Don Cherry Does Not Like E-Mailers

Especially when they say silly things on "Hockey Night in Canada..."

To fill time these days on television, a lot of shows feel that social media is the answer- turning TV into sports talk radio to show the voice of the fan...

That, instead of actual information or something like that...

Grapes is another who does not suffer fools, and Ron McLean agrees with him for a change. The exchange starts at the 4:30 mark when Jeff Marek and Scott Morrison open up the I-Desk for jibber-jabber.

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Bully...

Alain Vigneault Does Not Like Ron McLean

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Remember the excahnge we ran earlier this week where Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Burrows went off on NHL official Stephane Auger...??? Auger was making up for, what he thought, was a spot where he was shown up by Burrows against Nashville about a month ago...

The end result was that Burrows got fined by the league and Auger came out clean...

Fast forward to pre-game on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" Saturday night, and host Ron McLean and the league's Colin Campbell had a discussion about the issue bringing in the issue of Burrows' past of a pest...

When AV caught wind of it, he let McLean have it with both barrels on the "After Hours" program...

Here's the exchange among Vigneault, Glenn Healy, and Scott Oake...
The magic happens about 2:25 in...
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Cherry to Balsillie: Do Not Bully Them...

This is the beauty of, what those of us at OSG HQ refer to as, the "215"
For those of you with DirectTV, that's code for the NHL Network.
And with the NHL Network, you get "Hockey Night in Canada"
With "HNIC," you get "Coach's Corner" with Don Cherry and Ron McLean...
With "Grapes" and McLean you get wisdom on a lot of different fronts...
Like last night...
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Cherry: "They're Laughing At You, Not Laughing With You..."

In this week's edition of Coach's Corner, Don Cherry looks at Alexander Ovechkin's 50th goal celebration and tries to tell the guy that it isn't funny...

Ovechkin knew Cherry was coming...
It's at the 3:15 mark...
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PJ Stock Is Such A Good Teammate...

This is what we were talking about with all the hub-bub around the word "pansification" from Saturday. In the "After 40 Minutes" part of the program during Game 2, it's PJ Stock's responsibility to navigate those treacherous waters known as the "game highlights."

And go through them quickly...
But he couldn't resist one last dig at Mike Milbury since everyone else wanted a piece of him...
The number posted camera right may be legit or not...
Call and decide for yourself, but Ron McLean's reaction is well worth that of a ringmaster...
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((By the way, crazieman76 is a great source for viewing what you miss north of the border))

The "Pansification" of Hockey

And, so, we go back to the beginning...

Here's what started the whole thing...
First, it's Mike Milbury using the word and then Ron McLean interviewing Helen Kennedy of Egale Canada about the vocabulary. A delicate dance to be sure, but great television nonetheless.
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