I agree completely about Pierre, who's not only annoying, but creepy as hell, and I also LOVED the laser beam puck. Perhaps because I'm still living in the 80's/early 90's hockey wise myself, his waxing poetic about the great history of the game doesn't bother me a bit.

Who pray-tell would you rather broadcast the games?

Gary Thorne? The absolute, hands down worst play by play man EVER? The NHL leaving Espn was the best thing that could have happened to the league for that reason alone.

about the only person who could balance out Emerick in the booth, as a solo guy i just can't take it anymore. Wish JD was back in announcing, but happy he's in someone's front office, even if it's Columbus :rolleyes:

and caps fans should feel "blessed" to have Benenati who's able to drowned out Craig Laughlin's voice on a nightly basis. Guy sounds like a bag full of screaming kittens

-bt-

should be required listening to when it comes to playoff hockey...it's like listening to dave johnson scream "AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME" for horse players, LEGENDARY!!! (i kid, sort of).

it's a new day and age, and NBC sports needs a new voice to carry them into what hockey is becoming (like it or not). I think Jim Hughson out on Vancouver does a great job, and a few others around the league I like.
anyone but the biggest homer announcers ever.... which is awarded to Staggy and Errey, close 2nd going to Jack Edwards in Boston whom i loathe

-bt-

. Doesn't the fact that Emrick mentions the american university that each player went to every single game get on your nerves? I do like Emrick but am getting tired of him. I agree John Davidson was the best.

WHAT???????????????? First of all, Gary Thorne SCREAMED the same in the pre-season as he did in the playoffs, and 2nd, he could care less who was actually on the ice when he was screaming. He was hands down the worst ever. Sorry, it's not even an opinion, it's FACT!:)
Scratch my back with a hacksaw, why don't ya?

Tom, I know the game well enough I don't need to hang on every word of any announcer, but no, I don't have a problem with Emrick giving out any extraneous info about anyone. It shows the level of preparation. In my opinion he exudes sincerity, nothing phony about him or his calls. Now the guys he works with, Pierre and Edzo (that ANNOYS the hell out of me) are troublesome.


Give me Jim Gordon and the Big Whistle any day!:D

You are just trying to get me to tilt my mentioning those two. It wont work......it won't work.

yeah, i don't care for pierre either. and when we had our old speaker system, we turned down the voice sound and just let the crowd noise and game play be heard. much better that way.



maybe it is a cap fan thing....i know when people talked up summerall after his passing, i was thinking 'he was great, really?' because he always seemed biased against the skins...
all i know is i don't care for him, but then again, there are very few announcers that i do enjoy listening to. most seem to think they're talking to complete morons who know nothing about the game...



and bt, you're right...joe b is great, locker---ugh.

as long as jagr gets a nice pop by a pens player ill be happy..

not sure i am watching the same game as pierre....he says to bylsma that the pens are playing well tonite. when? 11 -3 for shots on goal.

i figure fleury comes in for the 2nd pd

edit...or sooner.

and thats how you handle getting scored on...

3 straight shots result in goals for bos.

put some pads on the Zamboni driver..wtf/

4 goals in a period just shows you how little the emphasis is on D for the Pens. Every interview is about more offense when they need to stop Boston from scoring if they have any chance......

Well....this won't be popular but as much as I despised millbury as a player, I think he brings it as an an analyst. And I have to say doc is a much better option than who I'm stuck with for the hawks. Look....once Peter puck left and we survived the horrific puck graphics....I'm pretty damn happy with NBC's covers

i think milbury is a better analyst than coach or gm....fwiw!! :D

math, i saw lighthouse hockey was trying to have some fun with rangers fans...


milbury as coach!? im no rangers fan, but i would have felt horrible for nyr fans if it was true

Great game. 9 Goals vs. 1 over 2 games

:tro:

come on tom.... come on, tom........you know you wanna!!!
i was watching the game last night with a friend and i was like "poor bastards (referring to the fans)" she replied "why?" and i said, "i can only imagine how many ovetime hours they had to put in at the Mill to afford those tickets!!!"
then i slammed my beer down and yelled "see you f*ckers at the mill tomorrow boys!!!!!" and gave the tv the finger!!!!

Danny B was interviewed by TSN after game one saying they didn't want to get in a track meet with the B's, which is weird b/c on paper Pitt has more offense. He said don't look for 7-5 or 6-4 games from this series, and mentioned that the first team to 4 will probably win. Should have turned the tv off after the first.

Millbury brings an unbiased unfiltered opinion about the game, which i like, he doesn't really pull punches. I think he's got JR in training.
From a hockey front office standpoint, he's made some of the WORST decisions in the history of hockey

-bt-