For the lub of jeebus all u young pups.....please watch your backs. There is nothing worse in this world than back pain. Just ask Doyle. He’ll tell you. Doyle spent the better half of last winter flaked out on the floor wacked on muscle relaxants and cheap red wine just trying to cope with the incredible pain. I felt bad for the poor bastard even after I heard about the cause of the injury (a very spirited save by Doyle to ward off defeat by the “dark team” in labatt lunchtime hockey at st. bon’s). Avoidable for sure.....but what a save!
Whatever it takes i spose. Doyle hates to lose and has been known to go to great lengths to ensure that he doesn’t. He once chewed his right arm off rather than surrender the puck to the marauding stick of an errant left winger (McCann should have had him at the blueline). It did eventually grow back, but was it really worth all the blood?
No.
Sometimes a little perspective can go a long way. We don’t have to win every single game we play. Wouldn’t it be boring if we did? And shouldn’t we expect to lose a few as we get older? Make room for the young pups to show what they r made of and win some fights of their own. There’s nothing pretty or nice about growing old, but it’s a reality we all have to face eventually and I, for one, would rather face it with a strong back. After all, you never know when u might get lucky......
Even old dogs get laid sometimes.
Tosh