So he was better than his last time as a commentator, then?

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Blech, caught a bit of the Islanders game and man...Kevin is merely a AHL play by play guy at best. Ha, oh well

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Then put your damn TV on mute. The rest of us will party with RJ.

Ham

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Then I couldn't hear the hits, pucks off the post, etc...it's a no win Hammy. No win...lol.

BTW, I'm not saying I don't like RJ. I'm just saying in general hockey play-by-play isn't that critical. The game itself is exciting enough. Baseball and football have so much more down time that they rely on commentating much more.

That's so hilarious! It does make it better, that it wasn't his fault, and that he became kinda famous for it....

I have to agree, if they offered a channel with no commentary (or drastically reduced, as the example you give) i'd probably choose that. I dont NEED someone to tell me that "roy just feathered a pass to mac who dropped it to connolly who etc etc etc", i'm watching it happen, I'd rather just have RJ and Neale giving great color commentary and quick analysis during whistles and breaks.

Play-by-play is quite necessary for radio broadcasts...

I don't see the problem. RJ works to give play-by-play to WGR. He calls the game the way he does primarily for radio listeners. To not have that on TV but to have the commentary would require someone else to broadcast the audio and then not broadcast it over and over again, depending on what part of the game it is. He would always be getting cut off mid-sentence after stoppages in play when he starts doing play-by-play rather than commentary, and when he switches back to commentary, only half his sentence would be heard.

Pipe dream, people.

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Agreed. And I don't mind listening to the radio only every once in a while. It's enchanting, it's romantic. A testament to History.

Oh crap, I said the 'H' word.

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I thought RJ's son was taking over when hes finished?

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I think he will be. I'm pretty sure that was the logic in bringing him over from his Erie Otters job.

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