There will be other great ones. Wayne Gretzky is certain of it. But they will all continue to chase THE Great One. RobsonDan on a legend, hockey's greatest gift.
“When I met Gordie, he was bigger and better and nicer than I could have ever imagined,” Gretzky says.
“It’s always been the history of our game that the baton gets passed,” Gretzky says. “The next guy who grabs the baton, he grabs it tightly, and he gets to the next guy. And the next guy, he’s gonna pass it to you, right?” At Fenway, Gretzky watches the Bruins and Penguins play from a green-room trailer just beyond a stadium entrance. The panel members hustle back through the ballparks’ tiny halls and around the field to broadcast each intermission. Gretzky sits at the far edge of the desk, next to Paul Bissonnette, host Liam McHugh, Anson Carter and his longtime friend Rick Tocchet . Everyone on set is aware of the imbalance.
“He had a couple years where he wasn’t as involved in the game and I think my mom noticed how much happier he is when he is involved,” Tristan says. “My dad’s whole life is hockey. It’s what he loves most.” But with his family, Gretzky also often revisits memories that still sit at the heart of how and why the boy from Brantford came to love this sport at all.
“The only time I really get emotional about being retired is that car ride,” Gretzky says. His eyes well as he stands in the Red Sox dugout.It’s another memory Gretzky has shared many times before. He wrote about it in his most recent book. But it hits him now, as he reflects. Walter died on March 4, 2021. He was 82 years old.
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