“Am I hot? Yeah, I’m hot,” Gretzky said. “Because I’m tired of people taking shots at Canadian hockey. … It almost sickens my stomach to turn the TV on because I’m such a proud Canadian and such a fan of our game and very proud of all the guys in the locker room, and it makes me ill to hear some of the things that are being said about us.”
Gretzky’s emotional defense of Canada was an inspirational turning point for the star-packed Canadian team, which went on to win the gold medal on American soil.
Since Gretzky rose to fame as a teenage phenom in the 1970s and went on to rewrite almost every scoring record in the game, Canadians have viewed the Great One as a symbol of national pride.
Now, all the pride that Canadians have felt in the country’s greatest sporting export is being questioned. North of the border, that sentence was once unfathomable. But Gretzky’s allegiance to U.S. President Donald Trump — and his silence after Trump’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state while hammering the northern neighbor with crippling tariffs — has left many Canadians feeling deeply betrayed.
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Those taunts were met with more silence from Gretzky and a stinging realization that hurts Canadians even more. In this moment of national upheaval, the Great One is on the opposite bench.
The Athletic – Why Canadians are stung by Wayne Gretzky’s silence
I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
Phil has a question:
Doesn’t McSorley Drive has a nice ring to it.
When did Wayne Gretzky become such a bootlicker.
Was Wayne Gretzky’s greatest accomplishment keeping Janet from making any more bad movies.
Didn’t Gretzky learn his lesson about con men when Peter Pocklington sold him like a slave, Bruce McNall and his magic bag of disappearing coins fleeced him and the NHL used him like a pawn to sell hockey to desert dwellers.
What do you call a guy who’s been taken by con men 3 times and goes back to get used again.
Phil has a question:
Does Gretzky remind you of all those who remained silent.
The greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Canadian Friends of Hockey in Ukraine
Phil has a question:
Will Gretzky be in Edmonton for the premiere of this movie about Ukrainian Canadian hockey players.
Do the promoters want such a classless gutless wuss bootlicker.
Are the Boston Bruins searching for another Johnny from Edmonton who has a B a Y a C a U and a K in his last name.
Phil M. Stockmen
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