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There’s this old story I heard about Bure threatening to hold out of the ’94 playoffs. Seems like it may be an important one.

Do you know if it’s true?

You know Messier is loathed here. You know some of the reasons. Do you know all of them?

Did he really refuse to come off the ice in a game, trying to get his coach fired?

Was he successful?

What’s Linden’s take now on losing his C to him?

You know the Canucks drafted Bure because of a loophole, but do you know about the story that suggests the loophole helped put Gary Bettman in charge of the NHL?

Honestly, I could read Bure draft stories for hours, and hours.

Good thing then for this book, because there’s lots of them in it:

Now, The Provies are in this book. So is Seen. So is The PA Plan. Heck, so is Taj.

All of it means, that at some holiday party where guests assuredly have ugly Xmas sweaters on, SNET Eric is getting the shakes.

He’s calling me out for breaching ethics. He’s pounding his SNET Eric fists in his SNET Eric punch.

Do I dare, in a world where conduct is so closely policed by SNET Eric, write about a book I’m actually in?

You’re goddamn right I do.

Because I do think it’s an important book. I think it’s a modern book. I think it’s something every fan should have.

And it’s not because I think Drancer has a winning personality.

Think of it like a companion to your fandom, a reference guide which will defeat Google, just about every time, when you’re having an argument about some legendary moment in Canucks history.