Name:Buford McGraw

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Every Canadian-born hockey player on Olympic 'LONG' list

81 players on Hockey Canada's Olympic 'long' list? Christ, who isn't included here? I know it's an article of faith among our jock-sniffing press that our hockey-mad country could send three teams to the Olympics and finish one-two-three, but this seems like a transparent attempt to placate a lot of guys who don't have a hope in hell of making the team. I mean, how else can you explain the inclusion of Canucks' sieve Dan freakin' Cloutier? Not to mention Steve Staios...Steve Staios? Wes Walz? Who is he again? Old man Joe Nieuwendyk? Where's George Armstrong? And how about Syl Apps? Oh...he's dead apparently.

And how could they omit Gord, from my Tuesday night beer league from their list? Sure he's about 40 pounds overweight right now, but you should see his hands in front of the net. You just can't teach a touch like his! And when he's sober, he's even better.

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