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OTTAWA (Jan. 21) - An ardent hockey fan who died this week used his obituary to denounce the NHL lockout.

Archie Bennitz, 84, instructed his son to criticize NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union leader Bob Goodenow in his death notice.

Bennitz called Bettman and Goodenow "skunks for denying him the pleasure of watching the NHL on TV this year," the obituary in the Ottawa Citizen read. Bennitz also urged Bettman to step aside in favor of Wayne Gretzky.

David Bennitz said his father had become increasingly angry during his last month in the hospital as the lockout dragged on. Hockey was the only thing he watched on TV.

Bennitz, who was born in Nova Scotia and grew up just north of Toronto, was a dedicated Maple Leafs fan. He developed a soft spot for the Ottawa Senators, however, after he moved to Ottawa about three years ago to be closer to his family.

- AOL sports

 

[SickBoy]

Wow, I can have respect for a Leafs fan...

-SB

 

[calder]

Holy shit that's awesome. :lol Bettman and Goodenow bitch-slapped from the grave, it doesn't get colder than that!


A great idea though, I am definitely going to give GAF a shoutout in my obit. I'll name names, I'll list the fools I've suffered, the peeps I've enjoyed and maybe admit a live-long Mats Sundin man-crush to make the Leaf fans feel awkward and disturbed.

 

[Shinobi]

:lol When the dead are dissing your ass, you know your business is shit.

 

[Socreges]

:lol When the dead are dissing your ass, you know your business is shit.

"Your business" in how they're going about negotiations, you mean?

 

[Shinobi]

Well, both really...the business is a joke, the lack of meaningful negotiations for FIVE FUCKING YEARS is a joke, and hell the game itself is a joke.

 

[Socreges]

Well, both really...the business is a joke, the lack of meaningful negotiations for FIVE FUCKING YEARS is a joke, and hell the game itself is a joke.

Yeah, but I mean, the guy LOVED the game. That's why he was so angry.

So, hardly the place to slam the NHL. You'll have better opportunities in the near future, believe me.

 

[theo]

a dead man talking about a dead sport

GOLD!


...i do miss hockey though

 

[Shinobi]

Yeah, but I mean, the guy LOVED the game. That's why he was so angry.

So, hardly the place to slam the NHL. You'll have better opportunities in the near future, believe me.

I'm not slamming the NHL...I'm simply saying that it says something about their predicament when even a dead guy is throwing shit on them. Sheesh...you a NHL PR man or something? :lol

 

[NLB2]

Doesn't anybody else find it pathetic that a man would use his last adress to the world to talk about watching hockey on tv?

 

[Socreges]

I'm not slamming the NHL...I'm simply saying that it says something about their predicament when even a dead guy is throwing shit on them.

That's what I asked. But instead of saying "yes", you added "both really...the game itself is a joke", although this isn't even indicative of that. If anything, it's the opposite. No?

Sheesh...you a NHL PR man or something? :lol

:lol Oh, we're laughing. We are laughing. :lol

Honestly, if it were a case where I felt I'd need to defend the NHL (of which, as an organization, I'm not too fond of) then I might have replied to the billion times that you've found some way to slam it. Instead, I thought I'd point it out here after a ridiculous culmination.

 

[Shinobi]

:lol Just for this I'm gonna slam 'em even more. :lol