for the actions of trudeau.
Since Gazdic feels the need to be a jerkoff it should be noted that his voice and mannerisms on tv scream of high soy content even if he was an nhl enforcer in the past it seems he went to cardio only.
prophetofgreed
How has it been 24 hours without an apology from Gazdic, does he feel that safe in his job? Unreal
boaobe
Why is he going through his message requests in the first place? I donāt understand that. Complaining about the toxicity while willingly going to the toxic pit. How dumb can you get?
kyumilli
I don’t use Twitter but I never thought people took it that seriously lol
wut142
Weak ass take by friedman, ‘loyal to my teammate’, give me a minute to throw up.
Followed by fake compliments to canucks fans like he’s running for office.
gazdic = trash.
_Michael___Scarn
never liked him anyway on the panel. jenn botterrill is way better
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Watched the video with Elliotte today and I have to say to my fellow Canuck fans, let’s chill a bit with Luke.
He’s new to the world of Canucks Twitter and while its mostly fun, sometimes people from anywhere can be offside and over the top.
Hopefully he’ll grow with this and we trade for Necas š
Dude called the Canucks org itself trash.
Its one thing to call a fanbase out but to trash the org, and then to refer to himself as part of the Oilers with “we”. How does he expect British Columbia to watch this man on the national panel with any respect or consideration moving forward?
Personally I think he’s cooked.
Elliotte is missing the point. We don’t care that he dumped on Canucks fans. The bigger issue is that he took unsolicited shots at the hockey team itself. That has nothing to do with any harassment that he may have received on social media. That’s when he became unhinged and unprofessional.
How do we mass complain to Sportsnet to get that idiot fired
Fuck gazdick
Yah, Iām sure Ron Maclean will give Gazdic a stern talking-to š
I wonder how much trash talk or nonsense Bieksa has had on twitter over the years… yet he acts like a pro
“Luke doesn’t hate the Canucks”… i want to believe him but like it sure sounds like he does. I’m sure he’s a nice guy but obviously too much of a homer for a national broadcast. Bros cutout for YouTube, not TV.
Talk about talking yourself out of a job lol
Speak the truth, Elliotte. He should not remain in the country’s eye. You cannot attack an organization. I don’t agree with you at all.
Can’t listen right now. What did he say about Necas?
I mean heās gonna get fed up. Heās new and probably gets some of the grossest things said to him by these degenerate āCanuck fansā (seems like a lot of them frequent this forum with how many ppl are defending those comments). What was said to him was probably 100x worse than what he said in response.
Chill the f out and move on. Canuck fans have a terrible rep for a reason and itās well deserved.
I get that Friedman doesn’t want to sewer a colleague, but that colleague has shown he can’t be impartial when certain teams are playing.
I started thinking about what might happen if Kevin Bieksa shit-talked the Oilers organization while working for a national broadcaster, but then I remembered, he’s a professional.
That’s the difference between him and Gazdic, who is just an ex-jock gasbag who fell upward into a job he’s not qualified for.
As soon as Elliotte said Gazdicās āgoing to be a starā I just closed the video.. Clearly not being honest, just speaking carefully about a fellow SN colleague.
Dudes irrelevant stop giving him attention.
Elliotte was always going to protect him ā a bit shocked at the length he went, but honestly not a surprise. I just canāt see Gazdic being a valuable analyst for HNIC/SN at this point. Vans market is big and I am sure the org is JUST overjoyed to have the brand attacked, especially after building it up. Hell, SN gave him Van regional broadcasts to build his skill which makes it even funnier as a whole.
Stuff sent to him was wrong, but its par for the course. He was overly emotional, you could hear it in his voice. May have some serious consequences, may not. Bad look overall
>Canucks Twitter, you are an absolute joke. Your teamās a joke. Youāre a bunch of losers.
I have no issue with Luke calling out Canucks Twitter and it’s trolls.
Where the root of the issue lies is when he calls the team a joke. We won the division and we took the Oilers to game 7 with our 3rd string goalie.
Be a fucking professional Luke, but you’ve already shown you can’t do that.
Friedman has lost the plot. If some former, and current, nobody wants to talk a bunch of stupid nonsense, he will and should get blasted. Ass blasted. To the sun.
It’s ridiculous someone that can’t think before he speaks gets a job over an actually accredited broadcaster that actually went to school to do so. That this plug, both as a player and a talking head, gets preferred treatment because apparently he played in the nhl? He sucked then, he sucks now, he was replaced then, and he will be replaced again. I’ve got no patience for Denis Potvin level idiocy on a network that is still courting the fanbase some gassed dick wants to shit all over. What moron. Seems like the kind of guy that made a bed out of shit and is crying because it’s bed time.
As an analyst you just have to accept that fans online, no matter the fan base, are trash – itās unfortunately a given. And this is a true for all teams, Whether itās Canucks or oilers. But to paint the whole fan base and the entire organization as trash or resorting to name calling is not a good look.
I think the story is less Gazdic and instead how toxic the Edmonton hockey media is. I think it’s interesting that Serevelli and Gazdic have taken low shots at the city of Vancouver in the last few days while making appearances on local Edmonton shows. They love shittalking more than anyone.
