markrander87
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I've heard rumuors that he knocked up a weathergirl and his wife made him leave the city?? Any truth to this or real facts on why he left.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=92fab5f6-a0e8-43fe-bcb2-43fad1a44471
One recap from Edmonton Journal writers Staples and McKinnon.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=92fab5f6-a0e8-43fe-bcb2-43fad1a44471
One recap from Edmonton Journal writers Staples and McKinnon.
I am thinking because Cali > Edmonton in every possible way.
Pronger didn't want to throw his wife "under the bus" so to speak and that's why he's never come forth with why he left.
Why he still gets booed in Edmonton is beyond me.
Pronger didn't want to throw his wife "under the bus" so to speak and that's why he's never come forth with why he left.
Why he still gets booed in Edmonton is beyond me.
For real? Putting aside the common view that a contract should be played out, or that the Oilers' investment in Pronger meant that their direction was sidetracked due to the team having built around him, he wound up taunting and teasing the scenario and made it worse.
Assuming that the rumours of infidelity were NOT true, one can appreciate that he would have been offended by the barrage of accusations. But he knew that going on the Jim Rome Show and elsewhere to talk trash about the city and its responses to his departure would only serve as gasoline to the fire.
Pronger by nature, is outspoken. He says what's on his mind, he has difficulty holding his tongue. In many ways, it's great to be Roenick-esque. But his outspoken ways only contributed to the crisis.
Personally, I have no issues with Pronger having not shared his reasons for wanting out. Frankly, I don't share the perspective held by many that he somehow owed the city, the team, or the fans a rationale. But what he DID owe the above was to handle the episode with an iota of class. Fans were classless, but there wasn't the need for him to be.
Of note, hasn't it become commonplace for fans in all cities OTHER THAN the one Pronger's playing in, to boo him whenever he touches the puck? Fo sho, this is partly on account of his hard nosed game playing, also due to him being so great. Tall poppy syndrome. But Pronger's demonstrated himself to be an ass various times, in many different situations.
Therein the continued booing in Edmonton, and elsewhere.
Good post but I have to disagree with your opinion that Pronger didn't owe the team an explanation. He most certainly did. They paid him really good money and basically told him that this would be his team to lead. When you put that much time, effort and hopes on a player and he leaves, he owes you an explanation. I'm not saying he had to tell us fans why, but it's not the end of the world to tell the GM who signed you to the contract, especially when your trade demand was made public 2 days after such a magical stanley cup run. It was unprofessional of him, it was classless and it happened in a way that showed he had absolutely no respect for the team, the Oilers ownership or the city that worshipped him. Very selfish person, although we respect his ability and what he's done for Canadian hockey, you can't respect him as a person.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=92fab5f6-a0e8-43fe-bcb2-43fad1a44471
One recap from Edmonton Journal writers Staples and McKinnon.
Pronger didn't want to throw his wife "under the bus" so to speak and that's why he's never come forth with why he left.
Why he still gets booed in Edmonton is beyond me.