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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Agreed. I have had the pleasure of meeting him on several occasions. The guy is a saint.Bobby Orr is not only the absolute best hockey player ever, he is an even better human being. I saw him do stuff on the ice that no
one, before or since, could ever replicate. I didn't grow up a Bruins fan, but I could never help but admire and respect Bobby greatly. Happy 75th, number 4.
In those days living in Newport could not get channel 38, even with tinfoil and my wife moving the rabbit ears around, so had to watch these games from a local bar (before dui was a big thing) never forget that night as hockey was as big, for us, as the NFL is today.
That goal was incredible, bought all the newspapers from that day and recently sent them all to a bar owned by a woman formerly from Boston who proudly displays those headlines at "45 Chop".
Nothing quite like a dark dive bar, with the faint smell of old beer and a hint of urine.
Nothing quite like a dark dive bar, with the faint smell of old beer and a hint of urine.
Agreed. I have had the pleasure of meeting him on several occasions. The guy is a saint.
And yes, Orr is the GOAT hockey player. Gretzky is by far the GOAT offensive player.
and for those of you who used to watch the B's on Channel 38......
Great player, greater person.
Orr was not only a one man intervention squad for Derek Sanderson but he paid for multiple rehab stints for Bruins trainer John "Frosty" Forrestal. When Forrestal was homeless and dying of brain cancer, Orr took him in and turned his own home into Frosty's hospice for the last year of his life.
Orr never tells those stories but Sanderson sure does, every chance he gets he tells anyone that'll listen "Bobby saved my life"
Growing up in the era before Orr showed up the Bruins where sharing there time with the Celtics and the circus. Russell owned the Garden in the 60s, it took Orr some time to become an equal on the Boston stage.
Bobby Orr redifined the game. Gretzky capitalized on what Orr could have done without the injuries.
My favorite thought about Orr, what if he was a lineman and Gretzky played Defense.
No ****. Anybody and everybody knew the value of having Orr on defense. Orr would have destroyed Gretzky in their primes.
Orr redifined the game. Gretzky took benefit for it.