OT: The Best of Sam Rosen 2020-21

[Machinehead]

Halfway through the season I started collecting Sam Rosen quips (feat. Joe) to be presented in the best way possible -- with as little context as possible!

I want to do a bigger collection next year at the start.

Please enjoy Sam being Sam:

“Buchnevich’s numbers doe...”

“He doesn’t have enough arms.”

“Rasmus Asplund. Rasmus Dahlin. Rasmus Ristolainen. Three Rasmuses.”

“Lafreniere continues his...increased...and improved...offense.”

“Nolan Ryan takes the penalty.”

Sam: “Could that have been Howden?”
Joe: “I think it was Lafreniere.” [Wasn’t on the ice]
Sam: “Rooney!”
Joe: “I think it was Rooney.”

“Off the post no it was in!”

“Ooof there’s a tough battle!!”

“Give a little extra help notation for Kaapo Kakko.”

“The Rangers have Zibanejad; excuse me, Panarin…”

“...joins his new team in his third game.”

Joe: “3-0 now, Sam”
Sam: “Ohhh boy!”

“Mat Barzelle”

“That was more of a wrestling match.”

“I said a save by Sheshterkin. The save was by Blackwood.”

“There’s a hot one right there. Artemi Panarin.”

“In Slovakia!!”

"Maybe he bought the town, Joe."

Joe: “Look at all that net.”
Sam: “Oooh!”

Joe: “Be ready, Sam, he’s gonna find you with a pass.”
Sam: “I’M OPEN!!!”

“Set up...for...KRAVTSOV!!!!!”

“That’s a big body. He’s got length!”

“More smiles and celebration!!”

[To himself] “Sam, how did you know that?! I cheated!!”

“Referee was right there……..”

“OH MAN!!!”

“I just pluck them out of thin air.”

“Zibanejad in, he shoo...sher...err...the shot was blocked!!”

“It’s one of those -ya know- amazing moments”

“Fox now has 2 tonight and Panarin 1. Wow!”

“Ristolainen is not related to the Reijo Ruotsalainen that played for the Rangers.”

“You can’t stretch the rules.”

“Hertl...um, Chytil.”

“Alexis Lafreniere!!!...I thought Lafreniere got it...Kakko leading the way to the bench.”

“Ristolainen...Ruotsalainen making the pass to Cozens.” [Right the first time]

“Broken sticks on the ice!”

“David Quinn talked about reducing his ice time. He hasn’t had any reduced ice time.”

“Ruotsalainen...” [Again]

“As we said the other night, no relation to the Rangers’ Reijo Ruotsalainen.”

“Here’s Kakko. Excuse me, that’s Kravtsov. No, it is Kakko.”

“They have trouble getting through the neutral zone. And when they get through the neutral zone, they have trouble getting through the offensive zone.”

Sam: “He has 6 career shutouts.”
Joe: “That’s a career high!”

Joe: “Too many men on the ice for Washington.”
Sam: “Woo boy.”

“Oh yeah, that’s impressive.” [@ Tom Wilson]

“There are a lot of games in the NHL.”

Joe: “...a complete breakdown of Jeremy Swayman’s game.”
Sam: “I might have to stay for that!”

“Mac Jones”

“Somebody take a shot...”

“Excuse me, not for holding; for tripping.”

“Oh Keith Kinkaid! He’s...came to play!”

Joe: “The Rangers have been better but uhhh….errr...they, uh….”
Sam: “LONG SHOT WENT IN!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Fildy Giuseppe”

“Sorry, Breadman!!”

“There’s a chance and save!….NO!! THEY SCORE!!! IT’S KRAVTSOV!!”

Joe: “You keep an eye on Rask and I’ll keep an eye on Shesterkin.”
Sam: “Ok!”

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[17futurecap]

Some of your best work

 

[Machinehead]

Some of your best work

This is Sam's best work. I am merely a vessel.

 

[17futurecap]

This is Sam's best work. I am merely a vessel.

This was my fave

Sam: “Could that have been Howden?”
Joe: “I think it was Lafreniere.” [Wasn’t on the ice]
Sam: “Rooney!”
Joe: “I think it was Rooney.”

 

[Machinehead]

Sam: “He has 6 career shutouts.”
Joe: “That’s a career high!”

I think this one is my favorite.

Sam meant to say that he has 6 shutouts this season. Joe wanted to be nice and correct him without correcting him, and what he said made the whole exchange even sillier.

Also, I was watching this game with @Raspewtin and we just looked at each other like...

 

[Machinehead]

This was my fave

Sam: “Could that have been Howden?”
Joe: “I think it was Lafreniere.” [Wasn’t on the ice]
Sam: “Rooney!”
Joe: “I think it was Rooney.”

This one also gets me!

I love Joe jumping with "I think it was Rooney" after Sam just said that.

 

[Scott r]

I never liked him...when u get up there in age I like the hand off to younger mentality. Hes 72 and I think handing it off is best. After all he became an announcer when jim Gordon was let go.

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[Greg02]

[To himself] “Sam, how did you know that?! I cheated!!”

was my favorite of the list

 

[Machinehead]

was my favorite of the list

He admits it!

 

[East Coast Bias]

A bunch of those made me lol

sam is a great guy in person. He used to frequent a friend of mine’s family restaurant 20 years ago. I had the chance to chat with him a few times and he was just such a nice dude.

 

[Fitzy]

I mean it doesn't even bother me that much. It's like having your drunk friend at the bar call the game.

 

[Tawnos]

That made me laugh, though I’m not sure the Ruotsalainen ones are all correct, since he was talking about Arttu Ruotsalainen (Arttu Ruotsalainen (b.1997) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com)

“As we said the other night, no relation to the Rangers’ Reijo Ruotsalainen” - this one was definitely about the rookie.

But either way, Sam is the best. Some of those were errors and whatever. A bunch were caused by the awkwardness of doing the games remote. But even with all of that, the joy he has for the game comes through so well even in something like this.

 

[romba]

I think this was in the second half, Georgiev made a nice glove save, the shooter, forgot his name, gave Geo a tap to say 'nice save', Sam starts waxing on how the shooter and Geo became besties back in the Czech league, and that they're both Czech....30 seconds later he apologizes mid play for the blunder.

All the world: Wow look at Laf's clean shaven baby face!
5 min later Joe tells Sam
Sam: ARE YOU PPL SEEING THIS

Classic Sam

I look forward to these blunders, they're fun and don't impeded the game for me. Broadcasters are really not crucial to my experience watching anymore so these are fun. Thanks for compiling!

 

[Tawnos]

Also want to add, since you gave the other hilarious one about this:

“Buffalo leads the league in Rasmuses”

 

[FireGerardGallant]

This is an amazing thread I salute your service for doing this. However, I think he averaged roughly 1.2 "excuse me" a game so thats lacking a little