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Bobby Ryan is the Best. A Must Read

July 29, 2016, 12:53 PM ET [55 Comments]
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I am lucky in so many ways...I have the most amazing wife and two young kids who I am 100% certain will each find a way to change the world. They are that incredible. I have a mother who is second to none. I have a group of friends from music and hockey and life in general who somehow get me and put up with me. I have the best job in the world, with a great staff and readers who continue to make Hockeybuzz all it is and more. And I have gotten to meet so many amazing people. One of them is Bobby Ryan.

Over the years I have gotten to know Bobby Ryan pretty well. We have chatted a lot over the years because, well for one thing, we are probably two of the very few people in this small NHL hockey world who grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. We can talk about the malls (Cherry Hill vs Echelon), the diners (We miss you Olga's) , the best pizza places (Vitos vs Big Johns?)...the rinks from the old Coliseum to the Twin Rinks..(the days before the Skate Zones) In fact, a few years ago when I was covering the Team USA pre-camp for the Olympics I brought him a T shirt from a place we both grew up going to ALOT. Ponzio's Diner. He lit up when I gave it to him.

A lot of you out there in Canada and the States have players from your home town you follow as they climb the ranks in the NHL. It is a great part of pro sports, but especially hockey. You feel great pride in that player...sometimes that player even brings a Stanley Cup back home to your town. Well I can tell you this much..... there is no player in the world who I would rather call from my hometown than Bobby Ryan. He does the place proud. Always. I only wish he had been a Flyer. An I am sure a part of him does too...But he LOVES Ottawa now and really has taken the team under his capable wings.

Bobby had a crazy childhood, as many of you know, and if you don't you will now learn a little bit about how hard it was in his heartfelt goodbye letter to his mom. It is an incredible story. By the end of it I really feel two things will overcome you.

#1. This is a fantastic person who I will definitely be pulling for.
#2. I should immediately thank my mom too...

The story is here....

Bobby Ryan Thanks His Mom


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