Once traded for each other, Rick Tocchet and Anson Carter are enjoying being NHL on TNT teammates
"So that's what the relationship with me and Anson is, I'm not on an island when I'm on that set. And I owe him a lot when it comes to that."
"So that's what the relationship with me and Anson is, I'm not on an island when I'm on that set. And I owe him a lot when it comes to that."
Gretzky is set to increase his NHL on TNT appearances around the Winter Classic and the run to the playoffs. But he's had an impact on his coworkers in his appearances so far.
After years of talking about hockey on Turner NBA broadcasts and other NHL broadcasts, Charles Barkley now gets to discuss the NHL on TNT.
"Maybe the conversation could have drifted a little bit further, been, in my opinion, a little more entertaining and a little bit less about the Xs and Os of the hockey game and a little bit more about the personalities and the people. I'm not saying that was always the case, but it definitely did occur."
We now have the next wave of names we'll see on national NHL broadcasts this fall.