Lindsay was interviewed in one of the Toronto papers on the weekend. He disapproves of the game today and says that the next step is for the players to wear skirts. Mr. Lindsay, if you and your fellow goons, in your prime, were to take on todays players you would lose by at least 10 goals; they would skate circles around you and Don Cherry. Todays players would make you and Cherry look like idiots. (Imagine Don Cherry trying to check Wayne Gretsky; it would be a joke!)
You and Cherry share Conn Smythe's philosophical view of how to play hockey. Mr. Smythe said; "if you can't beat 'em in the alley, you can't beat 'em on the ice." The trouble with this view is that both you and Cherry could easily beat up Wayne Gretsky in the alley; but when you got back on the ice you would pale beside him. The fundementals of hockey are skate, pass, and shoot; guys like you believe in violence all the time, and sometimes cruelty. The game is much faster and better today and many of us would appreciate it if you and Cherry would keep your mouth shut.
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