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by Paul on 09/23/09 at 08:06 PM ET
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“Let me tell Andrew Ference, one defenseman to another, he should spend more time worrying about going to back to get the puck than to worry about Paul Kelly’s ability to do the job as head of the PA, said Park, who turned 61 years old in July. ‘’When [Ference] was in junior, I assume he wasn’t going to college...so I ask, what makes him so [expletive] smart?! They had a guy like Chris Chelios in that room [in Chicago] who disagreed, told them to wait and think.
‘’Maybe guys like Ference should take time to listen to guys who are older and smarter.’’
-Hall of Fame Defenseman Brad Park on the comments Andrew Ference made about Paul Kelly. More by Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe.
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You tell `em, Steve-Dave!
Always nice to see one of the old guard verbally bitch-slap some of the current batch of players and their ridiculous sense of entitlement.
Posted by JimH from the International Space Station on 09/23/09 at 08:28 PM ET
They had a guy like Chris Chelios in that room [in Chicago] who disagreed, told them to wait and think.
‘’Maybe guys like Ference should take time to listen to guys who are older and smarter.’’
You just can’t tell the kids anything these days. 
Whatever the “issues” are, I’m going to have to go with whatever Cheli is standing up for. And more power to him for speaking out at a time when keeping quiet would be in his best interests personally.
As for Ferrence, maybe he should focus on what it takes to be a competent hockey player before he puts himself out there as a leader of hockey players.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 09/23/09 at 10:00 PM ET
The only real problem I had with what Park said was right at the beginning, when he referred to Ference as a defenseman.
That’s stretching it a bit.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 09/24/09 at 07:43 AM ET
Ference is painful to listen to with all his Save the World crap......visiting Africa to hand out condoms or something....riding a bike to save energy.....gimme a break. He makes a couple million bucks to be a barely competent hockey player. He should be practicing hockey 24/7 and get off the soapbox telling people how to live their lives. I wish I could get a free trip to Africa or buy a condo a block from where I work so I could save the environment...total jackazz. As for the NHLPA....nobody really wants to be a player rep so all you get is annoying “know it alls”...that’s how politics work. Nobody with sense wants the job
Posted by kevin from boston on 09/24/09 at 08:20 AM ET
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Ference has ALWAYS been a DICK, From the time hey came up with the Pens, He has Bitched & Moaned about Everything & Anything !!!
Posted by Evilpens on 09/23/09 at 07:32 PM ET