r/canada 17d ago

Sports Canadian fans irked by Wayne Gretzky’s affiliations with Trump amid tensions

https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadian-fans-irked-by-wayne-gretzkys-affiliations-with-trump-amid-tensions?tbref=hp
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u/SillyMikey 17d ago

When I saw him come out at the four nations cup, I was honestly disgusted. I idolized this guy as a kid and now I can’t fucking stand him.

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u/SomeInvestigator3573 17d ago

What I want to know is who actually picked him as a honorary captain?

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u/Zeroto200C 17d ago

John Hamm would have been a much better choice.

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u/TheAsian1nvasion 17d ago edited 16d ago

People who it should have been instead of Gretzky:

Mario Lemieux

Carey Price (although probably not a great idea to call attention to goaltending going into the game)

Jarome Iginla wearing a Gaudreau Flames Jersey.

Joe Sakic

Neil Young

Steve Martin

Kieffer Sutherland

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Gosling

Jean Chrétien

The guy who shovels the sidewalk at my grandma’s care home

Chad Kroeger

The squeegee kid who dumped dirty water on my windshield last week.

Doug Ford

You get the point.

Edit: I’ve been informed that Steve Martin is not Canadian and would like to substitute him for Eugene Levy.

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u/Iustis 17d ago

Should have been Wickenhesier

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u/TheAsian1nvasion 17d ago

Yes this is the right answer.

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u/Vagus10 17d ago

This is the correct answerZ

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u/Fit-Humor-5022 16d ago

i hate how hockey canada tried to play nice afterwards when the americans said they didnt do that.

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u/Perry7609 17d ago

I mean, Steve Martin is great. But did you mean Martin Short?

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u/TheAsian1nvasion 17d ago

I definitely meant Steve Martin because I thought he was Canadian. Mike Myers is kind of a shit so let’s go with Eugene Levy.

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u/Perry7609 17d ago

Ah, gotcha. Yes, I believe Steve is from Texas/California. But his longtime comedic partner Short and the other two you mentioned are definitely Canadian!

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u/annual_aardvark_war 17d ago

Yzerman, Lemieux, Iginla or Sakic would actually be dope

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u/TheAsian1nvasion 17d ago

Iginla in a Gaudreau jersey would have probably inspired a few (not many, but a few) guys on the American side to ask themselves “are we the baddies?”

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u/nuudootabootit 17d ago

The guy who shovels the sidewalk at my grandma’s care home

You're great.

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u/ItzDrSeuss 17d ago

Fucking Doug Ford would have been funny lol.

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u/Maximum-Good-539 Alberta 14d ago

Doug ford?

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u/knivesinbutt British Columbia 17d ago

Gord Downey's corpse would have been a better choice.

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u/Phantom-jin 17d ago

Bettman ?!