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[Marshy]

Roenick goes on tirade over NHL lockout
TSN.ca Staff with KDKA files
6/26/2005 12:03:50 AM
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=128897&hubName=nhl

The National Hockey League and NHL Players' Association may be off for the weekend from CBA talks, but that didn't stop Philadelphia Flyers forward Jeremy Roenick from offering up another two cents on the topic.

Roenick, who was speaking at a Saturday media conference for Mario Lemieux's charity golf tournament, let out all his frustrations on the NHL lockout in a profanity-laced diatribe.

"They could have listened to the players who had an idea of where this was going - myself, (Flyers teammate) Robert Esche, (Calgary Flames captain) Jarome Iginla and (St. Louis Blues defenceman) Chris Pronger," he explained.

"But in February, I didn't think the deal stood up."

Roenick was referring to his involvement with Esche, Pronger and Iginla as part of a group that reportedly tried to put forth new, independent ideas for a collective bargaining agreement. Several reports said that some of his fellow players were later upset and angry over his actions.

Roenick also said Saturday that the new CBA will be much less than what was offered to the Players' Association back in February.

"If we would have signed that deal in February, in terms of what we're getting now, we would have looked like heroes," he added.

"Right now we look like a bunch of idiots...The deal in February beats the (expletive) out of the deal we're gonna sign in July."

Though both the NHL and NHLPA have had weeks of small-group meetings and intense bargaining sessions, neither side has been specific about when a deal could finally be done. It's believed a tentative deal could be reached as early as next week or after the Canada Day and Fourth of July weekend. The renewed sense of optimism over an impending deal is a stark contrast to the doom and gloom of four months ago when NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman cancelled the 2004-2005 season.

"It's unfortunate we had to go through a whole year to realize the (expletive) that was going on," said Roenick. "We've hurt our league, we've hurt the reputation of our league and the integrity of our league by sticking up for something that might not have been the right thing to do."

Roenick then made his case for NHL players and what he thought of public opinion up to this point.

"If people are going to sit and chastise pro athletes for being cocky - for being suck asses - they need to look at one thing and that's the deal we're going to be signing in about three weeks," he said.

"Pro athletes are not cocky. Pro athletes care about the game. Everybody out there who calls us spoiled because we play a game - they can kiss my ass."

Even if a new NHL collective bargaining agreement is reached, the 15-year NHL veteran may not make a return to the ice.

Roenick told Sporting News Radio on Friday that he has not made up his mind about whether or not he'll lace up his skates again.

"I have to see how my body reacts to some really, really, really hard training regimen here coming up in the latter part of the summer," he said.

"It's very hard to get motivated without a deal. Once that announcement comes, I think the motivational factor will definitely be lifted. I have not 100 percent made my decision to play, but to tell you the truth, I have a lot of drive in me and really, really want to continue."

Quotes from Pittsburgh's KDKA were used for this report.






Wow I watched the video at TSN.CA and kudos to Roenick. Say what you will but if Gretzky wasn't the front runner for a new commisioner, I would totally put my vote for JR in. He is as passionate about this game as anyone I have ever seen.

[Dark Knight]

I agree with this statement: ""Right now we look like a bunch of idiots..."

[hockey2k]

I used to like JR's in your face attitude, but now I think that crackpot has had one too many concussions. His comments about the fans are just shameful...these people pay your paycheck, idiot. You should be kissing their ass to get them back in the stadiums!

"Pro athletes are not cocky. Pro athletes care about the game. Everybody out there who calls us spoiled because we play a game - they can kiss my ass."

Roenick went on to say that the players didn't want those so-called "fans" at the rink.

"I will say personally, personally, to everybody who calls us spoiled - you guys are just jealous... We're trying to get this thing back on the ice and make it better for the fans.  If you don't realize that, then don't come.  We don't want you in the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey."

[DropThePuck]

Roenick whines some more ...

"... the media picked out the negative stuff. Don't show snippets of the interview; show the whole interview, the whole message. My message during the interview was: How do we make the game more appealing to the fans," Roenick told the Philadelphia Inquirer

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[MrsBevo]

Well, with Roenick, you know you aren't going to get anything censored. Speak first, think later. It is somewhat refreshing that he doesn't even attempt to be politcally correct.

[Veca]

Well, with Roenick, you know you aren't going to get anything censored.  Speak first, think later. It is somewhat refreshing that he doesn't even attempt to be politcally correct.

