My wife is from Alberta and seriously used to live down the block from Messier. She said as a kid she practicaly stalked him. When I first met her and wanted in her pants, I made a flash cartoon of Messier extolling my virtues. It worked.
And my parents met the Great One, but they've never watched hockey. They were just rich and their yacht was parked next to his in the San Diego marina.
I'm tied to two famous Oilers, and I'm heading up to Edmonton to visit sometime this year.
And people, don't feed Volourn, I mean the troll.