The Worst Kept Secret in Hockey
Trevor Linden is retiring...no kidding!
His send off on the final game of the year was a terrific way to say good bye to the Vancouver fans. I will forever remember him in the 94 playoffs...leading and carrying (at times) his team to the finals...and willin ghis team to win game 7...but his effort just wasn't enough. I'll also remember the playoffs of 2007, in which he emerged as the dominant Canuck player against Dallas and Anaheim. The old man showing the kids how it is done.
When I visited Vancouver last October, there was two things I wanted to do...watch a Canuck game, and buy a Linden sweater. You see, the number 16 has always been 'my' number...well before Linden ever came along. And, I would go on the NHL site and pop up the uniform and plug in the number and then type in my last name to see what the sweater would look like...and it would never look correct. The number 16, with either a skate, a whale or a stick in rink should only have Linden above it.
And for me, it will always have a 'C' over the heart too.
Waiting For Stanley
Yankee Canuck
UPDATE: I noticed a little thank you to Ted Saskin in there too. Hmmm.
Oh my something in common! You see number "16" is my favorite number too worn by the greatest quarterback of all time Joe Montana :)
Posted by: Le' Monica | June 11, 2008 at 09:40 PM
sniff sniff... brought a tear to my eye.
Linden is hot and so was Joe Montana.. but now Joe is getting a bit old so probably not that hot anymore. Back in the day I did love to watch Joe's tight buns running down that field.
They really need to re-think the hockey uniforms so we can see thighs and buns.
Sex sells to women too!
Posted by: Tai-Tai | June 12, 2008 at 08:11 AM
OK...so the number 16 comes from Johnny Davis, guard for the Blazers way back when...favorite player at the time. JD played WAY before Joe, alright?!?!?
Posted by: GZ Expat | June 12, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Well in that case we know JD was wearing tight short shorts that were popular in the 70's. I will bet he had nice thighs and buns maybe even the obligatory bulge in front, that was always present even on the leisure suits of the time. At the time though I thought boys were gross because I was about 10! Boys had cooties! ;)
Posted by: Tai-Tai | June 12, 2008 at 08:54 AM