Roenick: Patrick Marleau "Gutless"

from the puckdaddy comments, which pretty sums up JR's career Link

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I remember the guts JR showed in the 89-90 Conference finals against the Oil. Oh. Wait. He was a -5 and terrible that series.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 90-91 playoffs. Oh. Wait. He lead a #1 division seed to a first round loss to a #4 division seed and was completely invisible in the final three games, all losses.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 91-92 SC finals. Oh. Wait. He amassed a grand total of three shots the first three games on the way to leading the Blackhawks to being swept.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 92-93 playoffs. Oh. Wait. He again lead a #1 division seed to a first round loss to a #4 seed, this time in a sweep.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 93-94 playoffs. Oh. Wait. He was magical in the two wins, and invisible in the four losses.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 94-95 playoffs. Oh. Wait. He was held to one assist in six games against the Wangs in the Conference finals.

I remember the guts JR showed in the 95-96 playoffs. Oh. Wait. He got way too mouthy in the press and got seriously punked by Patrick Roy.

I remember the guts JR showed in the playoffs in his first four years with the Yotes. Oh. Wait. Four first round exits.

I remember the guts JR showed in Nagano in 1998. Oh. Wait. He was a no show, doing far more damage to his hotel room than on the ice, and completely embarrassing his country in the process.

I remember the guts JR showed in going pointless in the playoffs in 02 and yet again pulling disappearing acts late in the 03 Ottawa series and in the Conference Finals in 04 against Tampa.

And of course we all recall the guts JR showed when mailing it in with LA, hanging on three seasons too long, walking out on his team because he was scratched, tearing up strip clubs, being part of a huge gambling scandal, making a joke of himself with comments about the '10 US Olympians, and using his television face time as a bully pulpit.

JR's a dirtball. Always has been, always will be. I wish the Blackhawks would stop trying to bring his presence back to the organization, and his presence on television analyzing hockey is an embarrassment to the sport.

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When is he gonna be on Dancing With the Stars?

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Is it wrong for Roenick to speak out against a former teammate? Is that "classless"? Of course not.

He's got a job to do, and it's not as if he's going to recuse himself from commenting on the Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes because of his ties to those franchises. (Kings fans aren't going to care what he says anyway.)

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My favorite little snippet from Puckdaddy's blog.

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Originally Posted by SmytheKing

So, I've always wondered how the term "gutless" has morphed from referencing someone cheap shotting someone into meaning they had a bad game. What was "gutless" about Marleau for those of us who didn't watch the game?

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Yeah, that's my question.

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Originally Posted by SmytheKing

So, I've always wondered how the term "gutless" has morphed from referencing someone cheap shotting someone into meaning they had a bad game. What was "gutless" about Marleau for those of us who didn't watch the game?

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I think he meant heartless.

Marleau was good last night. Really good

He just needs Roenick to constantly call him out. THEN he will be earning his paycheck. Brilliant move by Doug Wilson to ask for JR's help.

Not that I agree or disagree with the choice of words but where was the outrage when Milbury called Roloson a bum a couple weeks ago?

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCnNFNbcPvY"]YouTube - Roenick vs Roy[/nomedia]

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Originally Posted by Bandit

Not that I agree or disagree with the choice of words but where was the outrage when Milbury called Roloson a bum a couple weeks ago?

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I don't remember hearing that.

Then again, we're talking about Milbury and Roenick here. Add in Don Cherry and you've got the three biggest loudmouths in hockey.