The Panther
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Wow, that is very classy of Cooper. Love that he took time to do that after a playoff loss.
And yes, Bob Cole was the best, ever. For those of you who might have only heard him in the post-millennial era, you unfortunately missed his best years, which went up to maybe the late-90s or maybe just into the early 2000s. I have never heard anybody with the combination of vocal authority and viscerally-communicated excitement that Bob Cole had.
What's more, he was a non-partisan true fan of the sport and its players. Oh, and the players loved him. (For example, after the 1987 Oilers' game seven Cup win, Mark Messier went to Bob Cole to make sure he attended the teams' Cup-win party after the game.)
Nobody else could make a late third-period comeback sound this exciting!: