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The title is my impression of what Mike Emerick does when the puck changes possession.

Nothing particularly dumb last night, but they seemed to be trying to make up for the decent camerawork on Monday by showing 30-50% of the game at either a flat angle, or zoomed into someone's face while play was going on. I had thought that was a Crosby-only thing, but I guess not.

Second period

Nothing particularly annoying said in the second, but there were a few moments. I can't be the only one who noticed that John Forslund essentially talks like Yoda: "On a roll, the Flyers are." All. Game. Long.

There were flat angles, but not nearly as many as usual. Instead, they gave us the lovely large black bar covering the bottom of the screen.

Also, there was a point at which, on the PK, Girardi broke his stick and no one in the booth noticed until the play had ended and he went to the bench.

Boring, yes. But something.

This must be some kind of record.

...for stupid things said and done in a single period.

First period, 11.05.07. Rangers-Flyers, calling the game are Andy Brickley and John Forslund. Who said what is questionable, though I'm rather sure most of it was Forslund.


About Drury and Briere, "[For them] this game is about playing for the team you're representing."

Because you know, sometimes you get those players who play for the other team.

"The Flyers have always been a tough team."

Except, you know, for last year when they were horrible. I guess I know what he meant (I don't have the intiative to look up right now exactly how much the Flyers have won historically), but there must be a better way to phrase it.

This was my favorite one:

Brickley: The Rangers have now registered 20 shots in the first period.
Forslund: Yeah, they want to cut back on that.

Oh, pronouns. Sweet, sweet, oft-abused pronouns.

At one point, an advert for that new talkshow VS is pushing with Dennis Miller popped up. Forslund tries to help advertising, but instead says, "If you have a question, you can call in and give the answer." He then realizes his misstep and tries to fix it by blabbering nonsense about answering and calling in and who will answer, and then eventually just gives up.

And some moments of pure genious:

*)There was a point toward the end of the first where Brickley announced that we'd be having the first minor penalty. Without saying who it was on or what it was, Versus promptly cut to a commercial. Lovely.

*)Upon coming back from a commercial, Versus felt it necessary to interview Simon Gagne while he was on the bench in the middle of play. The look on his face and tone in his voice was so obviously, 'Leave me the hell alone.' It was wonderfully hilarious.