I'm glad I was watching on TV. I'll try to mute the sound when this radio call is replayed.

I realize Bowen and Ralph weren't there. They were relying on the TV broadcast, which also got it wrong by showing Reilly celebrating instead of Tavares. But I don't want to hear the tape of Bowen screaming and singing.

mikew wrote:

Don't forget, they are calling the games off of studio monitors. They no longer travel to the away games. 

And it turns out Joe Bowen is saying that's exactly what happened. 

Leafs’ radio announcer Joe Bowen says remote broadcast caused series-winning call error

Did the blown Bowen call teach Rogers and Bell anything? We may know soon, with The Athletic contacting both Sportsnet and TSN to ask if they've decided to alter their coverage plans for round two. Sportsnet would only say it was 'considering its options.' TSN didn't bother to respond. 

The incredible cheapness of both companies in keeping their radio broadcast crew at home showed up in the final game of round one. But this apparently isn't the first time Bowen and company have been forced to deal with techincal glitches and being literally out of sight of the action. 

According to The Athletic:

"Once, during a game last season, they briefly only had access to a camera that showed the action from high above the ice, making it impossible to see who was actually making the plays they were supposed to be describing.

At least once, they have described the feed disappearing entirely. For a few fleeting moments, they had a soccer game on the screens in their studio, rather than the hockey game."

The Leafs have finally gotten past the first round for the first time in 19 years. What a shame its broadcast crew can't be there to see it - and report on it - in person. 

Mistake on historic Leafs radio call shows the trouble in broadcasting from 2,200 km away
https://clearthis.page/?u=https://theathletic.com/4474923/2023/04/30/maple-leafs-radio-mistake-morgan-rielly/

The Canadian Press has now picked up this story, which is one of many helping to reveal that those calling the game on radio are thousands of miles away. If it makes TSN and Sportsnet look bad, so much the better. This is really making them both seem cheap - and as seen by this recent example, it's costing them accuracy, as well. 

A great quote from the CP story:

“The only people who think it’s a good idea that a reporter is not on the scene of an event that (they’re) covering are the bosses and the bean counters,” said David Shoalts, who recently retired after a long career as a Globe and Mail sportswriter. “There’s so much you miss if you’re not there. This is one that really drives me crazy.

“Big, wealthy corporations not sending radio crews on the road and it would cost them peanuts to do so. But oh no, here’s 10 cents we can save and so those guys stay home.”

Remote Maple Leafs radio setup proves costly on call of OT goal