I really donāt like how Ellioteās entire answer was based on how basically, āLuke will learn from being an asshole back at people to ignore it, but it was justified with how mean comments were towards him.ā
That has nothing to do with being a professional. Itās one thing to clap back which nobody here Iām sure has an issue with, but itās another to attack an entire fan base and generalize a fan base based off this. Thereās nothing professional about generalizing and as a professional as a face of the media, itās your job to draw the line on all of this. As a player, you had the luxury of thriving on this animosity. But as a broadcaster, youāre just alienating yourself from a chunk of the viewers.
Piss poor take, but didnāt expect much to be honest. Just another day of Canucks fans getting a bad rep, and ellioteās demeanour towards is Luke will just learn to understand Vancouver fans are snowflakes compared to other fan bases so itās ok.
What a joke
Fuck Elliotte for defending this type of behaviour. Imagine the same shit being said about any other Canadian city/franchise/group of fans. Heād be jumping up and down condemning that shit. But now heās gonna defend Gazdic to āthe endā. Fuck these hypocrites.
No Elliotte the rest of us don’t need to be embarrassed by a few people sending garbage to Gazdic.
Who in the hell would be embarrassed about something they didn’t see from someone they don’t know just because they cheer for the same team?
And no Elliotte he’s not going to be a star and I know this because Friedman knows the clip was so bad he needed to start a SN damage control tour.
āLuke Gazdic is going to be a starā is on the same level as āBrandon Sutter is a foundational pieceā
Elliotte isn’t going to throw him under the bus no matter what he thinks of him. He’s not going to outright criticize him in public, so you really have to read between the lines. Elliotte also doesn’t want to upset the connections that got Luke hired in the first place.
I don’t give a shit what Luke says about us the fanbase, but takings shots at the organization is reeks of incompetence and stupidity. One thing Elliotte does spell out is you better have thick skin if you work in broadcasting. People are going to call you out fairly and unfairly. And it looks like luke is soft and weak mentally on and off the ice lol.
I actually liked Gazdic on the panel. Had some fun with it and even though he was a bit of a homer I didnāt really care since it was better than some other commentators who have been out of touch with the game and just repeat the same analysis again and again. But after this it really doesnāt sound like heās going to dig his way out of it. When you attack a whole fanbase like this, even those who have nothing to do with it, any good will and rapport he built up goes down the drain.
Oilers fan here. Fuck Gazdic. Can’t stand his obvious bias and absolutely uninteresting analysis. Hope he’s done after this year.
lol top 4 RHD n a top prospect no thanks
Star? I find Gadzic the most boring and generic person on the panel. The dude is a blackhole of charisma and doesn’t say anything interesting. I literally turn off the panel and do something else if he is on.
Gazdic was a nobody and a loser as a player, and is now a classless shithead who shouldn’t be on TV.
I hope he has a long career and every time heās in Van, covering a game, we boo that motherfucker. Every time!
He steps into a bar or restaurant in Van, we boo that borderline NHLāer.
I live in Toronto now, (work, I have to)I will boo that prick and yell āyoooooooooo suuuuuuuuckā.
I sincerely wish him a long broadcasting career. A fucking long one!
Go Canucks!!!!
How is this dude a national broadcaster lmao
Just waiting for Bieksa to superman punch the dick on national tv.
What is the actual quote calling the organization trash? I didn’t see it in the video. Just the fanbase called trash?
Gazdicās comments are simply unprofessional and really show how sensitive he is. Like Elliotte mentioned (and Iām a big supporter of Elliotte) any public figure, in any capacity, any where in the world today will receive hate comments online, it is truly the way the world is. Responding is a very weak move, and frankly just unprofessional.
Then to lump the organization and fans all together as trash, is a massive mistake, that will follow through the entirety of his career in one of the largest and educated markets of the game.
Horrible mistake by Gazdic, really just trash at his job.
Love hate relationship when it comes to Friedman content, heās honest at the end of the day
But in this case heās wrong. As noted by everyone already, Luke didnāt just check the fans or rage at Canucks Twitter..
He straight up said the Organization is trash. Lol like really? Reallyyyyyyyy Sir 8 points? I guess heād know all about trash orgs but Iām gonna go on an unexpected 2nd round limb and say I think heās wrong.
Letās see how time ages with those sentiments.
Oiler fan here – Gazdic calling the canucks fans and organization trash because of the actions of a few individuals who may or not actually be canuck fans is like blaming canadians for the actions of trudeau.
Since Gazdic feels the need to be a jerkoff it should be noted that his voice and mannerisms on tv scream of high soy content even if he was an nhl enforcer in the past it seems he went to cardio only.
How has it been 24 hours without an apology from Gazdic, does he feel that safe in his job? Unreal
Why is he going through his message requests in the first place? I donāt understand that. Complaining about the toxicity while willingly going to the toxic pit. How dumb can you get?
I don’t use Twitter but I never thought people took it that seriously lol
Weak ass take by friedman, ‘loyal to my teammate’, give me a minute to throw up.
Followed by fake compliments to canucks fans like he’s running for office.
gazdic = trash.
never liked him anyway on the panel. jenn botterrill is way better