Linda Cohn played hockey as a goaltender up through college and is a fan of the Rangers. Though anyone is free to disagree with her, I don't think that she should be questioned on her knowledge of the sport or opinions on goaltenders (again, her position). She's probably played more hockey than many, if not most, of the big names that cover the sport. We don't give guys like John Buccigross and Bob McKenzie a hard time. Heck, Bob Miller is in the HHOF and he never played. The fact that someone like Cohn doesn't regularly cover hockey doesn't mean that she doesn't know it.
Regarding something completely different, though I praised ESPN earlier for their coverage, there's one thing that's been really annoying me these last few days. Most of the times when they've gone to the studio at the end of periods or, other times, when they should be talking about the game at hand first, they talk about USA vs. Canada, instead. There have been thrilling periods between other teams and the first thing that they discuss in the intermission is USA/CAN. Then, they go to commercial break and come back before they discuss the period that we just saw. It's aggravating because they're there to discuss the current game primarily and other matchups secondarily and it feels like they're treating viewers as though all that we care about is our own country and we're watching other teams only to get context and commentary on what we really care about. They should totally advertise and discuss the huge upcoming game, but do so in the second segment, after they've discussed the game at hand, not first.
