Legendary announcer Jim Hughes criticizes Maple Leafs fans with latest comments
Former legendary broadcaster Jim Hughson has spoken out regarding how challenging it was to call Toronto Maple Leafs games on HNIC.
Hughson's broadcasting career lasted a whopping 42 years, where he covered everything from the Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Vancouver Canucks, and the Toronto Maple Leafs on a bunch of different TV networks. He was even the main voice of the EA Sports hockey video games. Hughson had nothing but praise for the Vancouver Canucks and their fans.
It was the total opposite when Hughson was asked what it was like to call Toronto Maple Leafs games.
They want fans and if you're not you must hate them and that's the problem you get when you're broadcasting on the national level out of Toronto is that they want a local broadcast but at the same time the broadcasters are broadcasting to every corner of the province.
You know, you might be broadcasting a game with the New York Islanders playing and the young men who play for the Islanders are from all different parts of Canada as well and their people are invested in it as well.
It's really a hard one to win in that sense and now you get judged every day on social media or every minute on social media, which has changed the aspect of broadcasting for the guys that are still doing it entirely."
Hughson retired in 2021, but seems to be happy with how everything turned out, even with the Leafs fans. No matter how much he might be loved or hated, Hughson's voice will live in hockey fans' minds for eternity.
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