It was pretty clear Pang didn’t like him. There were multiple times on the broadcast where Panger would go on a tangent basically explaining how wrong Vosters was. Vosters wasn’t great but it seemed a bit harsh when you were watching it. Hopefully Ball brings something better out of him because I really wasn’t that impressed with Pang after all the hype over him leaving the Blues.
EvDanger
We went from Pat Foley and Eddie O to hot trash in a two years.
ShellshockedLetsGo
They had zero chemistry. Panger would crack a joke or leave an opening for Vosters to chime in and he’d remain silent or completely ignore Pang. It was very awkward at times.
ExtremeHouse
Anyone have the full article
HeyHo__LetsGo
I actually thought Vosters had more chemistry with Pang than he did with Murray. That pairing was awful, and no fault of that was Murrays. Vosters is probably an ok guy, but hire a hockey guy to call hockey, not a baseball guy.
PhilyJ
Could tell that pang didn’t appreciate Vosters cracking jokes especially after panger said something corny.
big-chicago-guy
i remember once game vosters ribbed pang over mispronouncing saskatchewan. the game before vosters called the goalie the wrong name several times. didn’t sound like pang liked it. for some reason that incident stood out.
Hutch25
Chris is a good announcer, I think in most sports leagues he could be one of the better announcers. Even with his lack of chemistry with Pang, when he was announcing he switched between conversation and play by play very smoothly and he did a good job getting more intense as the action grew in a game. That said, he’s not a hockey guy. He has done college hockey announcing but you can tell when watching the different sports he has done play by play for that hockey is his weakest by far. Given time and practice I think he could very well become a great NHL announcer, but that said I think this is well overdue.
Pangs relationship with the guy is probably just the excuse they were looking for to be able to get rid of him for something other than “he sucks at his job” which is a really demoralizing reason to get fired.
That said, he was never going to be liked here even if he was good. Going from potentially the best broadcast duo of all time to anyone else was not going to be received well, but I appreciate his attempt to replicate some classic Pat Foley techniques like how he switched between conversation and play by play mid game.
So may you find other opportunities Chris, you just weren’t the right guy at the absolute worst time.
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Pang is awful as well
It was pretty clear Pang didn’t like him. There were multiple times on the broadcast where Panger would go on a tangent basically explaining how wrong Vosters was. Vosters wasn’t great but it seemed a bit harsh when you were watching it. Hopefully Ball brings something better out of him because I really wasn’t that impressed with Pang after all the hype over him leaving the Blues.
We went from Pat Foley and Eddie O to hot trash in a two years.
They had zero chemistry. Panger would crack a joke or leave an opening for Vosters to chime in and he’d remain silent or completely ignore Pang. It was very awkward at times.
Anyone have the full article
I actually thought Vosters had more chemistry with Pang than he did with Murray. That pairing was awful, and no fault of that was Murrays. Vosters is probably an ok guy, but hire a hockey guy to call hockey, not a baseball guy.
Could tell that pang didn’t appreciate Vosters cracking jokes especially after panger said something corny.
i remember once game vosters ribbed pang over mispronouncing saskatchewan. the game before vosters called the goalie the wrong name several times. didn’t sound like pang liked it. for some reason that incident stood out.
Chris is a good announcer, I think in most sports leagues he could be one of the better announcers. Even with his lack of chemistry with Pang, when he was announcing he switched between conversation and play by play very smoothly and he did a good job getting more intense as the action grew in a game. That said, he’s not a hockey guy. He has done college hockey announcing but you can tell when watching the different sports he has done play by play for that hockey is his weakest by far. Given time and practice I think he could very well become a great NHL announcer, but that said I think this is well overdue.
Pangs relationship with the guy is probably just the excuse they were looking for to be able to get rid of him for something other than “he sucks at his job” which is a really demoralizing reason to get fired.
That said, he was never going to be liked here even if he was good. Going from potentially the best broadcast duo of all time to anyone else was not going to be received well, but I appreciate his attempt to replicate some classic Pat Foley techniques like how he switched between conversation and play by play mid game.
So may you find other opportunities Chris, you just weren’t the right guy at the absolute worst time.