The NHL trade deadline is this afternoon, which means TSN and Sportsnet will be filling their airtime with nonstop coverage of all the moves (or lack thereof) made by the buyers and sellers around the league.
Sometimes news comes slowly in a marathon stretch of coverage, so you have to get creative. TSN decided to show some tweets from hockey fans, one of which touched on Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul and his (unconfirmed) off-the-ice activities with Dion Phaneuf’s wife, Elisha Cuthbert.
Yeah, that probably shouldn’t have made the broadcast. Someone’s in trouble.
Update: TSN’s response on Twitter…
@PeteBlackburn we removed it as soon as it was flagged and are ensuring it won't happen again.
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) March 2, 2015
Update: And Lupul’s response…
TSN just a poor mans TMZ. Embarrassing.
— Joffrey Lupul (@JLupul) March 2, 2015
Not pleased. Yikes.
[Deadspin]
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