Leadership in Hockey: Absurdities
September 29, 2009 by katemckeon · 18 Comments
This week’s sports stat is a small collection of hockey absurds.
1. Wayne Gretzky has left the building.
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2. Sean Avery is more interested in Fashion than Forward.
1. Wayne Gretzky has left the building. No, he’s not dead (he wasn’t that lively last time I saw him…), but he has retired as coach of the Phoenix desert weasels. Is this a sign that the team is moving to Canada?
Gretzky missed the preseason games so this is not a complete shock. It certainly does not bode well for the team to stay in Phoenix. And why should they? Jim Balsillie’s offer to purchase is almost DOUBLE the NHL’s scrapped together offer: $242.5Million versus $140Million. The creditors should be satiated before the league dumps cash for ice in a city that sees snow once a century (last measurable snow on record is 1937).
2. Sean Avery is more interested in Fashion than Forward. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is over and Avery is back on the ice. Somehow he was too injured to suit up albeit for preseason games while Fashion Week was under sway. Let’s hope he doesn’t break a heel on the ice.
Anyone remember last year when we brought The Spectacle to Dallas? It was an ill-fated, but intriguing attempt to celebratize the Stars. It did bring some excitement. I remember one interview in which he announced that he might like to find a wife and buy a house in HP, own his own fashion line specializing in cashmere track suits, and enjoy running in Dallas. Random, yes.
Living in HP, I had mixed feelings about seeing him on my running routes. But it was not to be. He didn’t play well with others – he would eat by himself, not with the team, and he made some rather inappropriate remarks, which allowed us to dump him like a sack of potatoes.
Sadly, we could not dump his salary. Still paying for that one….
Hockey season officially opens this week. Go show an ice rink some love.
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Kate
I’m with you!..
Living outside Philly…
You can feel my frustration…. How about Bobby Clarke for Avery?
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Hopefully there is another survivor contest this time with hockey. Didn’t do very well in the football contest and was eliminated in the first week. I always enter….just in case
Keri Eagan
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What were the three things superstars must posses?
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Interesting hockey news.
Steve Chambers
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James Mason
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You know… I never really got into hockey.
This was an interesting article, though.
Jim
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Hockey? Isn’t that a frozen dessert? No, no silly me, isn’t hockey that sport where the guys run with the ball and tackle each other?
Lisa McLellan
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Very close! There is some tackling, but the also get to use sticks and there’s areally small, very hard rubber puck that can shatter glass. Stings like a mo-fo if you get zipped by one at the game . . . from what I hear.
Thanks for the scoop!
Greg Dougall, Philanthropist-in-Training
I’m not a big hockey fan so they can save my seat for someone who hates to miss even one game.
Vicki http://www.bridalthreadshq.com
I’m confused. Does the hockey season ever end?
Martin O’Connor
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It ends for about 2 months. Stanley Cup deep into June then beginning of August for training camp. Keeps the boys trim.
Kate
I’m ready!
Jose Escalante
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We hockey fans LOVE our absurdities!
TG we have a hockey team in Las Vegas.
I saw it as a sign from the gods that I COULD be happy there as a Las Vegan.
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April Braswell
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Yeah, you guys almost got the Coyotes too . . . there wasn’t quite enough love to get an NHL team so you get all the hot mess at 1/4 the price!
can’t wait for hockey to start. i just wish it wouldn’t go almost til summer…
Seize the Day,
Rob
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Love that hockey. Go Fighting Sioux of the University of North Dakota. If you have not had a chance to see the rink built by Ralph Engelstad go online and check it out. They say it is the nicest rink in North America. We love Hockey in the North.
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Another hockey absurd…”Go show an ice rink some love”!!
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