Here are the NHL Stories from Prime Time Sports last night (National Hour):Host: Bob McCown
Guests: Stephen Brunt from the Globe & Mail, Gord Kirke, a sports lawyer, James Deacon from the Fan590
Main NHL Story: McCown started off with bringing up the issue that some people are not overly thrilling with the CBC's broadcasting team for the 2007 NHL Playoffs. The discussion was rooted in that people grow up watching hockey and listening to "one voice." For McCown's era it was the Hewitt's. Now, when HNIC broadcasts with someone such as Jim Hughson instead of their go to guys "Bob Cole, Harry Neale, etc" people feel it takes away from the game. However, the show must go on and people will have to get use to a variety of different voices. The roundtable agreed that Hughson would be next in line for Bob Cole's position. The roundtable discussed what made a "good" broadcaster. Deacon also mentioned that fact that CBC doesn't seem to have a team lined up to take over their "common" broadcasters. The roundtable continued to discuss who could possibly fill in for the Bob Cole's and the Harry Neale's. The final question was: Is this Bob Cole's last year? No one would really say either way "on the record," but they did conclude that it wouldn't be them, it would be the 25-35 year old market that should decide the fate of Bob Cole. McCown then asked about TSN's Pierre McGuire. The roundtable agreed that he works hard to understand the game, however is sometimes afraid to deeply critique a team - he's simply too nice of a guy.
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