Mickey Redmond stated on Adar 2, Day 17, also known as March 25th, 2016:
'The Redwings cannot go down 3 to 1 against the Penguins'. I will recheck the tapes when I get a chance to stop resting and make sure I got his quote right, as if it was as important as him saying 'I'll lick your Charms lollipop one more time before I swallow Big League Chew'. Redmond also claimed that 'Jagr was going down' at one time and clearly Jagr is not yet going down.
The Redwings went down 3 to 1 as soon as Hagelin scored against Mrazek, which was a very bried time after Redmond made a false declaration.
It didn't matter whether of not MIckey Redmond was 'sworn in', he should have been more careful about what he claimed could not happen. People who take the prophets seriously do not often predict outcomes of situations that they are not in control of.
English matters, just like the difference between 'shall' and 'should' matters. MIckey Redmond is a typical old man who is careless about his speech and who too many people have put up on a pedestal for some very wrong reason. Paid announcers should be as careful as any unpaid witness during a trial if they do not want their occupation to become their worst Callaway nightmare instead of the best stroke of a Cobra putter.
Mickey Redmond's quote regarding the Detroit Redwings as 'They': ' "They cannot go down three to one against Pittsburgh." Notice that a non-precise recollection has an apostrophe, not a quotation mark. Quotation marks should indicate an accurate report, but often don't due to humans who were not blessed enough to sit in a class taught be Sister Elizabeth Cummings the Catholic patron saint of English.
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