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Can You Believe It, Lemieux Back In The NHL
by Paul on 01/19/09 at 06:34 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Before we continue, crow must be eaten. We promised to run through the press box naked at the Stanley Cup finals if Claude Lemieux’s NHL comeback bid came to fruition. Ahem, media colleagues, you’ve been forewarned. Please make sure to have eaten dinner before we make good on our promise next June.
“That’s why we called him up,” Sharks GM Doug Wilson, joking of course, told us Monday.
We weren’t the only ones to make fun of this comeback bid. The laughter was universal around the hockey world. And Lemieux took notice.
“I got into this with my eyes wide open, knowing that most folks out there would think that I was out of my mind to attempt to do something like this,” Lemieux told a bunch of us media folk on a conference call Monday. “But it’s OK. I’ve had no problem taking criticism along the way. It motivated me even more. It’s been a fun road.”
more and a Rob Blake update plus some Flyers talk…
added 6:42pm, from Kevin Allen of Mucking and Grinding,
Essentially, Lemieux has a master’s in knowing how to win. That could be very important to the Sharks, given their history of playoff failures.
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I am hereby not putting in for a press pass! =P
Posted by Kevin S from NY on 01/19/09 at 07:31 PM ET
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I hate to say it, but I don’t really care that much. As much as I hated this player years ago, the passion has subsided and I have moved on to others (Pronger). I’m not, however, saying that if Kronner or someone gave Lemieux a good open ice hit I wouldn’t enjoy it.
Posted by Sp4r7an on 01/19/09 at 06:47 PM ET