06-26-2014, 09:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Gino Odjick Terminally Ill
Here is a letter to the fans on the Canucks board.
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723992
Pretty heartbreaking stuff.
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06-26-2014, 09:47 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
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Damn, that's unbelievably sad, and unbelievably classy of him to do something like this. Best wishes to him and his family.
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06-26-2014, 09:50 PM
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#3
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Crash and Bang Winger
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That's just s**tty. I hope Gino and his family can find some peace and solace together in whatever time he has left.
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06-26-2014, 09:53 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Saving the world one gif at a time
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Gino is a tough S O B...he will fight to the bitter end. Best wishes to him and his family.
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06-26-2014, 09:54 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Gut wrenching situation. Hope he can prove the prognosis wrong.
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All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity - Gordie Howe
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06-27-2014, 03:04 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Vancouver :(
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Really sad.. Thoughts and Prayers to him and his family
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06-27-2014, 03:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Met him once on a flight from Winnipeg to Calgary back in 1993.
He was huge, and very polite.
Sad
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06-27-2014, 03:45 PM
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#8
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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He always seemed to be a happy go lucky guy who enjoyed life. Good honest player from a different culture than today's Canucks. Sad to hear about his health problem and hope somehow he can pull through but it doesn't sound good.
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06-27-2014, 04:01 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 555 Saddledome Rise SE
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Happy to make small donations to his aboriginal youth foundation and to help offset expenses.
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06-27-2014, 04:13 PM
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Norm!
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Very sad to see.
you hope at the end that he doesn't suffer.
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06-27-2014, 04:24 PM
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Franchise Player
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very sad
unbelievably friendly guy when he was playing and after he retired
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06-27-2014, 04:34 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Sad. Legendary tough guy. Wish him the best. Very nice gesture of him to write a letter to the fans like that.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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06-29-2014, 07:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Pitt Meadows
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Last edited by Hockey; 06-29-2014 at 07:52 PM.
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06-29-2014, 08:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Horrible news for Gino and his family. I hope he can take this as long as possible and get some quality time with his family and friends.
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06-29-2014, 10:51 PM
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Official CP Photographer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: PL17
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Wow, that was unbelievably sad.  Let's hope for some good luck.
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06-29-2014, 11:32 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Cowtown
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Almost put this in the Vancouver is no good thread but damn it....Vancouver was good.
Nice to see.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/06/29...or-gino-odjick
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06-30-2014, 09:04 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Incredibly classy move by the Canucks fans....wait did I just say that? Seriously though that was a terrific thing to do for Odjick, a guy that battled hard for the Canucks organization.
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06-30-2014, 02:42 PM
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First Line Centre
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FU, Jim Benning
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GMs around the campfire tell a story that if you say Sbisa 5 times in the mirror, he appears on your team with a 3.6 million cap hit.
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07-21-2014, 08:40 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfman
Gino is a tough S O B...he will fight to the bitter end.
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Yup. He showed up at a hockey rink naming ceremony. He was only expected to send a video speech. "Centre Sportif Gino-Odjick"
"Odjick not only found the strength to attend the ceremony, but also to pose for pictures, speak to the crowd and even speak to the media in attendance."
The most amusing memory I have of him is a game between Vancouver and Toronto. 3 Leafs had Pavel Bure cornered after a whistle and decided to shove him. Odjick skates by and you can see him yell something. All 3 quickly turned and skated to their bench. He didn't need to fight to get his point across.
ers
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07-22-2014, 03:37 PM
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Franchise Player
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Would he be eligible for heart transplant?
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