are canadians bothered that wayne Gretzky lives in california?

Question

and last played for the new york rangers and not a canadian team. of course this question is for canadians.

Answer 1

I am kinda bothered because the greatest player in the game was a Canadian lives in the US. But you must take in consideration that he owns a team and coaches a team in the US so it makes to live in the US.
And for playing on a American team at the tail-end of his carrer is destiny. We can't control where he'll play. We can only watch.
But I also want to point out that even though Gretzky lives in the US, he still contributes to hockey in Canada- is the executive director of Team Canada.

Answer 2

why should we be
First and foremost hockey is and will always be a Canadian sport
the main reason the sport is in the US is for the money.Take away that money and there's 4 teams left in the US:Boston,Chicago,New York and Detroit(they don't call it Hockeytown for nothing)
Gretzky is all about the sport. If the sport takes him anywhere in the world it doesn't matter ,any Canadian will tell you that whenever he was needed to come through for his country he did .
Win or lose he always stepped up
When you are a great ambassador of the game ,where you're from does not matter , it's what you do for the game that counts.
Steve Yzerman is another great example,Watch him follow in the great one's footsteps with Team Canada as he will put together the team that will win gold in Vancouver in 2010

Answer 3

I'm not a Canadian, but I do have something valuable to add.

There are 4 rinks (last I knew) called the Gretzky Center in Southern California. It would make more sense for him to be there with his business investments than to be absentee.

Add that to the already known facts of he is coaching the Coyotes, and is part owner.

It makes sense.

Answer 4

I'll say it bothers me. How can we be ripping off the NY Rangers all the time? It gives us a bad name. They tend to pay too much for players near retirement. They were over paying him, and his three year total goals for all his games played in NY was equal his average annual goal total from his Edmonton days. He normally was a over a +50 in Edmonton, so you can see why he decided to quit at a -23 in NY. BUT when it came to contributing to Team Canada, he was there, and still is today.

As a Vancouver fan who naturally would hate Edmonton. I didn't even like Wayne until he left the country

Answer 5

There are a lot of Canadians living in the U.S. The majority of the players playing for the NHL teams in the U.S. are Canadians.

Answer 6

I'll say it bothers me. How can we be ripping off the NY Rangers all the time? It gives us a bad name. They tend to pay too much for players near retirement. They were over paying him, and his three year total goals for all his games played in NY was equal his average annual goal total from his Edmonton days. He normally was a over a +50 in Edmonton, so you can see why he decided to quit at a -23 in NY. BUT when it came to contributing to Team Canada, he was there, and still is today.

As a Vancouver fan who naturally would hate Edmonton. I didn't even like Wayne until he left the country.

Answer 7

We don't mind if you guys pay most of the outrageous salaries, he knows and we know that he's still Canadian along with all the other guys who work down there.

Answer 8

Speaking for myself - no.
Speaking for Canadians in general - I doubt very few care.

Answer 9

Nobody cares about Gretzky anymoreee.

Answer 10

No, Canadians go where their work takes them.