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10. Unfortunately, hockey now is a rich

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:56 PM

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Kid's sport. Those rich kids grow up in repug suburbs. Gordie Howe grew up throwing hay bails in Saskatchewan. Now kids are in traveling leagues, hockey camps, with plenty of ice time, coaches recruiting the best players...prime territory for nurturing myopic aholes. Like Larkin who grew up in suburban Detroit.

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