Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
Love how excited Fiala was on that play. He tries to do the give & go so often & normally the other King's players don't realize Fiala is an option after he passes. Then he stands there set up for a shot & looks sad. Someone finally got what Fiala was thinking.
PK: I really didn't have a problem with him. Talking over the pbp guy & saying crazy stuff. Philly was out playing the King's in the second. King's chaos hockey gives up chances that would cause Sutter to spontaneously combust, but they don't go in very often. An outsider watching that isn't going to catch it. Like in '12 how every team outplayed the King's.
After Faust my bar for acceptable announcers is really low.
I always love Fiala's enthusiasm. I always stress it when I'm critical about him, I really really like him as a dude, you can tell he cares.
The problem with PK wasn't that he was all over phily in the 2nd, it was that he was trying so hard all night to defend himself as 'right' about philly and that's really not an announcer's job, he couldn't have been more wrong in the third and he was super defensive with everyone about it. Especially on a 'neutral' telecast, let the game unfold and comment on it, don't dig in on a position, much less a foolish one.