Should Gretky have been on the shootout in '98? Why?

Spungo* · Oct 25, 2005

monster_bertuzzi said:
How many goals did Wayne score that year? 9?

Uhh, try 23. And he finished third in the league in scoring that year. What a washed up has been, eh? Not to mention he outplayed pretty much everybody on that Olympic team.

davenash · Oct 25, 2005

He should have been in the shootout because, uh, I don't know...

Oh...Maybe because he's the greatest goal scorer of all time???

lemieux32* · Oct 25, 2005

Did anyone ever think that maybe Gretzky said no? He has said many times that he was terrible on breakaways, so perhaps when the time came he said "no thanks." If someone has a link saying otherwise fine, but I think this has to be taken into account and as a coach you never put a player in a position he is uncfortable with if you can help it.

Ogopogo* · Oct 25, 2005

lemieux32 said:
Did anyone ever think that maybe Gretzky said no? He has said many times that he was terrible on breakaways, so perhaps when the time came he said "no thanks." If someone has a link saying otherwise fine, but I think this has to be taken into account and as a coach you never put a player in a position he is uncfortable with if you can help it.

No old enough to have seen the shootout in '98, are you?

lemieux32* · Oct 25, 2005

Ogopogo said:
No old enough to have seen the shootout in '98, are you?

Wow, that's an intelligent response. Are you sure you're not spungo?
:shakehead

Ogopogo* · Oct 25, 2005

lemieux32 said:
Wow, that's an intelligent response. Are you sure you're not spungo?

Well, if you had seen Gretzky on the bench during and after the shootout then heard the interview with Gretzky after the shootout, you would know that he was pissed that he was not selected.

I am guessing you didn't see it if you thought Gretzky didn't want to shoot. The only reason you wouldn't have seen it is that you are too young.

Make sense?

lemieux32* · Oct 25, 2005

Ogopogo said:
Well, if you had seen Gretzky on the bench during and after the shootout then heard the interview with Gretzky after the shootout, you would know that he was pissed that he was not selected.

I am guessing you didn't see it if you thought Gretzky didn't want to shoot. The only reason you wouldn't have seen it is that you are too young.

Make sense?

So everyone in the world had the time and ability to watch that game and did so? Does that make sense?

Sens Rule · Oct 26, 2005

lemieux32 said:
So everyone in the world had the time and ability to watch that game and did so? Does that make sense?

Makes sense if you were Canadian and are a big enough hockey fan to post on this board. But you are American but still you would think that you would watch the gold medal hockey game from the Olympics, but then you may not have seen the interview if it wasn't on American TV. Was it on American TV? Anyone remember?

lemieux32* · Oct 26, 2005

cup2006sensrule said:
Makes sense if you were Canadian and are a big enough hockey fan to post on this board. But you are American but still you would think that you would watch the gold medal hockey game from the Olympics, but then you may not have seen the interview if it wasn't on American TV. Was it on American TV? Anyone remember?

Didn't get to see the game, at the time I was playing hockey in college and I do believe we were either in a hotel or on a bus. I guess Ogopogo believes the world does everything he does.

Ogopogo* · Oct 26, 2005

lemieux32 said:
Didn't get to see the game, at the time I was playing hockey in college and I do believe we were either in a hotel or on a bus. I guess Ogopogo believes the world does everything he does.

Perhaps you have just learned why you should quit talking out your a_ss on topics you know knothing about?

lemieux32* · Oct 26, 2005

Ogopogo said:
Perhaps you have just learned why you should quit talking out your a_ss on topics you know knothing about?

Who made you the King A-hole? You should take a page out of Cup2006sensrule's book and learn to have adult discussions instead of acting like a little child with no self-esteem.

Bring Back Bucky · Oct 26, 2005

Come on people now, smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Gotta love one another right now

pei fan · Oct 26, 2005

cup2006sensrule said:
Makes sense if you were Canadian and are a big enough hockey fan to post on this board. But you are American but still you would think that you would watch the gold medal hockey game from the Olympics, but then you may not have seen the interview if it wasn't on American TV. Was it on American TV? Anyone remember?

Did Canada play in the Gold Medal game in that Olympics? :dunno:

nneate · Nov 1, 2005

lemieux32 said:
Did anyone ever think that maybe Gretzky said no? He has said many times that he was terrible on breakaways, so perhaps when the time came he said "no thanks." If someone has a link saying otherwise fine, but I think this has to be taken into account and as a coach you never put a player in a position he is uncfortable with if you can help it.

Crawford made his selection on who goes out for a shootout before the game even started, so he couldn't have even gone with who had the hot hands that night, Pretty sure those were the rules at the time.

But still, why the hell would he pick Ray Bourque over Gretzky??? :shakehead

chooch* · Nov 1, 2005

Ogopogo said:
Well, if you had seen Gretzky on the bench during and after the shootout then heard the interview with Gretzky after the shootout, you would know that he was pissed that he was not selected.

Youre darn right he was pissing on the bench!

Never scoring many goals after the age of 27 will do that to ya.

Bring Back Bucky · Nov 1, 2005

chooch said:
Youre darn right he was pissing on the bench!

Never scoring many goals after the age of 27 will do that to ya.

Thanks for your continued ruining of good threads. That pee humor never gets old, you're a class act. :shakehead

JCD · Nov 1, 2005

chooch said:
Youre darn right he was pissing on the bench!

Never scoring many goals after the age of 27 will do that to ya.

Other than those 311...

Moon Man* · Nov 1, 2005

JCD said:
Other than those 311...

Who are you?

JCD · Nov 2, 2005

Newfie Jesus said:
Who are you?

I'm Batman!

Random Ryan* · Nov 2, 2005

JCD said:
I'm Batman!

LIER!!!!!
I reaserched it and found out this!!!!

Hes ROBIN!!!

chum · Nov 2, 2005

ya, he was slow. he was old,

but you konw what, he had to be one of the top 5 players on the team in terms of "knowing what to do on a shootout" he didn't need to be fast.

i am not a gretzky love but i think he should had been there.

The Kingslayer · Nov 2, 2005

Why wasn't Sakic in? :dunno:

reckoning · Nov 2, 2005

chooch said:
Youre darn right he was pissing on the bench!

Never scoring many goals after the age of 27 will do that to ya.

Then Mario must be wearing diapers this year,

MS · Nov 2, 2005

Gretzky would have been a better selection than Bouque.

But Yzerman would have been a better selection than Gretzky, and why he was left off has always been more mystifying to me than the Gretzky omission. Yzerman was a better player, better scorer, and better on breakaways than Gretzky at that point in time.

espo* · Nov 2, 2005

ice berg slim said:
Why wasn't Sakic in?

he did'nt play that game because of injuries.

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