[McG]

Mavi Diary - Day 17

Dear diary. I wanted to comment on Leon and my request for more penalties to be called. What people don’t realize is that it takes a lot of work to be able to play on the power play. We play the entire 2 minutes so that others don’t have to. It helps coach as he only needs to worry about 2 players as boo boo, Leon and I take on the burden for the team.

People don’t realize how hard I work on leg kicking my skates as high as I can at the slightest breeze. Not easy. Leon works hard at his sneaky dirty plays where no one can see the spears and slew feet, to then change and make it completely obvious that the opponent looked at him so hard that he falls over. Difficult.

I’m also misunderstood. I’m of course interested in seeing brands and flex on the opponents’ stick so I grab it. Some players let me have their stick no problem. Other times I tuck it under my arm after grabbing the stick so I can keep it. If the opponent doesn’t want to let me try out his stick, I’ve found that the best thing is to throw a tantrum and fall dramatically to the ice. This works best on the other side of the referees so they only see the fall.

Mr. Gretzky also told me to watch his old games and so now I point out to referees every chance that I get the sheer injustice of everything. This also helps our fans and broadcasters know that oilers don’t get everything we deserve.

Chat tomorrow Diary.