Article content Legendary Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry has weighed in on the Edmonton Oilers Game 1 loss to the Florida Panthers, pinning the defeat on the brilliance of opposition goalie Sergei Brobrovsky. “That was his greatest game,” 90-year-old Cherry said of the 35-year-old goalie who goes by one name, Bob. “That’s the definition of stealing a hockey game.
And the old story, I’ve told you many times, show me a good goalie and I’ll show you a good coach...
I can’t believe they (Florida) looked that bad.” Edmonton fired 16 Grade A shots at Bobrovsky while Florida mustered just eight. Cherry said the time off killed the Panthers, made them lose their edge.
On Game 2, there’s nothing that that the Edmonton coach can say to his team because the Oilers outshot the opposition, Cherry said. “But I would have a few words for the Florida club. I would say, ‘You guys stupid?'” Florida will be ready next game, Cherry said, blaming the long lay-off for that team’s lack of edge.
Next came a Don Cherry moment if there ever was one, Cherry and his son Tim talked about the success of the Don Cherry’s Grapevine Podcast around the world, saying it was most popular, in order, in Canada, then the United States, UK, Australia, Japan, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Korea, Norway and Thailand. “Thailand?” Cherry said. “That’s a funny thing, Thailand.
” “A lot of ex-Canadians there,” Tim said. “Canadians that live outside of Can.