TONIGHT THE CALGARY FLAMES WILL RETIRE MIKE VERNON'S NUMBER 30...
TOMORROW NIGHT IN BUFFALO THE SABRES WILL RETIRE PHIL HOUSLEY'S NUMBER 6...
THERE WAS A TIME THAT GETTING YOUR NUMBER RETIRED BY A TEAM REQUIRED A PLAYER TO SPEND MOST OF...IF NOT ALL OF HIS CAREER WITH ONE ORGANIZATION...
STEVE YZERMAN IS SUCH A PLAYER WITH DETROIT...
HOWEVER BETWEEN VERNON AND HOUSLEY...
THE TWO PLAYED FOR A COMBINED 12 TEAMS...
LAST MONTH BRETT HULL HAD HIS NUMBER 16 RETIRED BY ST. LOUIS...
NO QUESTION THE 11 SEASONS HULL PLAYED IN THAT CITY WERE HIS BEST...
BUT HE ALSO PLAYED FOR A TOTAL OF 4 OTHER TEAMS WINNING STANLEY CUPS WITH BOTH DETROIT AND DALLAS...
IT WAS HULL'S DECISION TO LEAVE ST. LOUIS AS AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT...
THESE DAYS HULL AND HIS FAMILY STILL LIVE IN DALLAS AND HE NOW WORKS IN THE STARS FRONT OFFICE...
SO WHY THE WILLINGNESS OF THE BLUES TO KISS AND MAKE UP...
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS THIS SEASON???
THE BLUES ARE PLAYING IN FRONT OF 5 OR 6 THOUSAND FANS A GAME...
HOWEVER THE NIGHT THEY RETIRED BRETT HULL'S NUMBER...
THE PLACE WAS SOLD OUT...
ON THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH THE OILERS WILL RETIRE MARK MESSIER'S NUMBER 11...
THESE ARE THE SAME OILERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR PUBLIC MONEY TO BUILD A NEW ARENA...
ONLY A FOOL WOULD THINK ALL THIS IS JUST A COINCIDENCE...
LETS MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS STRAIGHT...
IN 1991 MESSIER TURNED HIS BACK ON EDMONTON TO PLAY IN NEW YORK...
TODAY MESSIER TOLD THE TORONTO SUN...HE NOW PLANS TO TALK TO GENERAL MANAGER GLEN SATHER ABOUT RUNNNING THE RANGERS ONCE SATHER DECIDES TO STEP DOWN...
THE TRUTH IS...FANS HAVE SELLECTIVE MEMORY LOSS...AND THE PEOPLE WHO OWN AND RUN THIS GAME DEPEND ON THAT...
JUST LIKE THE MAN SAID..."THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE"...
IF MESSIER...OR HULL...OR VERNON HAD WON A STANLEY CUP IN VANCOUVER...
TRUST ME THE CANUCKS WOULD BE RETIRING THEIR NUMBERS AS WELL
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