Patrick Johnston: What does Canucks 'budget' mean to the rebuild? A Canadian tradition ends.
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How did the lost interview and tech crash set the tone for this episode?
This is Harrison Price from the Historic Wall Center. We welcome in columnists with the Province and Post Media. Mr. Patrick Johnson, we did 25 great minutes with Patrick last week. It got spicy. It got fiery on all sorts of topics. People wouldn't believe what he said. And then the computer blew up, and the file was corrupted, and nobody will ever see it or hear it. It's the Canucks in Stockton, California. I didn't want to break it to you. Really? You're still going to get paid, so it doesn't really matter. to your bank account at the very least. But the good news is we can pick up some of those topics and debate them just with the same spirit this time around. But first.
But first I want to ask you how it was writing a column on your phone yesterday. Is that the first time you've done that? I missed this. No. He was writing about the tradition of Hockey Night in Canada. And he was basically, at the end of the piece, he was saying how, hey, the world's changed. I'm writing this very column on the subway on my phone. We need to change with the times.
So it's funny. We had this discussion once I got there. I was on my way out to UBC for Canada practice. and and you know i saw a few colleagues that we know and one one of our favorite uh past colleagues matt secaris's replacement on sports at the global mail david ebner who now is a justice reporter but dave dave's been seconded to cover world cup and he wrote a marvelous little thing yesterday about sort of the mystery of alfonso davies um And we just kind of got talking, you know, some days you just have the thread and it just comes out. And, you know, Dave wasn't sure what to write, but on his way back downtown, I guess, to he has an office. back down to the Globe office, he kind of had this brainstorm and wrote it down and I guess sat down, got back and bang, the story was done.
And, you know, it was a little of the same thing. I was sitting here thinking and I'm on my way, you know, I get out to UBC, I go get an Evo. So I've taken a SkyTrain to get a car to drive over there because that's basically the only way to get out there in time. And so I'm on my way and I'm thinking about Hockey Night in Canada. and some stuff. And I had a chat with a Sportsnet person and I was just like, oh, okay, you know, just trying to understand a few things and thought a bit more. And, you know, obviously I've had lots of chats with our friend John Shannon about sort of the state and future and what have you of broadcasting. And yeah, it just kind of went with... All the marbles rolling around in my head and just started writing things out.
And I realized, there it is. That's the column right there. And I sent it into my desk. And, you know, it was kind of done.
That's good. I like the way it is.
25 minutes, which is crazy. But I was, you know, read it over. And I was like, no, I really like this concept. Are you going to mourn the end of it?
Are you going to miss Hockey Night in Canada as we knew it?
Why did Patrick Johnston write a column on his phone about Hockey Night in Canada?
I mean, as I think I tried to note, it's sort of that there's an overall – era that we've left behind that, I mean, I didn't dwell too long on that, but when we had appointment viewing and everybody kind of did it the same way, I think that really was better. um the fact you can get it on your phone is pretty cool you know like you can want you know we're standing out there watching the you know we've got our 15 minutes standing out there watching canada play and then you turn around and you can put whatever games on on your phone and you can sit there and it's with you and that's accessible and that's that's good but i think it also in a certain level the rhythm of having to go to a place now obviously i think yeah
Now, I mean, we're going to see that, you know, we still get elements of that. I certainly think Thursday is going to be like that for soccer, for instance. And that's good. But I think we just need more of that. So, yeah, I lament it. I get why it's changed. You know, the future is here. The technology is here and so on and so on.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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How did the lost interview and tech crash set the tone for this episode?
0:03–3:08
2
Why did Patrick Johnston write a column on his phone about Hockey Night in Canada?
3:08–13:53
3
How is Saturday-night viewing changing and what does that mean for Hockey Night in Canada?
13:53–20:49
4
What criticisms are raised about Sportsnet and the national profile of hockey?
20:49–21:56
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