Originally posted by COOL MAN:
I presume you eventually realized that was the Anaheim local telecast on Fox/Prime Ticket in SoCal......but I gotta' tell you, after watching opposing broadcasts on Center Ice for the last 3 years, I thought that Ducks TV team was actually pretty decent.
Of course, their team was getting its ass handed to it in that 2nd period when I first joined the broadcast, and I admit I fell asleep in the chair and didn't hear much of how they handled Ducks' 3rd period comeback. But what I heard in general from those guys didn't bother me half as much as broadcast duos from places like Boston, Washington, Detroit, and Columbus. What was it specifically you didn't like about them ??
BTW, had you heard the new story (from a local Pittsburgh sports reporter's blog) which stated the team traded Despres far more for reasons OFF the ice than on it ?? Reading between the lines, the implication was that SD became a pretty big headache for the team and for some time. The fact the Pens seemed to receive such a comparatively disappointing return (on paper, at least) leads me to believe his problems WERE known to other team...or perhaps the Pens leveled with the Ducks as to why he was being shopped.
Anyway, if true, it makes me think Anahem was willing to take-on a possible problem child.....possessing some reasonable upside....with hopes the change in scenery would do him good, while costing them little more than a not-part-of-their-core player (and who only cost them a #5 to begin with).
