Abel to Yzerman
Well, Well, Well…It’s Somebody’s Special Day
by IwoCPO on 11/18/09 at 06:34 AM ET
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This is A2Y specific. So if you’re reading this on the main page, you probably aren’t gonna get it. Email Paul with complaints.
While many disliked the violence of hockey back in the 1970s, he makes no apologies for the way he played.
“I played with a lot of emotion and I tried to get the team to play with emotion,” he said. “In hindsight, some of the time it was called for, and maybe some of the times it was unnecessary. But that’s the way I played and that’s what I had to do to survive.”
That’s an excerpt from Joe Pelletier’s Greatest Hockey Legends, his daily ditty focusing on one player in particular. Who’s he talking about? Well, at least one of you has reason to celebrate today. Actually it was yesterday, but I’m behind the power curve again. Sue me…woops. Wrong thing to say to this crowd, as I’m quickly learning.
Oh, and don’t stop there. No, no. In a post this morning, guess who Pelletier claims as the player of the decade?
He won Stanley Cups at both ends of the decade, and an Olympic gold. He missed only 15 games in the entire decade. And his team was consistently one of the best in the league every single year.
Still is, despite poor coaching, a rookie backup who needs to be replaced immediately, and fans who watch nothing but Red Wing hockey.
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