I have nothing but respect for legends of the game, regardless of whether they were one of my favourites. That said, Bob Cole is a legend but I think he held on too long.
Other posters touched on many of the faults which would come naturally to any of us at his age. The one that drove me nuts is when he just says players names with no description of what is happening. Tkachuk...pause... Bennett ... pause.... Tkachuk.....pause... Monahan ... pause.... SCORES. I know the argument would be that we are watching on tv but then he would throw in a long winded version of something as if he was talking to a child "Monahan shoots and he was looking to go top corner but the goalie said I am not going to let you score this time"
Very petty stuff I know and it was fine when he was a bit younger as he would say players names with excitement but that excitement is long gone.
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