FolignoQuantumLeap
Don't Hold The Door
I've always had a special place in my heart for Emery.
Story time. In high school and a couple summers into uni, I had a job doing pools and hot tubs. We did a bunch of work for Sens players at the time, the company was a sponsor of the team. I'll never forget the day I went to Emery's place to fix his hot tub. We ring the doorbell, he answers and is super duper happy to see us, incredibly friendly immediately offers us coffee or beer (this is 10am btw). Anyways, we go through the house. He has almost no furniture and has multiple rooms just full of shoes. We get the hot tub. The problem is obvious to the guy I'm working with who has seen this problem 100x before with the tub. He reaches into the filter and pulls out some women's panties. All parties share a laugh and we're on our way shortly after. Emery gives us both twenties for our trouble.
Was a super short interaction with the guy but I always think of it when he's mentioned. He was so nice and all the other guys at the company said the same when they dealt with him. Meanwhile we had dick's like Mike Eastwood and Dany Heatley to do work for and hated going to their places. Also had a ton of friends working at the Brookstreet at the time and they were all told to just take the abuse from hockey players.
I know Emery had his issues, including those with his fiance and some alleged abuse, eventually leading to her calling off the wedding. He was no saint. But I hope he's at peace. I'm sure he'll be missed by many. Sad day. RIP Ray.
Story time. In high school and a couple summers into uni, I had a job doing pools and hot tubs. We did a bunch of work for Sens players at the time, the company was a sponsor of the team. I'll never forget the day I went to Emery's place to fix his hot tub. We ring the doorbell, he answers and is super duper happy to see us, incredibly friendly immediately offers us coffee or beer (this is 10am btw). Anyways, we go through the house. He has almost no furniture and has multiple rooms just full of shoes. We get the hot tub. The problem is obvious to the guy I'm working with who has seen this problem 100x before with the tub. He reaches into the filter and pulls out some women's panties. All parties share a laugh and we're on our way shortly after. Emery gives us both twenties for our trouble.
Was a super short interaction with the guy but I always think of it when he's mentioned. He was so nice and all the other guys at the company said the same when they dealt with him. Meanwhile we had dick's like Mike Eastwood and Dany Heatley to do work for and hated going to their places. Also had a ton of friends working at the Brookstreet at the time and they were all told to just take the abuse from hockey players.
I know Emery had his issues, including those with his fiance and some alleged abuse, eventually leading to her calling off the wedding. He was no saint. But I hope he's at peace. I'm sure he'll be missed by many. Sad day. RIP Ray.
