11/18 -- Montréal at Bruins (7:00 ET)

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The cradle of the game.
As someone who (shamefully) has not watched a lot of regular season games over the last few seasons, I ask in all sincerity: Did Jack have a stroke? He's struggling to get the words out. I remember him being the opposite: smart and quick.
 

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As someone who (shamefully) has not watched a lot of regular season games over the last few seasons, I ask in all sincerity: Did Jack have a stroke? He's struggling to get the words out. I remember him being the opposite: smart and quick.
I’m wondering about Parkinson’s.
 

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As someone who (shamefully) has not watched a lot of regular season games over the last few seasons, I ask in all sincerity: Did Jack have a stroke? He's struggling to get the words out. I remember him being the opposite: smart and quick.
I haven't noticed it as much as some have in the past, but damn, he sounds terrible this season.
Fortunately, Brick is as sharp as ever.
 

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Great story. I can hear the excitement in Cusick’s voice at Gregg Shepherd’s arrival on the scene. #19, if I recall correctly. Ah, them days….
Thanks to my coworker’s season tickets, I managed to get to two Bruins games that year—the first time I’d ever seen them in person. They were were quasi-official season tickets, a weird arrangement: These second balcony seats were owned by the Gallery Gods. During the course of the game, Roger Naples, who governed my section, came around and delivered same-seat tickets to the next game, which those of us sitting there paid him for. We then gave those tickets back to the “season ticket holder” to close the loop.

The Gallery Gods were great. Between periods they would circulate photocopied stat sheets with data that was still considered esoteric at the time, like shots on goal by each player.
 

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As someone who (shamefully) has not watched a lot of regular season games over the last few seasons, I ask in all sincerity: Did Jack have a stroke? He's struggling to get the words out. I remember him being the opposite: smart and quick.
Not one to speculate, but he's been struggling since last year, and it's been getting worse. I feel really bad for the guy because his passion and love of the game is still there, but he just can't coherently get his thoughts out.