(TV) #4, Bobby Orr, Is a TV Fan / Lowdown on x-Boston Bruin, Joe Thor nton / Maurice 'The Rocket' Rickard / RE: O' Canada

["Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov>]

Greg,

>Boston, you a Bruins fan?  

No, but my younger brother used to have season 
tickets when Bobby Orr and Derek Sanderson were 
in their prime. 

According to my brother---who sometimes forces 
me to watch the Bruins  :>) when I'm at his 
house--the owner of the team is quite content to 
not invest any of his money in the team. (I think 
the last time the Bruins won the Stanley Cup was 
in 1972[?])  So, until the Boston hockey fans 
smarten up and stop supporting the franchise in 
large numbers, year-in-year out no matter what the 
quality of the players, the owner will never spend 
what is necessary to construct a championship 
caliber team. 

>.... and that trade to the San Jose Sharks really 
>turned to bite you in the ass.  

OK--So, do you want to know the lowdown---the 
real Scoop on why the Boston Bruins traded young 
Joe Thornton?!?  According to a guy from Lowell, 
MA, who works in the Bruins' clubhouse, both 
the Bruins manager and General Manager (Harry 
Sinden) are hard-asses about loud music being 
played in the clubhouse after games.

Despite being warned repeatedly, and fined 
twice, Joe Thornton, not only constantly 
blasted Verlaine's, "Cry Mercy, Judge" in the 
locker room post game, but worse, would 
sometimes even climb on top of the trainer's 
table and shout out his analyses of the lyrics 
of the album, "Adventure", or attempt to convert 
his teammates to the band's cause.  

It got so bad, that Bruins management brought 
in a special Human Resources consultant, who 
succeeded in convincing the legend himself, 
Maurice 'The Rocket'/Rhyme Rickard, to fly in 
to try and pound some sense into Thornton.  

Maurice tried to convince Joe to trade-in 
his boom box for an I-pod, but Maurice 
wasn't his old persuasive self.  Fatherly 
obligations and the Great Mash Up Contest 
had taken a heavy toll--so, his closed-door 
meeting with Joe lasted less than 20 minutes. 
(But if ever there was a man born to be 
'The Masher', it was Maurice Rickard in his 
prime:  his razor sharp skates, his sticks 
made from Tulip Poplar trees [also used as 
timbers in mines]--and none of those 
girly-man helmets for Maurice.)  

So, Sinden killed two birds with one stone 
by trading Joe Thornton to the Sharks: 
the Bruin's avoided having to resign him  
at a much higher salary as a 'free agent', 
and they also got rid of a locker room 
trouble-maker, which greatly helped to 
improve the team's morale---until shortly 
thereafter, when they went into a terrible 
swoon and lost 11 out of their next 
16 games. 

>To stay on topic, who would Tom cheer 
>for, the Rangers>or the Islanders?

That's easy----the Rangers, of course.  
Tom goes way back with those guys. Back 
in the late '70s, whenever Television 
would play at Syncopation in Hartsdale, 
NY, or My Father's Place in Roslyn, Long 
Island, if the audience-turnout was small, 
Tom would have the band play just one set. 
Then he'd retire to the bar to watch the 
Rangers on tv while downing Molson's and 
Canadian club between smokes. 

With every record label a let down
Every idol a bring down
It gets Tom down.
But his search for perfection
His own predilection
Goes on and on and on and on
(But still no album release).
Canadian club, Love
A place in the country
It's Tom's contract ideal.

>If one is a Sharks fan you are likely 
>a >Canadian / Canadien / but not a leafs 
>fan ex-patriate.

Greg, you succeeded in totally confusing 
me, and making my brain hurt---I'll need 
definitely need a non-hockey player to 
explain that one to me. (I was torn out 
by the roots and laid out to dry; my head 
is spinning, my, oh my!

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From: tv-owner@obbard.com On Behalf Of grntg
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:02 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: O' Canada / RE: (TV) O Mi Amore chorus?


Bonjour Leo,
Saskatchewan, and it's about 10 degrees celcius (not
sure what that is in F, 37 or 38 perhaps).  Have not
had freezing tempertures for about 3 weeks and there
is no snow.  Sadly, I cannot take my kids toboganning
(sledding in American, or the manly art of
man-sledging UK style) and the outdoor rinks all
melted so we can't go skating or play hockey.  No
worries, I still play hockey in the indoor complexes 2
x per week (as it is a mandatory requirement for being
Canadian ..
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