Aside from the obvious "Marc-Andre Fleury said WHAT?!?" moment, there are a few things that strike me as amusing from this clip:
- Scott Oake's response to Fleury's slip-up was "Fair enough." What, no "Marc-Andre, we're on live..." à la Shaquille O'Neal?
- Is it me, or is someone cackling madly in the background at Fleury's cussing?
- And finally, what the hell was the deal with Scott Oake's cheesy "Who do you share this Cup with?" question? He asked it to every freakin' Penguin on the ice or in the locker room. Yeesh, how cornball. Wonder if he went up to Lidstrom or Osgood afterward and asked them with whom they share this devastating, heartbreaking loss.
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Too lazy to research it at present, but I'd assume the delay applies only to non-game-action coverage?
In today's newfangled fast-paced info world (he says, lowering his ear trumpet), surely you wouldn't want your actual game coverage to lag that long? Some people will be online while they watch and will see an updated result before the action appears on their screen; others will be in bars where a US feed might appear on another screen...
... that said, it wasn't S-bombs the CBC was worried about when they instituted the delay. It was unexpected smears defaming one of Canada's two solitudes. (Or the Russians. Or Swedes. Or pacifists. Etc.)
PS - one reason I love this clip is because Fleury's honesty reveals a major factor: granted, to even be in his shoes (#1 goalie for the winning team in Game 7 of Stanley Cup final) you have to put in years of severe toil and commitment bolstered by bucketloads of talent, but when it comes right down to these crucial moments between star athletes with everything on the line, Lady Luck is perhaps the biggest star player of all. Even if you're Luongo or Brodeur at that moment, you're still probably thinking "Oh, shit." Not even Messier is thinking, "No prob, I'm immortal, activate Super Miracle Powers." You do everything your skill allows, and beyond that you toss yourself on the pyre of fortune.
PPS - for the record, I know Messier wasn't a goalie! Was just shifting situations a bit. (In fact was thinking of Messier's famous called-game-plus-hat-trick. Afterward, he had a nice quote to the effect of "I'll have to be real careful before I do that again." Again, admitting luck.)
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