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JR is still JR, very entertaining and full of it.

[DropThePuck]

"Kiss My A**."  And if you're a little squeamish about the human derriere, there is the long version – "We're Trying To Make It Better For Everybody, And If You Don't Realize That, Then Don't Come."
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Unless this is reverse psychology. Unless this is a surreptitious ad campaign that dares people to overcome a seeming insult to prove they can take whatever you can dish out. Unless this is downright brilliant countermarketing – taking a bad situation and making it better by sneaking up on it from behind.

Who knows, after all, what lurks in the febrile mind of Jeremy Roenick?

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[Francaise]

He can kiss MY ass! What a loser with a capital L. Yeah, bite the hand that feeds you, the fans, that is. Okay, the owners pay the plaers, but the fans who go to the games pay the owners to pay the players. Well, JR is off my list now of likable players.

A) maybe the $10 mil a men shouldn't refuse their contracts demanding more, so then WE the $75 per game fans won't "blame" the players.

I couldn't possibly be jealous, as I have never even wanted to play hockey, so how could I want to be in HIS place?

C) where's Patrick Roy when you need him, "I can't hear JR, because my Stanley Cup rings are in my ears"!

[Reb]

A)  maybe the $10 mil a men shouldn't refuse their contracts demanding more, so then WE the $75 per game fans won't "blame" the players.

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You can afford DAT much? I KNEW I was in lub wi'choo but don't tell your husband.

[Veca]

A)  maybe the $10 mil a men shouldn't refuse their contracts demanding more, so then WE the $75 per game fans won't "blame" the players.

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You can afford DAT much? I KNEW I was in lub wi'choo but don't tell your husband.

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[Francaise]

Reb, Veca... hahahahaahahah, you funny, hahahahahahaha

[M T]

I love JR.

[DropThePuck]

"We already had a black eye," Wild wing Andrew Brunette said.

Roenick, an outspoken perennial all-star, said fans who blame players for the eight-month lockout could pucker up and plant one on his posterior, repeating the invitation for emphasis.
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"It does surprise me," Wild general manager and president Doug Risebrough said of Roenick's timing, "but if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him."

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[Veca]

JR, the mouth that roared. He did get people talking about hockey again....

[Baltic Gal]

I didn't see anyone post links to these stories so I thought I would.

This quote kills me.

giving good quote while leaving out the old-man-with-hemorrhoids crustiness that has completely enveloped his rival in SportsCenter appearances, Brett Hull.

Roenick Speaks His Mind And Well--Hockey News

Roenick put his skate in his mouth and they're still counting the number of stitches needed to close the wound. His subsequent protestations about being quoted out of context are almost irrelevant. Roenick is media-savvy enough to know that in this era of sound-bite quotation journalism, even in print and online, he can't have 500-word prefaces or epilogues around his most pithy quotes.

But beyond that, what's the big deal?

Terry Frei--Candor Unapperciated


Ratto--Roenick Marketing Genius?

[Francaise]

I guess I am missing it. He insults us, and he's a genius?

I doubt there are many of us who did not even partially blame the players for the lockout. Okay no worries, must be me...... I shouldn't go to the games anymore (per JR) since I blamed the greediness of the players. Damn, and I love hockey so.

[Reb]

Nooo, Frenchy. What it is is JR opens mouth and instead of sticking a foot in he just jumps in with both feet.

[DropThePuck]

Myers: "You could have ducked us, but you were big enough to call, and we appreciate that."

J.R.: "You know why I come on? It's because I know I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not hiding from anything that I said. If people understood the context of how I said it and why I said it, it would make a lot of sense - instead of just throwing me on air. ... "

Myers: "Throwing you under the bus, as Bryan would say."

J.R.: "Throw me under the bus?! They backed up over me and threw me on the train tracks!"

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[DropThePuck]

He's still opening his mouth ...

Roenick, who made headlines for his comments throughout the lockout, was candid in his reponses.  When asked about Bob Goodenow's future with the NHLPA, Roenick held nothing back.

"It (the salary cap) is not something he's been in favour of from the start," Roenick said.  "I really think the players are going to vote it into the game and he's going to quit and go someplace else."

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[Francaise]

So when do the two stanley Cup rings get stuck inside his mouth? huh? huh? When DTP, when????? Tell me oh wise wonder man?!