Ya, we already knew about the traitor.
Elbows up, our defense doesn’t care whether he’s a star player or not.
The not so great one
Seriously this is really old news.
People in Edmonton have been literally shitting on his statue. We know about the traitor.
Who fucking cares. Old rich guy likes Trump. Shocker.
We know. Not that it matters. He moved to the US decades ago, anyway…so they can keep him.
and they can keep his shitty grape juice and industrial solvent whisky.
We know.
Gretzky has always been that way. I’m not sure why anyone respects him anymore.
He was at the inauguration, we know.
One of my best friends is from Brantford, huge hockey nut and a big Gretzky fan and man this must sting her so bad and it’s understandable. Gotta be so frustrating.
As one of the “Lemieux is the GOAT” crowd… LOL
Brantford is the most MAGA place in Canada outside of Alberta. Worst drunk driving and domestic violence rates in Southern Ontario.
I’m not from Brantford, but I’m from SOnt, and he was a god to a kid in the 80s. I remember fighting every ounce of my energy trying to stay up to watch the late night games as a little tiny kid. I remember saying as a 3 or 4 year old that I’m going to Edmonton when I grow up, I’m going to work and watch Wayne Gretzky (and it’s funny how that almost actually played out, but I got the wrong city). It breaks my fucking heart. You broke our hearts Wayne. Never meet your heroes they say, and it’s a funny saying because most of my heroes have actually turned out to be pretty stand up in person too. All but one.
Traitor to the core. Orr, too.
And this is news?
We know. He is a dickhead. His “whiskey” is shit, his “wine” tastes like his “whiskey” (also shit) and he is shit.
Why does it matter? He chose america willingly and they welcomed him a long time ago. They say never meet your heroes but the internet makes that almost impossible.
Make Apathetic Gretzky American.
I think Walter would be ashamed, I knew him personally from his charity work and he was a good man, a true Canadian and pretty opinionated in his own quiet way. I’m glad he didn’t live to see his son involved in and downplaying this shit. I can’t imagine how he would’ve felt good about it. Money and celebrity (and as someone else suggested, maybe CTE too) corrupts some people. It seems Wayne is one of those.
CTE is a hell of a series of traumatic brain injuries yes
Wayne wasn’t the subject of very many hits in hockey. CTE isn’t a factor that you can blame. As it goes with shit stains, everyone around him probably has the CTE as they were collateral damage, guys like Dave Semenko (it’s never been publically disclosed but he was post-mortem investigated for it after dying of cancer) or Marty McSorley (who is not dead but he states he has memory loss and other symptoms).
I get it, but are you a fan of hockey? Like did you watch the Gretzky years specifically? You’ll know what I’m referring to, if you did.
CTE is definitely a real bitch though, btw.
Do some people still doubt this?
