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Chelios dismisses 'anti-American' theory

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Chicago native Chris Chelios, a former Blackhawks player and current member of the Red Wings, became the center of a hockey drama before the teams met in Game 3 in the Western Conference finals on Friday night thanks to his friend Jeremy Roenick. Roenick, a former Hawks player who often finds himself in the middle of controversy, said on "Monsters In the Morning" on Comcast SportsNet on Thursday that Red Wings coach Mike Babcock had anti-American hockey player sentiments and treated Chelios poorly. "JR is JR," Chelios said of the current San Jose Sharks player. "The NHL would be boring without JR. There's nothing to it." He said Roenick called him and apologized. Chelios gave Babcock an apple as a peace offering and the two said they have no hard feelings toward each other.

Chicago Tribune

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May 23, 2009  08:20 AM ET
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"Chelios gave Babcock an apple as a peace offering"

Can you say cheesey?

May 23, 2009  09:35 AM ET
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JR is just an idiot.

May 23, 2009  09:59 AM ET
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Is this serious?

May 23, 2009  10:00 AM ET
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Since when did hockey players become such pansys?

May 23, 2009  10:56 AM ET
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Babcock's not anti-american, he's anti-47-year-old -players-who-can't-play-anymore.

May 23, 2009  11:14 AM ET
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who would chelios replace in the line-up,the sixth defenseman is probably brett lebda who is also american. jr being jr.

May 23, 2009  12:58 PM ET
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Well thats five minutes I'll never get back.

May 23, 2009  01:44 PM ET
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hahahaha an appled that is hilarious

May 23, 2009  04:18 PM ET
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Roenick is a dink.
Chelios was a great d man that is hall of fame worthy but, its time to hang um up.

May 23, 2009  06:34 PM ET
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JR could think of anyone else to slam at the time. Plus he's pissed he never played on a Wings' Cup team. But I still love JR. Few have ever played harder than JR.

May 23, 2009  09:40 PM ET
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That anything like Monty Python's brontosaurus theory?

May 24, 2009  01:29 AM ET
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some one mail me when this is over and they shut up about nothing

May 24, 2009  09:45 AM ET
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JR is a MORON. He is a child. If you give him attention you will hear a constant flow of BS come out of his mind.

May 24, 2009  10:54 PM ET
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Who really likes their boss? Like the saying goes 'I hated the S*B for 364 days, then we raised the cup'

 
May 26, 2009  01:59 PM ET
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He's just in a pissy mood because the San Jose Chokers lost in the first round....again. Rather than complaining he should be more concerned about how to maintain the team's focus so they stop embarassing themselves.

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