Why I Really, Really Hate Chris Pronger
I really, really hate Chris Pronger because:
Instead of celebrating an incredible season and playoff run....
Instead of looking forward to raising our first banner to the rafters in more than a dozen years...
Instead of discussing what extra piece of the puzzle we can add to give us a top flight regular season and get us back in the hunt for the Cup next year...
Nope..instead of doing any of that....
It all gets drowned out and overshadowed, and sadly forgotten by too many, by a shocking trade request...
...Not after we're done healing the pain of losing game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final...
...Not after we've been able to spend some time reflecting and celebrating an amazing season and run...
..Nope...Instead we get the kick in the junk less than 1 week after losing game 7.
Then we get the rumours...
...Did Pronger's wife hate Edmonton...
...Did Chris screw around....
...whatever!!!!
Then we get the media inspired panic...
...the Oilers are being "dismantled"...
...the Oilers are falling apart...
...nobody is coming back...
...nobody wants to play in Edmonton...
So...instead of celebration, reflection and positive speculation we get kicked in the junk, our city and club slandered, and rumours enough to fill the worst culture-degrading supermarket tabloid.
So, in conclusion...
Dear Chris Pronger,
I don't care. I don't care if you don't like Edmonton. I don't care if your wife doesn't like Edmonton. I don't care if you stepped out on your wife. I don't care if you owe drug money to local Columbian biker gangs from Mars. I don't even care if you have a sick relative that you need to be closer to.
I don't care what you have to say on Tuesday.
This is all YOUR doing! That's right, Mr. Pronger.
You instruct your agent to request a trade, then leak it to Al Strachan, the most anti-Oiler so-called journo out there....then go on holidays without explanation. Now you're upset over rumours flying? Now you're upset that people are saying mean things about you?
Mr. Pronger, had you a real and justifiable reason for wanting a trade away from Edmonton, then we, as fans, would have been disappointed to be sure. But we would have understood. But to skip town after asking to be dealt was simply cowardly. And then to blame the fans and media for the situation that is your doing is the worst insult of all. And your cowardly act implies to all of us that you most certainly aren't wanting away for a sick loved one.
So talk all you want on Tuesday. Those dumb enough to expect a real explanation can continue to have their intelligence insulted by you.
As for me? Piss off, Mr. Pronger. Piss off. You tarnished the best season and best accomplishment in a generation and then got mad at everyone else. Once again....piss off.
-jcr
Instead of celebrating an incredible season and playoff run....
Instead of looking forward to raising our first banner to the rafters in more than a dozen years...
Instead of discussing what extra piece of the puzzle we can add to give us a top flight regular season and get us back in the hunt for the Cup next year...
Nope..instead of doing any of that....
It all gets drowned out and overshadowed, and sadly forgotten by too many, by a shocking trade request...
...Not after we're done healing the pain of losing game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final...
...Not after we've been able to spend some time reflecting and celebrating an amazing season and run...
..Nope...Instead we get the kick in the junk less than 1 week after losing game 7.
Then we get the rumours...
...Did Pronger's wife hate Edmonton...
...Did Chris screw around....
...whatever!!!!
Then we get the media inspired panic...
...the Oilers are being "dismantled"...
...the Oilers are falling apart...
...nobody is coming back...
...nobody wants to play in Edmonton...
So...instead of celebration, reflection and positive speculation we get kicked in the junk, our city and club slandered, and rumours enough to fill the worst culture-degrading supermarket tabloid.
So, in conclusion...
Dear Chris Pronger,
I don't care. I don't care if you don't like Edmonton. I don't care if your wife doesn't like Edmonton. I don't care if you stepped out on your wife. I don't care if you owe drug money to local Columbian biker gangs from Mars. I don't even care if you have a sick relative that you need to be closer to.
I don't care what you have to say on Tuesday.
This is all YOUR doing! That's right, Mr. Pronger.
You instruct your agent to request a trade, then leak it to Al Strachan, the most anti-Oiler so-called journo out there....then go on holidays without explanation. Now you're upset over rumours flying? Now you're upset that people are saying mean things about you?
Mr. Pronger, had you a real and justifiable reason for wanting a trade away from Edmonton, then we, as fans, would have been disappointed to be sure. But we would have understood. But to skip town after asking to be dealt was simply cowardly. And then to blame the fans and media for the situation that is your doing is the worst insult of all. And your cowardly act implies to all of us that you most certainly aren't wanting away for a sick loved one.
So talk all you want on Tuesday. Those dumb enough to expect a real explanation can continue to have their intelligence insulted by you.
As for me? Piss off, Mr. Pronger. Piss off. You tarnished the best season and best accomplishment in a generation and then got mad at everyone else. Once again....piss off.
-jcr
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