Good hire
I will have my annual ranking of Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play announcers and colour commentators later in the pool, but first I want to give some props to Andy Murray.
The former coach was fired earlier this year by the Los Angeles Kings and CBC quickly snapped him up for the play-off run. In my opinion he has done an outstanding job in the first two games of the Calgary/Anaheim series. My two favourite lines so far are:
From Game 1, early in overtime: "I'm new to this business Don, do we get paid overtime for this?"
From Game 2, speaking about Flames forward Craig McDonald's speed: "He learned that while playing for the national team."
Murray of course, coached McDonald on the national team.
If he doesn't get back into coaching, he'd be a steal as a full time analyst.
posted by Pete @ 9:19 p.m.
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I assume the CBC pairing of Don Wittman and Andy Murray will get a favourable ranking from the Sons of Manitoba pool. They probably practiced calling games together 30 years ago in the arenas of Winnipeg. Seriously, though, Murray has been terrific.
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