Tuesday Commentary: Clock’s Ticking

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It’s Tuesday and time for the Good, the Great & the Ugly. We’ve got plenty of all three!

First the good: It’s become quite difficult to ignore the TGL Finals which are going on just up the road in Jupiter, Florida. It’s the Tiger Woods-inspired and owned indoor golf league featuring the best golfers in the world. Night 1 of the Best of 3 finals went Monday with Los Angeles up against Jupiter and as an added flair, Florida Panthers and USA Hockey star Matthew Tkachuk was on hand showing of his Olympic gold medal to the masses. The golf crowd is tittilated that Tiger will participate in Game 2 tonight.

I tuned in for a bit Monday – it was good – but would suggest only hardcore golfers need apply.

Next the great: To me it’s not dissimilar to the growing hysteria around Flag Football. A team of NFL stars got the brakes beat off ‘em in the inaugural Fanatics Flag Football event in LA on the weekend and now the football community’s split over how they’re going to win gold at the LA Olympics (should they keep the current Mens National Team roster or get the NFL’ers up to speed?).

Meanwhile Team Canada head coach Paul LaPolice is having a good laugh over the Americans chasing their tail! I spoke to Lapo on Monday and Team Canada is a couple of years ahead of the USA in terms of preparing for the LA Games but we still got two years to go so this is going to be fun to watch unfold.

Many say it’s not “real football” and have paid the sport no mind. I think they’ll change their tune as the Olympics approach.

And finally the ugly: There’s a month to go till the Stanley Cup Playoffs so that means there’s plenty of time for contending teams to work out the kinks. However the comments from Connor McDavid from the weekend – marveling at Tampa Bay’s coaching while throwing shade at his own – can’t be the best recipe for Oiler success in the short- and long-term.

Like I said — the clock’s ticking. But I’m not counting them out.

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.

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