During the Stanley Cup Finals last season, America got a taste of Don Cherry. Now the colorful (seriously, check out the man’s wardrobe) hockey commentator is joining ESPN for the remainder of the 2008 playoffs. The former coach and player will donate his ESPN earnings to the Humane Society (In all seriousness, that’s pretty cool). He will continue to work for CBC and Hockey Night in Canada. Cherry joins a laundry list of hockey “experts” at ESPN who are picking against the Flyers (for a change). Only John Buccigross picked the Flyers to win in the first round against the Washington Capitals, and only Barry Melrose picked them to win in the second round against the Montréal Canadiens. No official word from ESPN yet on Don Cherry’s picks for this round, but if they are indeed paying him, I’m sure he’ll be picking the Penguins and the Red Wings.

Photo courtesy: Uncleweed on Flickr