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Since: 19.3.02
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#1 Posted on
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The NHL Draft was sadly interrupted Saturday to announce the passing of Captain Video, Roger Neilson.





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I just heard it coming home on the radio. One of the reasons I wnated to see the Sens win the Cup this year was to see Roger get his name on the cup.

He was a real class guy and will be missed by this sport.





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When I saw him receive the Order of Canada last month I was shocked at how frail he had become. I realized then that he didn't have long but I hoped against hope he had one more season left in him.

At least, I think, he left with the knowledge of how much respect and appreciation there was for him from the hockey community.

Rest in Peace, Captain Video.
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The worst part about this was in Phily i had to watch a video on the news of Bob Clarke talk about how they were such good friends when he fired the guy when he came down with cancer. Roger was a unique man who truly was an inovater in the sport of hockey as far as coaching goes. I bet hes riding his bike around in heaven right now.
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RIP Roger



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Yeah Goon, it was also kind of a shock to me seeing how fast the cancer effected him. A very short time from seeing him coaching Philly and then seeing him with the Sens he looked so frail.

Roger was a class act.





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Truly a great hockey man. More importantly, he seems to have been a great man in his own right: in all of my years of following hockey I've never heard anyone comment adversely on his integrity or intelligence.

My greatest memory of Roger will always be his raising of the white towel in game 2 of the Canucks-'Hawks series in 1982. The team and city rallied around that single act and drove into the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in the club's history. (Of course they were swept 4-0 by the Islanders, then in mid-dynasty, but it was a great time for Canucks fans anyway)



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A great hockey man and a very inspirational man. Despite having a terminal illness, he never seemed to be in a bad mood, depressed, or anything.

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Hockey lost a great man, one that will never be replaced.







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