Freddie P's Blog

December 27, 2006 @ 10:13

It I really enjoyed my 36 inch SONY yesterday. I watched the Leafs beat Minnesota 4-3 last night, and yesterday afternoon I watched Team Canada beat Sweden at the World Juniors.

Like million of other Canadians, the World Juniors have become a Holiday Season staple for me. It's the perfect time to have a tournament that means so much.

If the World Juniors lack anything, they lack Paul Romanuk. It's been several years now since Romanuk made a Humble and Fred style decision and left TSN, but I still miss the guy.

There was something about those games and Paul's voice. I'd like to say "take nothing away from Gord Miller" who's replaced Romanuk, but I can't.

Compared to Romanuk, Miller is a play-by-play weakling. Sorry, but those are the facts.
Yesterday was almost bitter sweet. While I was watching the Junior game, I was thinking about Romanuk - and immediately after the game was over, I flipped over to Sportsnet and guess who was there.

Paul Romanuk was doing freelance duty at the Spengler Cup in Switzerland. It was nice to hear Paul, but let's be honest, nobody cares about the Spengler Cup.

It got my mind to thinking - wouldn't it be nice if just once a year TSN could forgive Romy for leaving and assign him to the World Juniors. Let Miller do the Spengler.