i know virtually nothing about this man. i was but a child when he was in his prime, so it's not like i ever really watched him play hockey. all i know is this: he has become the single best inside joke of all time between me, brian mott, and colton packard. it all started when we were playing NHL 99 on N64 (my love of the n64 is another post in and of itself). anyway, the US and Canadian teams were the only teams worth being on the game, and eventually (imagined or not) we realized (or hoped) that we could triple goal output by simply giving animated Gretzky the puck everytime. Triple team on Gretzky? give him the puck anyway. let him work his magic. HE IS A FREAKING LIVING LEGEND FOR GRETZKY'S SAKE!Somehow it has morphed into a huge inside joke where Gretzky is in fact a god. Any saying with 'god' in it, gretzky forbid, is now replaced with 'gretzky'. it's really only funny to us three, but i'm just telling all you so that if a "dear gretzky" accidentally slips my lips in public you will understand. i love this man in all his canadian glory.
"Gretzkyness is next to Godliness"
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