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Randy Moller: Our new favorite announcer

By Sun-Times Wire

Florida Panthers radio play-by-play man Randy Moller is our new favorite announcer.

Thanks to the magic of the internet, we’ve stumbled on an amazing mix tape of his work — one that reveals an impressive knowledge of hilarious pop culture catchphrases. This actually might be the best thing I’ve ever found on YouTube.

Both Kevin and I really enjoy the “Rounders” reference, but they’re all gold.

We look forward to working all of these exclamations into casual conversations this week.

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