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It just has to be Singh. He got anointed the late game HNIC game, with 1/10th the experience and dues paid that guys like Ball had to do; AHL or CHL, football, in local obscurity for years before getting a break. Singh just got the gig after a few experiences with college sports and the Punjab CBC broadcast, after leaving Mount Royal's broadcasting program here in town.

But with 1 game a week it's really hard to build the experience and comfort with PBP. He prepared, took copious notes and tried hard to sound like he knew the background etc etc, so I don't fault the effort, but it takes a decade or so of experience at a high level to get comfortable with the game flow, the timing, the emotion in the voice, and reading the play and building up excitement.

Sens have Bartlett, Canucks Shorthouse, Oilers pull the strings at Rogers with regards to their coverage, so replaced Quinn with Michaels. Flames had Ball. All the musical chairs were filled up for a while with established pbp guys, and the Oilers, who make their own rules with Rogers.

But now a chair is open. Singh now has a slot to get more experience doing regional games (didn't stop him from going to do CHL games or something on the side, but he didn't) a few times a week and still doing the late night Saturday game.

SNet basically owes it to him if they actually take his national work seriously and not just a token role, to give him that experience and make mistakes...and it's going to be the Flames as the testing ground.