Walter has a heart of gold … and that heart is missing to us right now . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

That's why no one ever took a real cheap shot at him or a career threatening hit on him. You know why.....? It was out of respect.

The same with Mario Lemieux.

he's simply incomparable in every way.

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Amen

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I concur with your statement Gregory ; except Wayne's values have been challenged significantly since his retirement from the NHL .

John once they get to the league haha Hockey Players are assholes ngl

Very true! Class the GREAT ONE has.we all love the GREAT ONE!

He is not like any other hockey player imo he's the great 1 and there will never be another great great canadian

Yep, of all the sports hockey players lost down to earth 👍🏼

The good hockey players do that, thing about Wayne is, he made everyone around him better hockey players

Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky … you are talking about the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts … and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Do you think the Hollyweirdness and hobnobbing with the power elites has changed him yet ? Has he remained humble ? Will he remain humble ? What do you think ?

I could not skim by the comments on this board without stopping to acknowledge your comment Ian . Speaking of poetry in motion … both Wayne and your great great great grandfather are great great great poets ; where one is a poet of the national game and the other is a poet of the national anthem . Hey dude , you need to get back to your roots and get back to the True North while it's still strong and free . NYC is great but the place will drive you insane . If you come back to Canada , then you will retain ( or maybe regain ) your health and sanity … in all thy sons command . My family has been in Canada since the beginning … since the early 1600s …. when it was still called British North America and La Nouvelle France . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Yes, we are having another Weir reunion. Up in Purdue Sask. Yes I need to get out of NYC, it's just been crazy with covid 19 and all the political hatred, I need the great white north, figure some things out before I decide what to do from here. I might leave NYC, before it turns into Detroit. I'm going to wait a few years and then decide.

That is excellent to hear Ian ! I do not like to tell people what to do ; but ultimately individuals make their own headstrong choices . It's just that I have been blessed with the ability to discern certain things ... particularly about people and ; so , I was hoping to affirm for you what your Canadian heart already knows . The Big Apple is the big market which attracts the citizens of the world to make big money . In Canada , the markets are not as big here but we still have some clean air and some clean lakes and the healthy sensibility which has always helped us to weather the winter storms and the other storms which are blown in from abroad . The landscape here in Canada has yet to become as tainted as it has by the power elites in the United States . You were raised south of the border but if you search deeply enough into your heart ( especially when you are visiting in Saskatchewan ) , I am sure you shall see a beckoning and a reckoning to your roots here in Canada . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Most hockey players are amazing guys. Met Pat Lafontaine, Nicky Fotiu, John Davidson and “the big whistle” Bill Chadwick- each guy nicer than the next.

@@themig71Jarome Iginla

Mario Lemieux and Wilt Chamberlain are the only 2 professional athletes that come close to Gretzky's scoring feats. Gretzky was putting up over 200 points when the rest of the best of the league were scoring under 150 points (Mario Lemieux excepted)

So true. This is a fact regardless of size and talent.

Not entirely true- keeping your head up is far more important. Look at injuries in ice, usually both players are moving but who then hell am I to debate Wayne. God bless him, class act.

Players didn’t play physical against Gretzky. He brought too much money to the league and they’d have to deal with the team’s enforcer

@@strafer8764 No. The League didn't do it, It was Marty McSorley why you didn't touch Gretzky. If the League really did this, they wouldn't have introduced the coincidental minors, which hurt the oiler as they were too good at 4on4 or 3on3. Also, the league wouldn't have introduced the instigating rule as well.

Indeed , Imani , … God made us to move … to keep in motion …. to always keep our bodies moving … until it is time to rest at sunset in order to regenerate our bodies . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

Every life is a story . Every life is a story worth telling . Storytelling about a person's life is the best way to learn life's lessons . Peace and good health to you … Miles .

You make a good observation Mark . The hockey players you referenced did , indeed , realize that they were blessed with skills which were gifts given to them from God . Their parents made sure to let their kids know that they did not want to take the gifts bestowed upon them for granted . I have met all four of the people you mentioned on several occasions and none of them is " religious " ; but they have a personal faith in God and Jesus ... as I , myself , do . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

Athiest play hockey too

Therein lies the challenge . It's only a matter of time but probably a very long time .

Wow , you're into big-time hero worshipping , aint ya ? The NHL dominates Wayne and the game dominates both the former and the latter . Wasn't it Gretzky who said , ' You're only as good as your last game ? ' I seem to recall that he lost his last game against the Penguins on April 18th, 1999 . He only got one point which was an assist . Not so hot ; not so dominant . What about Muhammad Ali or Pelé or Michael Jordan ???

