Question to Rogers Announcers

What game were you guys watching last night? Was it the one where Daniel Alfredsson, after getting a whack to the back of his ankle, first tried to fake an injury to draw a penalty, and failing that, turned around and fired a slap-shot directly at Mike Komisarek? Must have been a different game, since the Rogers announcers were congratulating Alfredsson on being a gritty competitor. Hmm. Looked to me like he was just being a stereotypical chicken-bitch who gives Europeans a bad name.

And then there was the Lapierre-Lee fight. Hockeyfights.com gives the win to Lee, but I'm calling this one a draw since most of those votes are ad-hominem votes against Lapierre. Scoring the fight, it was four punches landed by Lapierre, and one by Lee. Granted, that one was a doozy, but takedowns like the one that followed don't matter for shit in hockey fights. But, according to the Rogers folks, the fight was not even close, with Lee knocking Lapierre out and having him taken out on a stretcher.

I also found it curious that the Ottawa announcers criticized Montreal's recent success, arguing that the Habs rely too heavily on its first line. Dudes, your Senators have relied exclusively on their first line for the last five YEARS. Don't lecture us about a team putting all its eggs in one basket. Where has that gotten you? One Cup Final, an early exit, and some early tee-times while other teams play in April. And don't criticize a formula that until last night was 5-0-1. Maybe we could talk about that dirty little shit Grabovski and how he is dead meat next year? Or something relevant to Montreal, not Pot-Kettle idiocy?

In any case. Broadcasting Fail to Rogers for last night's BS-fest. And by the way, Bump and Tease before a commercial break, mm-kay? Broadcast 101. Even Versus isn't this bad.