Don Cherry, 91, signs off from Grapevine podcast for final time
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On the Panthers winning the Stanley Cup final: 'They were the better team. But there's no way I was going to go against Edmonton.'
On the Leafs being seen as the second-best team because they took the Panthers seven games: 'You have to if they went seven games. But it looked awful that seventh game.'
On whether Brad Marchand should have won the Conn Smythe trophy as the post-season MVP: 'I thought Marchand was pretty good. They should have given it to both of them. Marchand should have won it.'
Though Cherry had his detractors, many would say that Hockey Night In Canada has never been the same since his departure, a broadcast that has lacked a strong identity through a number of personnel changes.
The other side of the debate, of course, is that it was time for Cherry to go and the controversial comment was the final straw for the Rogers executives who sent him packing.
Though the podcast had its followers, obviously it had nowhere near the impact of Cherry's words delivered from the Hockey Night In Canada pulpit, must-see viewing for hockey fans every Saturday night for decades.
It's undeniable, then, that the fact Cherry will no longer utilize a forum for his thoughts on the hockey world will mark the end of one of the longest and most successful runs in Canadian sports broadcasting.
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