@@miles6593 Your kinda stupid aren't cha? Look at the NUMBERS!!!!

@@RCSkunkWorX The numbers do dominate . The numbers cannot be argued ; but there is more to how a player dominates a league or the world of sports than just the numbers .

@Jim Wade Truth!!!

You forgot about Bobby Orr....

They were the greatest team in history.. If the Oilers could of kept that team together they would of won 10 cups or more.

@@imilf2003 Gretzky said 7-9 Cups.

It was ultimately Wayne's choice in the Summer of 1988 to either stay in Edmonton or to move to L.A. Why did he decide to buckle under the pressure of the NHL's board of governors ? At that time , Wayne was just as important to the NHL as the NHL was to him . He could have opted to remain in Edmonton to foster the Canadian style of hockey within the NHL . The game is more important than the NHL . The game played at its highest level of skill and competition can be sustained without the NHL . Why did Wayne feel more in debt to the NHL than he did to the game itself ? For the goodness of the game , the Canadian way of playing the game needs to be sustained . Instead , the Canadian way of playing the game has become dominated and controlled by American franchise owners , lawyers , and agents . Wayne has to take some responsibility for that . It is time to form the new CNHL .. . the Canadian National Hockey League . We need to preserve Canadian hockey . Maybe , Wayne can help with the CNHL ? He would redeem himself amongst Canadian hockey fans . Peace and good health to you all ... Miles from Canada .

Whenever you talk about the creative genius of Wayne Gretzky … you are talking about the creative genius of Walter Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky . The most important characteristic which Walter and which Wayne possess is their humility . Their humility shines through their creative genius in sports as well as through their other pursuits in life . They both know that God had bestowed them gifts … and they both know that those gifts were meant to be used in a good way to benefit other people and other living creatures . Peace and good health to you … Miles from Canada .

The Greatest.

“One of the greatest”….you obviously don’t know much about hockey, do you? I consider him the greatest of the four major North American sports.

@@vikotto Oh stop it!

Wow, that's a great a story

Your comment , Robert , offers stimulating thought for digestion and discussion . You have taken one of Wayne's explanations for his dedication to the game of hockey and then illustrated his explanation with a good analogy . It's a valid way to arrive at your sound conclusion which is that " passion is the key to success " . Wayne's passion for the game arose from how the game of hockey was nurtured within him by his father , his family , his community , and his country . This is the story of the Canadian culture . Wayne exemplified the ultimate success which can be attained at the game because of his culture . As soon as he could hold a hockey stick in his hands , he was playing indoor shinny with his grandmother . As soon as he could walk by himself , he started skating on the river at his grandparents' farm ; where his father , a skilled hockey player and coach , guided him and supported wee Wayne's passion . As soon as his father built the backyard rink , he was practising his drills every day in order to develop his God-given athletic abilities . As soon as he was old enough to play in organized hockey , he joined a house league in Brantford .... even though the first level available to him consisted of kids much older and bigger than him ; but his passion for the game did not deter him from that challenge . With each step along the way , he was given the encouragement and affirmation for succeeding at each step by his father , family , community , and his country . We're talking about love going Wayne's way ... the love for the game of hockey which surrounded him and infused his soul . Every Canadian parent wants to see their young lad or lass succeed at achieving the Canadian Dream of making it into the NHL ; but every Canadian parent knows that the probability of that achievement is remote . It was no different for Walter and Phyllis Gretzky . And , yet , their first-born son's passion saw no barriers to achieving that dream . One of the barriers which prevents many young players from achieving their dream of making it into the NHL is their physical strength and size . This was a concern for Wayne growing up and for coaches and team owners ; but because of his passion and his intelligence for the game ... Wayne was able to find a way to surmount this limiting barrier . Not only was he able to make it into the NHL but he found a way to play professionally for 21 years . Wayne is indeed a living example of how an individual's passion can drive one to break through barriers . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

@@miles6593 Well Thank you. I never started hockey at a young enough age to ever be a good enough skater to play at a high level. In high school I played football and at university I played rugby. They are fun sports to play but they can't beat hockey for pure fun. Later in life I started playing beer league hockey and I enjoyed it immensely. So if I could enjoy it so much with my limited skating ability I can only imagine how much fun it must be with Gretzky's skills.

