It’s Monday again and time to hand out this seasons final edition of Mr. Canola.
My apologies for going silent this past week. My EI has come to an end and I have gone back to my first passion of turning tricks as my main source of income.
Enough about me though. Let’s get to the winner.
Winner: Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks
Embed from Getty ImagesYa, ya I get it. The Sharks never made the playoffs and Marleau hasn’t played in months. Unfortunately, there is no Sasky boys currently playing in the Stanley Cup Final.
Technically Luke Schenn is on the Tampa Bay Lightning, but he has not dressed since game 6 against New York. Mr. Canola is too respected an award and I’ve got too much integrity to give it to someone not playing games.
If this is indeed the end of the line for Patrick Marleau, it has been one hell of a career.
The pride of Aneroid, Saskatchewan is a sure fire hall of famer.
With over 500 goals and nearly 1200 career points, he has been the model of consistency throughout his career. The man is a 15 time 20-goal scorer. He has also won 2 Olympic Gold medals, and 2 World Championships.
On top of that, he has raked in somewhere around 100 million dollars throughout his career. That should be more than enough to buy a nice piece of land in southern Sask to retire on.
His finest achievement came this past season when he overtook the greatest Saskatchewan born player of all time, Gordie Howe, for the NHL all time games played record. He has suited up for 1779 games and hasn’t missed a contest in the past 12 seasons. With 2 Saskatchewan legends sitting atop the record list, it just goes to show that folks are built different back home.
For the record, Wild Bill once skipped the final game of season. He had 27 points in 27 games and felt he couldn’t produce a single point that night and didn’t want to finish the season under a point a game. That is not Saskatchewan tough.
My sources have informed me that at the age of 18 Marleau signed an agreement with Gus Lemieux, the owner of the General Store in Aneroid, to move home and take over the business once his NHL career had ended.
Perhaps this has something to do with why he doesn’t want to retire.
Congratulations on the award Mr. Marleau.