Wings

It's a beautiful spring evening in Montreal – much too nice to be indoors watching a game that does not feature the Canadiens.

When I was a wee lad Hockey Night in Canada (which it wasn't called then) didn't begin until an hour after the game started. That may be my approach today – I'll tune in at about 8 or 8:30 to see how many goals Detroit is leading by.

Did you catch the idiot Cherry trashing the Wings last night? He claims fans in Detroit are bored by all that great hockey. They miss Bob Probert, Cherry says.

Attendance for Game I was listed as 20,066. That's capacity at the Joe Louis Arena. Cherry showed a video clip of Kronwall's big hit and you could see empty seats in the background. But that was in the opening minutes of a game that started at 6:30 Detroit time, so some fans may have been running late.

Much and all as Cherry is probably Mike Babcock's guru, I don't think Aaron Downey will be dressing tonight.

The good news: Jim Hughson on play-by-play. Having not watched a single CBC game all season, I was appalled by how out of it Bob Cole was in Pittsburgh last night. Consistently behind the play, misnaming players – when he bothered to identify them at all. Brutal. If he works the Stanley Cup final, that network is officially the C.B.F.C.

Vent away, ladies and gents. I'll jump in later on.