Only in New York by Brian Leetch

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Fun read.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/brian-leetch-wayne-gretzky-only-in-new-york/

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[GAGLine]

Great read. Thanks for posting.

 

[JayMan82]

Wow, that was great, thanks for the link!

 

[nevesis]

Great read!

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

That was a great story. Thank you for sharing the link.

 

[sbjnyc]

Nice read, thanks. I wonder if players still share hotel rooms.

 

[Son of Steinbrenner]

Great story. The Players Tribune is a lot better than I ever thought it would be. I'm sure a lot of stories have "ghost writers" but who cares. They are still interesting.

 

[Crease]

Great story. The Players Tribune is a lot better than I ever thought it would be. I'm sure a lot of stories have "ghost writers" but who cares. They are still interesting.

The athletes share their stories with a writer/interviewer. The writer/interviewer then transcribes the interview into blog form. Some journos have a problem with TPT not crediting the writer, but I don't see a real issue with it.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

The article didn't provide any clarity on the broken ankle incident, kidding. But for real, screw Wayne I'd be lining up for a photo with Janet. Just a reminder of what a special club we have.....

 

[KreiderHouseRules*]

Amazing article.

Players tribune is such a good idea. I wish I came up with it. Damn you, Jeter, you're some damn perfect.

One of my all time favorite plays is that play against Montreal that was posted. Robitaille literally says "ok hold up one sec I'll be right back," holds his glove up, circles up almost to the blueline and then Gretzky sees he's on his way, fakes right and then back to the near side and feeds a laser of a pass right onto the middle of the blade of a streaking Robitaille for the game-winner.

I love Gretzky.

I love Leetch.

I love Lamp.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

If you guys weren't Rangers fans would you really find this players tribune article interesting?

He didn't actually talk about what it means to play hockey in New York. This read like 99% of the PT articles, where it just involves the player finding different ways of saying "pinch me, I must be dreaming". Did you expect playing with Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky was just going to be "run of the mill"?

Don't get me wrong, it was a neat little article, but it reads like all of them.

The best Player Tribune articles are the ones about specific incidents or aspects, like Sean Averys article on money, or Patrick O'Sullivan about his abusive father.

 

[Baby Punisher]

The Leetch article was a great read. The Cam Ward article right under the Leetch article made me cry.

 

[KreiderHouseRules*]

If you guys weren't Rangers fans would you really find this players tribune article interesting?

He didn't actually talk about what it means to play hockey in New York. This read like 99% of the PT articles, where it just involves the player finding different ways of saying "pinch me, I must be dreaming". Did you expect playing with Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky was just going to be "run of the mill"?

Don't get me wrong, it was a neat little article, but it reads like all of them.

The best Player Tribune articles are the ones about specific incidents or aspects, like Sean Averys article on money, or Patrick O'Sullivan about his abusive father.

And Carcillo's.

Agreed 1000%.

 

[Stasis]

And Carcillo's.

Agreed 1000%.

I agree. This was mostly just fun, and a well timed sales pitch, imo. =)

 

[GordonGecko]

Dominic Moore:

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/the-most-important-part-of-the-nhl-locker-room/

 

[Boris Zubov]

Dominic Moore:

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/the-most-important-part-of-the-nhl-locker-room/

That was a much better read. Considering Moore is a Harvard guy, I bet he wrote it himself.