From the archives: “You claim to be from Sweden”

[From a year ago. These words are taken verbatim from CBC's Scott Oake during a postgame interview with Gabriel Landeskog. So all words are Oake's, arranged into the somewhat-insulting poetry that they are.]

Gabriel

You claim to be
from Sweden

But there’s little evidence of that
in your speech
and
(some would say)
very little evidence of that
in the style that you play

And that’s not to disparage Swedish players

…but…

umm…

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2 Responses to From the archives: “You claim to be from Sweden”

  1. Craig B says:

    “And, of course, your name is Swedish…”

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