Posted on 06/28/2005 6:50:10 AM PDT by OldArmy94
PRESTO, Pa. (AP) -- Philadelphia Flyers center Jeremy Roenick has some advice for hockey fans who blame the NHL lockout on players' greed: Once it's finally settled, stay home.
``We're going to try to make it better for everybody, period, end of subject. And if you don't realize that, then don't come,'' said Roenick, who spoke at a charity golf event he played in over the weekend.
``We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey,'' he said Saturday at the Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational in suburban Pittsburgh.
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It's remotely possible J.R. can get away with a it's-not-the-money-it's-the-principle-of-the-thing stance, since there's a 50-50 chance he'll retire before the next game.
This season I'm gonna go to as many games as I went to last season!~}
Wow - too bad JR (Roenick) is such a tool. He was the last great player that the pitiful Blackhawks had.
If I go to ANY games, it will only be to boo this ass.
I'll bet the league just LOVED him going on TV, telling the fans that they're just jealous and to stay home.
In the early 90's I ended a 40+ yr. love affair with the game, so don't worry JR, I won't be back.
Me too.
We dont need no stinkin' hockey!
As a matter of fact, I'm pretty done with sports in general as professional athletes are becoming just like Hollywood A-holes.
Ok, d*ckwad...you've got yourself a deal!
Jeremy Roenick
Position: Centre
Team: Philadelphia Flyers
Conference: Eastern Conference
Division: Atlantic Division
Shoots: Right
Height: 6'
Weight: 200
Birth Date: 1970-01-17
Birth Country: United States, BOSTON
Year Drafted: 1988
Round Drafted: 1
Overall Choice: 8
2004/05 Compensation: $7,000,000. Somehow I don't think he got that 7 mil
As you wish, Buttercup.
I think that college level hockey, just like college level basketball is fantastic from a sports fans perspective. No overpaid, over-hyped bubble heads like Roenick and his ilk of spoiled players.
JR (Roenick) ought to be a Senator with this attitude.
Hockey Ping!
LOL! Very true.
I think the Good Lord "pulled the goalie" when He made Roenick.
OK I won't!!
Please do not settle the strike. We don't want hockey to be played professionally. We already have enough gangs and gangsters.
NHwho?
Roenick has a long history of saying stupid things. He played the last season with a broken jaw - I kind of liked that:
Roenick's jaw wired shut, still won't shut up
By Chris Suppa
Saturday, February 14th, 2004
LOS ANGELES (sPERTS.net) -- It's going to take a lot more than a broken jaw to keep Jeremy Roenick quiet.
Roenick continued to flap his gums just days after undergoing an operation to wire his jaw shut.
"A little metal isn't gonna stop me from giving people a piece of my mind," Roenick mumbled through his teeth. He gave a lengthy statement on behalf of the NHL Players' Association yesterday, outlining the union's position on a potential lockout for next season and beyond.
"We’re ready to dig in," Roenick said. "We'll (unintelligible) Europe and then (unintelligible) owners can see how (unintelligible) salary cap."
http://www.sperts.net/article.php?page=135
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