Today's Headlines

[c9]

Not sure if anyone will find this interesting, but I love looking at front pages. I think I would love being the front page editor for a major paper. Anyway, here's what's headlining Canada's largest officially national papers (#2 and #3 in Canada, circulation-wise*) today:



* #1 is the Toronto Star, but they don't appear to post images of their front pages. Rude!

Comments

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

Eric Lindros. Isn't he the guy who, when I was in high school, was supposed to be the next Wayne Gretzsky? And then he refused to join some team for some reason?

And isn't this Nova Scotian guy now supposed to be the next Wayne Gretzsky? How many next Wayne Gretzskies are we going to have?

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yes, and yes. But Gretzky, no 's'.

We'll have as many next Waynes Gretzkys as it takes, damnit!

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should start a formal succession process. Crosby can be crowned "Gretzky III".

[c9.livejournal.com]

That would be fun. It gets confusing though, because much like "miracle" it gets overused. Sidney Crosby is, at a minimum, Gretzky IV, since Mario Lemieux was the first Next One, and he actually turned out alright.

[nihilicious.livejournal.com]

I recognized that name, too! I know so much about hockey now.

True story: when writing my post, I was sure that the hockey player was Guy LaFleur. At the last minute, I changed it to "some hockey player" in case my memory was faulty. (I didn't think to just check.)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, good old Hair Club For Men Guy Lafleur! "If it's good enough for Guy, it's good enough for me!"

[c9.livejournal.com]

Agreed. As for the car metaphor, I dunno:

Suzuki Swifts sold in six months: 408
Goals by Eric Lindros in eleven years: 356

[ratonil.livejournal.com]

Maybe in hockey... we don't know in other "stuff"