from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

The MVP of the next NHL game might be the audio technician in the broadcast truck with his or her finger on the trigger of the bleep button.

Because if and when the NHL resumes, the telecast may not look all that different, but it will definitely sound different without fans in the arena.

“It’s going to be unavoidable,” said TSN analyst Ray Ferraro, who sees and hears a lot of the chatter from his spot between the benches on broadcasts. “I think there are going to be things that fans are going to hear that are both good and bad. You’ll notice players yell ‘reverse’ and you’ll hear and see players’ instincts jumping the play.

“But you’re also going to hear some things you don’t like. A lot of fans tell me they want more access to what's said, but it’s like Jack Nicholson on the stand in A Few Good Men when he says, ‘You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!’ For some fans, there is going to be swearing to a point that they won’t like it.”

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