| Buble/Seravalli Feud [message #848754] |
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 Adam
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So in bizarre out-of-town NHL news this week, Michael Buble was doing an interview and talking hockey and dropped this wonderful nugget:
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“I haven’t said his name before, but I’m just going to say: Frank Seravalli.
Frank is probably a really good guy. I don’t know Frank well, but if Frank Servalli is a Canucks insider, then the 40-year-old virgin was a porn star.”
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Frank Seravalli - never one to leave well enough alone - came firing back earlier today:
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“I found it very odd. I guess in the end I would expect nothing less of someone who has named one of his children after perhaps the NHL’s most overpaid player. He has one of his kids that’s partially named after Elias Pettersson, pretty odd.
“Don’t get caught up in the misdirection. What are Canucks fans talking about today? It’s that, and not the fact that their team has been a dumpster fire. Classic misdirection.”
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Which is weird as a reporter to crap all over a team and a star player because you're mad that a celebrity suggested you're not an insider...and I'd suggest that this is not a tack that will increase your inside knowledge from anyone related to the Canucks.
And on top of being overall douchey in involving unrelated players and a pop star's child, it turns out that Elias Buble was born before the Canucks even drafted Elias Pettersson. Oops.
Here's Buble's last response from his Instagram posts:
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“Frank is right. I was a fan of Petey before he got drafted. Used to watch him play while he was in Sweden. My grandpa and I loved his game. Was thrilled when Canucks drafted him.”
“I gotta give Frank his due. It’s the first time he’s been right about anything Canucks.”
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"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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Rocksteady
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Weird flex I guess. I think Frank may like to get into the weeds once or twice. I couldn't imagine Friedman firing back a response.
The easy out, was always eh, so what? Frank didn't choose that, and went into the sandbox, Shame really.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Adam
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| Rocksteady wrote on Thu, 04 December 2025 14:40 |
Weird flex I guess. I think Frank may like to get into the weeds once or twice. I couldn't imagine Friedman firing back a response.
The easy out, was always eh, so what? Frank didn't choose that, and went into the sandbox, Shame really.
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Maybe he'll learn since the internet didn't respond well to his response, and then he just got run over again by Buble - who just comes off looking like a passionate - and funny - fan.
Seravalli might be on Spector's level of crappy. Between this and the terrible Gaudreau thing last year, he's pretty unlikeable. And I just can't see him actually having much for connections with teams. Why would you share much with him of all people?
And like Spector, time as the PHWA President...I guess there's not a lot of pre-requisites for that role...
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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inverno76
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I don't mind Servalli, but he definitely does not come across as professional as Friedman.
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Kr55
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| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 05 December 2025 10:28 |
I don't mind Servalli, but he definitely does not come across as professional as Friedman.
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Was how Frank was OK to bash a star player out of nowhere a tell that he does actually just make up most of his stuff? :) Seems someone that actually relies on relationships with players/orgs would be instinctively far more careful about what they say.
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inverno76
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 05 December 2025 11:20 |
| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 05 December 2025 10:28 |
I don't mind Servalli, but he definitely does not come across as professional as Friedman.
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Was how Frank was OK to bash a star player out of nowhere a tell that he does actually just make up most of his stuff? :) Seems someone that actually relies on relationships with players/orgs would be instinctively far more careful about what they say.
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Should he bash any player? No. Regardless if they are a star player or 13th forward.
Does it make for good entertainment? Yes, and as a media personality that can keep you relevant. Stan Fischler, Don Cherry, Sean Avery, etc.
Does he make things up? I doubt it or he would be relegated to Eklund status. I think he is more Pierre Maguire than Bob MacKenzie, but does not look like a lizard so he is more palatable in my view.
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Kr55
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| inverno76 wrote on Mon, 08 December 2025 08:37 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 05 December 2025 11:20 |
| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 05 December 2025 10:28 |
I don't mind Servalli, but he definitely does not come across as professional as Friedman.
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Was how Frank was OK to bash a star player out of nowhere a tell that he does actually just make up most of his stuff? :) Seems someone that actually relies on relationships with players/orgs would be instinctively far more careful about what they say.
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Should he bash any player? No. Regardless if they are a star player or 13th forward.
Does it make for good entertainment? Yes, and as a media personality that can keep you relevant. Stan Fischler, Don Cherry, Sean Avery, etc.
Does he make things up? I doubt it or he would be relegated to Eklund status. I think he is more Pierre Maguire than Bob MacKenzie, but does not look like a lizard so he is more palatable in my view.
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He should be in a different group than Cherry, Avery etc... who are just entertainers no? Servalli is supposed to be calling up teams and trying to get inside info, which he is only getting with solid relationships with the org/management. Those others guys could do and say whatever they want, and the only thing keeping them employed was being entertaining, and not talking about how people coming into the country should honor it's history of course :)
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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