I actually like Ron Maclean over the years. Despite his nerdiness and nostalgia, I love the way he sets up a playoff game. From his book he suggested an important point that highlights why I hate American broadcasts of any sports in playoffs.
"Nobody is bigger than the game, so let it take centre stage". Where American broadcasts have talking heads yapping away until the game starts no matter what the crowd is doing.
But man, I was watching an old Montreal/Boston playoff intro on CBC and Ron did an excellent job of setting everything up and in an emotional, powerful tone he boldly stated "Montreal has beat Boston 23 out of the last 30 series, but as we all know statistics are like bikinis - they reveal a lot, but not everything".
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