Heard the most seizure-inducing name butchering in last night's Flames vs Isles game

[MessierII]

Varlamov isn’t even difficult to say

 

[CraigBillington]

Patrick Roy, Roberto Luongo, JS Giguere, and Kevin Bieksa - legendary Soviet-Bloc players

To be fair, Bieksa is a Soviet-bloc name. I believe it's Lithuanian

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

At least they can laugh at themselves. We all get tongue tied at some point LOL

 

[Master Bill]

Not as good as the first one, but our pal Greg Millen has done it again after a year:

 

[Edgelord]

Was laughing my ass off when I heard this. Is this the worst name butchering you've heard during a live broadcast?

OMG lol, sounded like my camp truck trying to fire up HAHAHA

Harky yoohoo

 

[Chileiceman]

It's like clockwork. The crazy thing is Millen isn't even the Flames main color guy, Hrudey is.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Don Cherry used to butcher names left and right, but only the Russian and Soviet-Bloc players. Famously, he would be corrected and still would mispronounce them, many say on purpose.

No, he butchered European names, not limited to Russian names.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Millen is actually a great color guy, but man is varlamov hes kryptonite

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Makes me miss the days of Mark Lee during Oilers games with such classics as

"Sam Cogliano"
"Corey Power Potter Play"

 

[Martin Skoula]

Dress Skull.

Also, whatever sodomy of a name North Americans are doing when they say Grzelczyk.

I agree with every other country’s pronunciation qualms but the Poles need to look in the mirror with their spelling conventions.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I agree with every other country’s pronunciation qualms but the Poles need to look in the mirror with their spelling conventions.

What does a Polish bride take on her wedding night that’s long and hard?

Her new last name.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Pretty funny it's the same broadcaster saying the same goalie name with the same two teams.

 

[BHD]

Even as an epileptic, I approve of the title. It was that bad.

 

[Figgy44]

It's like he's trying to say it while gargling.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

I’m glad I saw this lol. That’s awesome

 

[Naych_PHX]

Rob Ray is hilarious sometimes, it's like he has no idea what's being said or going on

 

[BelovedIsles]

They should’ve started Sorokin for more reasons than one.

 

[MoreDifferentS]

What does a Polish bride take on her wedding night that’s long and hard?

Her new last name.

A Polish guy goes to the optometrist for an eye exam. He gets into the exam room, and the optometrist points to the eye chart on the wall and asks, "can you read the fourth line for me, please?". The Polish guy replies, "read it? That bastard owes me a hundred dollars!"