It has long ceased being surprising to hear Don Cherry praise Canadians at the expense of other nationalities. Pointing out that Cherry is jingoist is like saying that Patrick Kane likes to party or Josh Beckett like pizza.
Just prior to game one, Cherry made his prediction for the series on CBC. Cherry rationale:
If you’re smart, you’re going to pick New Jersey for this thing – best goalie, higher in the standings, home-ice advantage – but I’m going to go with LA. I picked them at the start of the playoffs. They’re big, they’re mean, they might have a little rust, 7 days off, but y’know why I’m picking them? 23 North Americans, 14 Canadians, 8 guys from Ontario – heart and character, that’s why they’re going to win.This guy continues to embarrass all of Canada.
By the way what a great goal by the Slovenia Anze Kopitar on Canadian Martin Brodeur to win game 1.
3 comments:
Why are you embarrassed by Cherry being a cheerleader for Canada?
Oh, by the way, Kopitar scored after being set up by Justin Willimas from Colbourg, Ont and the winning goaltender is an american. So what if anything is your point.
Cherry is the only sports personality that keeps track of the national make up of each team. I cheer for Canada too but the NHL is a multi-national professional league not the World Cup or the Olympics. You can only do so much flag waving before it just plain awkward.
I don't see what all the fuss is about. Cherry picks every year and is almost batting perfectly. Whatever he is baseing his decision must be pretty solid. There must therefore be a correlation and if more Canadian's on a team have statistically proven to have a higher probability of winning then you have to go with it.
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