Hockey Night in Canada without Don Cherry? Impossible, right?

Don Cherry agrees.

After Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun suggested in his column that Cherry might not be back for the next season of the show he co-hosts “Coach’s Corner” for Hockey Night Canada, the 85-year-old hockey personality took to Twitter to refute the absurd possibility.

“I must say I am hurt and disappointed that my friend Steve Simmons would suggest in his Sunday column that Hockey Night in Canada might not want me back for next year,” Cherry wrote. “I was told a week after the playoffs I would be back.

“The question I ask is this… why didn’t my friend Steve phone me and ask me?”

Although Simmons never confirmed that Cherry wouldn’t be back for the 2019-20 season, it was widely believed considering his hefty price tag and consistent antics on air. This past season, Cherry went berserk after the Hurricanes adopted creative “Storm Surge” celebrations after home wins, calling them “a bunch of jerks.” The team adopted the phrase as a mantra and a T-shirt slogan.