Applying the ‘Yanny or Laurel?’ debate to the Montreal Canadiens

Fixing the Montreal Canadiens isn’t about focusing on one aspect of the team but the entire product, similar to the ‘Yanny or Laurel?’ debate.

The last 48 hours or so has had people around the world arguing. Do you hear Yanny or do you hear Laurel? The audio clip made it’s way on the scene first appearing on Reddit creating the next big internet debate since ‘Blue and Black vs. Gold and Yellow.’ What does this have to do with the Montreal Canadiens? Give me a few minutes, and I’ll explain.

If you haven’t heard of this, there’s a computer-generated voice that says a name. Some think it says Yanny, while others believe it says, Laurel. A handful of the debaters have stood on the side of one fence refusing to budge, however, a new camp has come out in the last day.

Personally, I believed the voice was saying Yanny (don’t judge me). I didn’t understand where the ‘Laurel’ was coming from at all, so I did what most of you probably did. After listening to the clip over and over for about 10 minutes, I realized that you could hear both. It depended on what pitch of the voice you were paying attention to.

Focusing on the higher pitch made ‘Yanny’ standout whereas tuning in on the lower frog-like pitch brought out the ‘Laurel.’ The initial intent of this was most likely to set fire to the internet, but the message from it is interesting, especially when you apply it to the NHL.