Happy Birthday Bobby Orr, no Big D trip

One the five greatest hockey players and the greatest defenseman ever turned 58 today. 
 
His career was rather brief and injury-riddled (always trouble with his knees) but he brought so much to the NHL that we hockey fans can never thank him enough. Orr changed the game by being a great skater, his amazing puck handling and he scored goals. Sure there were other d-men before him who did these things yet he was the right man at the right time as the NHL started to be shown on American television. So he really set the standard for the League when it comes to teams trying to sign an offensive defenseman, especially when you need a guy to “quarterback” the power play. 
 
I also like him immensely for his lack of notoriety which continues to linger around Gordie Howe’s bitterness over Gretzky beating his records, Bobby Hull’s bad toupee and history of spousal abuse, Wayne Gretzky’s entanglement with an illegal gambling ring (which is really exaggerated) and Terry Sawchuk’s alcoholic demise. 
 
In other hockey news, the trip to Dallas fell through. No one really wanted to go and all the hockey fans I knew couldn’t get the time off. Scott (my former boss) was set to go but he came down ill over the weekend. He felt worse about it than me so I had to reassure him it wasn’t any big deal. Getting well is much more important than seeing the Stars clobber Disney on Ice (aka the Ducks, and yes, I know Disney did sell the team last year, it’s too good of a nickname to dump). There will be another time though, the season has over a dozen games remaining.