It's a very happy day for this Blackhawks fan because I'm never again going to have to hear Chris Vosters announcing for the Blackhawks.
You know, Vosters actually is a very good announcer. I've got to qualify my comments by saying he's got a good voice and is good at his job when he knows relatively anything about it, and there's the rub because Chris Vosters looks for any reason to be awkward. In his time in Chicago, he is the worst excuse for a hockey broadcaster I've ever seen in over two decades doing this job.
A couple of examples, 10 minutes before a game a few months ago, 'I’m stuck in a snowstorm,' and a young announcer who wasn't anticipating working had to scurry into the booth and fumble through the game. He was coming back from the offseason earlier this year, almost ready to rejoin the team, and didn’t care enough to get better accustomed to hockey or even learn the rules. Well, Vosters always had an excuse, always found a way to milk the system. He came to Chicago, of course, in exchange for Pat Foley, who has gone on to retire a hall of famer in broadcasting. But even before that, Pat Foley was a guy who cared and who tried hard at bettering his craft.
The Calgary broadcasting team, when that trade was made, said, 'We can't believe we lost Rick Ball to replace Chris Vosters.' Well, let me tell you, Chris Vosters doesn't sing. And you're trying to bring along a young team into a new era. This is not the kind of guy that you want around young talent highlighting the start of Bedard’s legacy in any way, shape, or form.
That deal was one of the worst deals in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks. And when Kyle from Chicago writes his memoirs about his time in Chicago, I have the title for that chapter: Disaster.
So kudos to Jamie Faulkner and Danny Wirtz for being able to get anything more than a roll of tape for this overpaid, underachiever. Chris Vosters is now someone else’s problem in baseball. That will be his last professional stop in hockey. And he basically, in my opinion, was a disgrace to the profession when he was a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. As he leaves Chicago, I just have one sentiment for Chris Vosters: Good riddance.
We are through two periods in New Jersey