The Greatest Canadian Ever
Posted by in Living at 2:01 p.m. on Dec. 02nd, 20043 Comments 0 Pings
Jacques at Y-2-Dray is weighing in on the CBC’s Greatest Canuck debate. For me it’s no contest: Wayne Fucking Gretzky.
I only got to see Gretzky play live once. It was in Washington, while he was still playing for Los Angeles with Robitaille and Sandstrom. He was about 32 or so then, and skated circles around Washington’s entire team. At one point in the game, he actually killed off an entire 2-minute 5-on-3 without ever letting go of the puck. He went from end to end, the Caps forming a conga line behind him, and when Hrudek started banging his stick on the ice, he just dumped it and went to the bench for a martini. I fully expected him to run back on the ice and throw a bucket of confetti on Dale Hunter.
The man had eyes in the back of his head, the reflexes of a jungle cat, and hands like a high-dollar Swedish call girl. He scored 92 goals in one season, 215 points in one season, then he got bored and figured he’d start banging Janet Jones.
If Kurri got the assist on that one, he is, indeed, the finest wingman ever.
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Maeve
December 3, 2004 at 12:27 a.m.:It SUCKS that we don't have a hockey season. I am now forced to talk to my husband at nights! I so liked it better when I could say "sorry honey, game on!" and ignore him!
The Brier Patch
December 2, 2004 at 5:53 p.m.:<strong>The Greatest Canadian Ever</strong>
You Bitch has got it figured out....