Hockey Night in Canada

ELTON JOHN WAS RIGHT…
”SORRY” IS THE HARDEST WORD…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS PLAYED PERHAPS THEIR BEST GAME OF THE SEASON…AS THEY DROPPED THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 5-1…
ROBERTO LUONGO WAS NOTHING SHORT OF BRILLIANT AS HE MADE 43 SAVES…
FOR HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT…
AFTER ALL…THE CANUCKS ARE THE ONLY CANADAIN TEAM…THAT HAS ANY REAL SHOT…AT TAKING A DEEP RUN INTO THE PLAYOFFS…
INSTEAD THE NETWORK WAS SHUTOUT BY THE CANUCKS…
NOT ONE PLAYER…
NOT ONE COACH…
NOT ONE PERSON IN MANAGEMENT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BROADCAST…
NOT ONE…
THE BOYCOTT WAS PAYBACK FOR THE “11 MINUTE SEGMENT” ON ALEX BURROWS…FROM THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY NIGHT…
WHICH GETS US TO THE NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT…
THE CANUCKS ARE IN TORONTO…
BUT WHEN GENERAL MANAGER MIKE GILLIS WAS ASKED ABOUT LIFTING THE BOYCOTT…
HIS RESPONSE WAS ONLY…”WE’LL SEE”…
ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE CANUCKS GAME…RON MCCLEAN AND THE PANEL DEALT WITH THE ISSUE ON “THE HOT STOVE”…
THERE WERE NO APOLOGIES…
IN FACT…MIKE MILBURY DEFENDED THE ATTACK ON BURROWS…
AND WENT SO FAR AS TO PLACE THE BLAME ON THE CANUCKS…
AS MILBURY PUT IT…”I THINK THEY MISSED THE POINT”…
IN MEANTIME THE CANUCKS ARE STILL UPSET WITH REFEREE STEPHAN AUGER…
LAST WEEK MIKE GILLIS MET WITH NHL VICE PRESIDENT COLIN CAMPBELL…
IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT WAS SAID…BUT THE CANUCKS DID MAKE THEIR OWN VIDEO PRESENTATION…
IN THE MEANTIME AUGER CONTINUES TO WORK NHL GAMES…AND HAS YET TO BE PUNISHED IN ANY WAY…
WHAT’S CLEAR IS THIS…
BOTH AND THE NHL AND THE CBC WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE…THAN FOR THIS WHOLE MESS TO JUST…GO-AWAY…
BUT UNTIL SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO “MAN UP”…THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN…
HOW HARD IS IT TO SAY…”I’M SORRY”???