Sad to see Columbus get swept last night, seemed to be a real feel good kind of story, they just had the unfortunate luck of meeting up with the Red Wings powerhouse in the first round. From all accounts it seemed like it was an exciting last game though, I say seemed like though since I couldn't actually watch it since it was on TSN2 which isn't available on Rogers. Maybe I'm remembering wrong or we've just been spoiled in the past, but every first round game has always been available on regular channels haven't they? This sucks, and is a dangerous precedent.

The other thing that sucks, TSN goes out and gets the rights to these playoff games, but just simulcasts the US broadcast, whether it be the VS. network (what a stupid name btw) or one team's local broadcast. Again, call me spoiled but American broadcasters just don't seem to call the game as well as on a Canadian broadcast. Give me Bob Cole, Jim Hughson or Chris Cuthbert damnit! Yes I'm biased, and maybe its more familiarity than anything else, but Canadian play by play guys don't seem to get as hyper, as super-worked up. They seem to just stick to calling the game and they don't over-explain every little detail. Same with the colour commentary guys. With the exception of Pierre Mcguire, it seems the Canadian colour guys stick to analyzing what's actually going on instead of just making outlandish statements or rambling on about god knows what. Again though, much of this is probably just my familiarity and comfort with the way I've grown up watching hockey.