Friday Commentary: Geez Guys!
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A coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend …
#1 – We saw the Edmonton Oilers in Sunrise Thursday night for the first time since last year’s Stanley Cup Final. And the result was the same. Florida won 4-3, sending the Oil to their fifth straight loss.
One thing about the Edmonton Oilers – when they’re good, they’re great. But when they’re bad, they’re awful.
Meanwhile Florida coach Paul Maurice said afterwards, “I really didn’t like our game tonight.”
Geez guys – cheer up!
#2 – That’s that for the Winnipeg Jets. The NHL’s #1 team was chasing the record for most consecutive wins (17) but saw their 11-game win streak snapped with a 2-1 loss in Nashville Thursday night.
A Jets fan told the RP Show this week that they’re after the Presidents Trophy (for winning the regular season) but you may want to re-think that.
The last team to win the Presidents Trophy and go on to win the Stanley Cup was the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks.
Check the math … that’s over a decade ago.
#3 – US President Donald Trump sent out a Tweet this week defending his friend Wayne Gretzky, and saying the Great One wants Canada to stay the way it is; not become the 51st State.
I’ll bet you bottom dollar that #99 got on the phone and said “Don, you’ve gotta say something in my defense. You’re killing me here!”
Will this get Canadians off his back?
I’m sure it will for some, but one thing we’ve learned over the past number of years is that a lot of people won’t be convinced once their minds are made up, or have an agenda.
There is the concept of misplaced anger too, but that’s a topic for another day.
More than anything it’s scary to know that people have short memories and don’t care what you’ve accomplished.
That should scare Wayne – or anyone who’s done anything of note – most of all.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.
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Not sure if the kids out there realize something. When Wayne Gretzky was was playing for Team Canada going back to 1978 – 1998 as a player and then as the GM for 2002. He played when it actually mattered. He was playing against Soviet Union teams that trained 10 months out of the year. The teams he played against: those opponents were not leaving their hotel and they were certainly not dabbing it up. ….the world is changing and Canada is done. Don’t blame Wayne Gretzky. Live your lives and pray for a flu bug to wipe out all… Read more »
Mandatory military service, 2 years.
All this piling on to Gretzky is juvenile and distracts from the real issues in Canada. We’ve taken our eye off the ball about what it means to run a country. Security, economy, trade. Instead we got a social engineering project and endless posturing. Eventually it caught up to us and now we’re caught out and we can all see it. Along comes Wayne and he makes a convenient target for those wanting to get things back on track but not really wanting to do much. He’s always played the diplomat and been deferential to everyone. Maybe he just isn’t… Read more »
#3 Fly with the crows, expect to get shot at.