[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

I was 12, and was getting autographs in the Dome with my best friend after a game.

Joe Nieuwendyk was a rookie that year, was closing in on 50 goals, and I was excited to meet him.

When Joe started signing his autograph, with all the honesty of a 12 year old I said, "I really wanted to get your name on the back of my jersey, but there are so many letters, it would have cost too much."

His response?

"Fcuk off kid."

Hahaha, now I can look at it, and maybe understand it seemed like an insult, but at the time I was totally crushed, because it was true they did charge by the letter to crest, and my cash flow as a 12 year old was sfa.

I told Gary Roberts a short time later that he was my favorite rookie on the Flames. Hahaha.

I met Nieuwendyk four times throughout the years after that initial unfortunate incident, and he was a really nice guy each and every time.

Nope. ######bag move no matter how you cut it. Glad he made up for it later on.