On occasion, I forgot why Bettman gets booed every year when presenting the Cup, and then something like this happens and I remember.
Every year, Ron McLean has a pretty long 1:1 interview with Bettman during the the ASG. I always find them pretty interesting and informative. Last night, jingle.daughter asks "is that the guy that always gets booed"
Yup, that's him sweetie. I got to thinking .... by-and-large, I believe Bettman has done more good for hockey than bad - one comment last night was the game has never been faster, more equal, more competitive, more exciting, younger. I agree with all that, BUT .... for many (myself included), he will always be the guy that cost the fans two half seasons, and one full season. So yeah, he'll ALWAYS get booed by the fans.
re: Green Day's f-bombs... dunno if the Cdn feed was truly live, or the audio engineer was out for a smoke break, but for the 30 seconds that I tuned in for it, we got a clear as day "raise your fuckin hands!"
Ray Bourque
I loved Bourque and Cam Neeley growing up. Every NHL game I played on a gaming system in the 90’s I had to be Boston due to those two.
Nothing beats watching Ray Bourque in the sharp shooting drill blowing those styrofoam targets to pieces. Speaking of which.....the digital targets need to go. Being back the styrofoam targets that explode into hundred of pieces when hit.
I'm with you 100% on both of these statements Gary. On Friday, there was at least 1 pretty glaring glitch. Can't remember who, but he was about a foot off the target, and it 'crumbled' (or whatever the fuck that graphic was).
As for this All-Star game, these poor goalies don't have a prayer.
The goalies fared pretty good this year. No one lit up like Gibson last year... didn't he give up 7 goals on 9 or something like that?? Has anyone heard his name as an elite goalie since? Mind you, he does play for the Ducks.