Ever wonder how former athletes suddenly seem to be qualified to appear on TV as an analyst without any real broadcast experience? Turns out in the case of retired hockey players, there's a special camp for that, teaching them how to be comfortable on camera and speak properly on TV and radio. 

"Welcome to the NHL Broadcast Training Camp, a two-day seminar at the league offices in early July that gave eight current and former players a crash course about working in the media. TV personalities from ESPN, TNT and NHL Network ran them through a gauntlet of game broadcasts, intermission debates and in-game interviews, while network executives offered advice on everything from social media strategy to the temperature of their hot takes.

The players discovered that life on the other side of the mics and cameras can be intimidating."

Behind the scenes at the NHL Broadcast Training Camp