Happy Birthday, Bobby!!

I was there for Bobby Orr's first game ever in Madison Square Garden in 1966; and I can still remember my father telling me how this crew-cut, blonde, 18 year-old kid was supposed to become the greatest hockey player ever. This video is a tribute to #4 from his fellow players on his 60th birthday (where have all my hockey years gone?) Notice first how many of the highlights are against the Rangers - I remember, and was present for many of those moments; and then realize how short Orr's career really was - just 10 injury-plagued (and too many of those just partial) years.

Nobody, not Gretsky, not Sid the Kid, not Potvin or Leetch was ever as good.