"I was not good, to be quite candid about it, when we first started back five years ago,” he continued. “And it was the first time that I really felt — I never really felt inadequate — and I kind of did when we first got the hockey, to the po...

"I was not good, to be quite candid about it, when we first started back five years ago,” he continued. “And it was the first time that I really felt — I never really felt inadequate — and I kind of did when we first got the hockey, to the point where I thought, ‘I used to think this was my best sport and so did a lot of other people who know me, now I’m not sure about this.'” “I’m completely comfortable now. It was an adjustment when we first got it five years ago,” he said. “I obviously followed it very closely as a fan in the 16-17 years that ESPN didn’t have the NHL, but I hadn’t broadcast a game. I had done some Frozen Fours in between, but I had no full realization of just how much the game had changed, especially in terms of the speed. Twenty years ago, you could look down at your notes, make sure you had the right name and number, find a little nugget in your notes, look up, and the puck was still making its way up the ice. Now, if you look down for a split second and you look up, it’s hard to find the puck.” submitted by /u/Ok-Soil-5133 [link] [comments]