When the St. Louis Blues brought in Darren Pang in 2009, it was met with a little skepticism by a certain portion of the fan base. Pang was an outsider and “replacing” a team legend.
Bernie Federko had spent the most recent time as the Blues color analyst, but while he was fine, he did not have the pedigree of Pang. Also, as we have learned from his varying duties with the team’s broadcasts changing, Federko wanted to spend more time with his family and all the time necessary to prepare for broadcasts takes away from that.
Pang came to the Blues from the Arizona Coyotes, but also spent several seasons as one of the commentators for ESPN’s coverage of the NHL.