“The Game” Turns 20
It’s been 20 years since Ken Dryden wrote “The Game: A Reflective and Thought-Provoking Look At A Life In Hockey” and the Montreal Gazette checks in with the former Candadien goaltender/current Maple Leaf GM. Dryden talks about writing the book and the book’s impact. The book may even be re-released for the fourth time.
I didn’t like “The Game” when I first read it, but since then, I find myself thinking back on a lot of Dryden’s observations. It’s as much a celebration of hockey as it is a critique. One of the things Dryden rails against in the book is hockey’s culture of violence and thuggery. All the more interesting now that he’s the GM of one of the dirtiest-playing — if not THE dirtiest-playing — teams in the NHL.
Maybe Dryden should re-read his book and some of his very well-reasoned arguments.
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