A few random things I forgot to mention about my experience at the Verizon Center on Friday Night. The most egregious issue I had was with their use of Rocky IV montages during key stoppages of play late in the game. They showed clips of Ivan Drago, a Russian, beating up on a bronzed, chiseled, glistening Rocky Balboa deep in the heart of communism. Get the symbolism? Alex Ovechkin is Russian and the Flyers, like Mr. Balboa, hail from Philadelphia. So Drago pummeling Rocky in the early rounds was some cute footage.
But yo, video guy, Rocky wins.
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