That's a cool story dude i loved the jets in the 80s hawerchuck and carlyle were my favorite jets had a awsome team would of one a cup or 2 but were in the era of the mighty oilers.

You have to have a an ego to survive in this world ; it's your self-identity . Perhaps , you meant to say " Nicest guys ever without over-inflated delusional egos " ? Great story , graham , ... Hawerchuk and Gretzky influenced one another significantly in their hockey styles . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

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@@davidstegne2044 the Marble Club

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More like $120k, a good wage definitely, but not at all unusual. Solidly middle class. Remember this was still the era where married women were expected to stay at home and take care of the kids. Wages today are definitely inferior to the high water level that blue collar workers received in the late 60's and early 70's.

Some people say Gretzky wasn't a great skater.

Respectfully, his awareness was his best asset. Skating was great but he was not the best skater. It was his on ice vision and anticipation.

The Larry Bird of hockey..

His skating was little better than average...it was his hockey IQ ..He was way ahead of the Play,and read the game way better than any one...that's what made him the Best

61 NHL records

Long live the North Stars, always my team ✊🏼

He led the Canada Cup 87 in scoring with 21 points and won the tournament MVP.

Man , you need to get some facts straight before you start uttering your opinion ; otherwise , who will be able to rely on you ... for anything ? Anyway , the following information I have provided is intended to set the record straight before it becomes distorted on social media . You are referring to his third year in the BMHA Atom league when he scored 378 goals in 85 games at age 10 and 11 . That means he scored an average of 4.45 goals per game ( not 10 goals per game ) . That was the only season in which Wayne scored more than 200 goals . He wasn't playing junior hockey yet ; he was playing Atom level hockey . The interview of Wayne you are probably referring to is the one which Peter Gzowski conducted when Wayne was only 13 years old and his voice was changing . Peter Gzowski was the host of CBC Radio's " This Country in the Morning " when he interviewed Wayne , accompanied by his PeeWee hockey league coach , on March 25, 1974 . ( Go to : www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1974-wayne-gretzky-rising-hockey-star ) The first interview which CBC Television conducted with Wayne was when Wayne was 16 years old and was playing for the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds . That interview occurred in early November 1977 and was also conducted by Peter Gzowski . ( Gzowski is one of the best interviewers of all time . ) Incidentally , the nation had already started to know about Wayne since he was age 10 ... when he was scoring an unheard of number of points in the BMHA Atom league and the Toronto Telegram had written up a story which was published nationally on Oct 28th, 1971 . Peace and good health to you ... Miles from Canada .

Miles ...sounds like you got much of that right. I first saw Wayne when he was about 11...in Burlington Ontario. A kid on Burlington named Bob Goodish used to own Wayne..mainly because he was twice his side and exceptionally coordinated and a good skater....and Wayne would rarely run over Burlington like he did other teams. Goodish then went up a year for more competition and so did Gretzky...who went to Toronto to play for The Young Nats. They gave the Gretzky’s a new color TV to get him. Oddly enough...my brother got a position on the great Burlington team...only because Goodish left. Well a couple of years later my brother played against Wayne in Junior A....when Wayne played for The Greyhounds...and then played against him in the NHL 8 times a year for six years in the western conference and 11 years in the league. Goodish never made it.

Bravozulu : I like your user name . If you really are Zulu , then bravo to you because the Zulu are beautiful people . Yes , there are a lot of really good hockey players in the Ontario Juniors who never make it to the Big Show . Alot of young men's hockey dreams are quashed ... and that is a reflection of the breadth and depth of the talent pool which exists in the province of Ontario ... the world's hotbed of hockey . Walter probably instructed Wayne to watch out for Bob Goodish and to roll off his checks . Is the Burlington team you referenced one of the Junior B teams which Gretzky played against when he was playing in the Metro League with the Toronto Nationals ? I used to go to the London Gardens back in the 1970s to watch the London Knights play ... and , if I am not mistaken , Bob Goodish played for the Knights at that time ? Was he a big guy who played on defence ? I seem to recall there was a Goodish who played on defence for the London Knights . The London Knights were one of the best teams playing in the OHA at that time . That was the Junior A team that had great players on it like Dino Ciccarelli , Brad Marsh , and Rob Ramage . Dino was Wayne's rival back then . Unfortunately , I did not get a chance to see Gretzky play at the London Gardens when he played his one year for The Soo ; but I saw him playing shinny on The Nith River on a Sunday afternoon .