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Originally Posted by sa226
I agree Pang is annoying and some things he says come way out of left field. I however like Mcguire, he seems to have a genuine passion for whats going on (Charlie Simmer should take some notes).....
Unlike Kypreos much of what Mcguire says is more over the top than completely wrong....I don't really have a problem with that
I think he walks the line between passionate and annoying, and does a pretty good job of it.
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Mcguire annoys me because he refuses to talk about what actually happens in games, instead choosing to babble about some "story line" that the TSN people have developed pre-game.
-On the Thornton goal he was ranting and raving about Duncan Keith's amazing pass off the boards, which was a smart play, but the pass was INTERCEPTED and Heatley had to knock it out of the air and skate around the net to make the play that actually led to a goal.
-On Iginla's second goal, he describes, with great enthusiasm, the wonderful play of Crosby and how sometimes you don't get an assist even when you deserve one, except Crosby didn't even come close to touching the puck on the play. Crosby made a fine play by driving to the net, but Staal used that play to make a perfect cross-ice pass to Iginla who sniped the shot over Greiss' shoulder as he moved from side to side. The player they focus on talking about is the player who did the least for the goal, but they've pumped up the most.
I don't mean to rant and it has nothing to do with you, but I'm very surprised that nobody else has mentioned the lack of respect that Iginla got from the commentators tonight. Even when they named Iginla first star James Duthie points out how all of his goals have come against Norway and Germany. Maybe they could mention how Iginla has been on for ZERO goals against while playing on the top line and is leading the tournament in goals?! (Gord Miller was an exception, but his job is strictly to describe the actual game so Iginla did well there).