Should Oilers Icon Wayne Gretzky Have Been Honorary Captain?

EDMONTON -- The Great One.

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Edmonton Oilers legend, Wayne Gretzky has held this moniker for his entire life. His hockey career is the most impressive of anyone and everyone to date that's ever played the sport.

A few others come close in a few regards, but there's rarely a discussion about the greatest hockey player of all-time that doesn't include Gretzky.

I really believe that like everyone else, Wayne Gretzky is entitled to support whomever he wants. And while he's done a ton for Canadian hockey, making him the Honorary Captain for Team Canada for this game is just plain tone deaf.

x.comKen Campbell (@Ken_Campbell27) on XI really believe that like everyone else, Wayne Gretzky is entitled to support whomever he wants. And while he's done a ton for Canadian hockey, making him the Honorary Captain for Team Canada for this game is just plain tone deaf.

Which is why him being appointed the honorary captain for Team Canada on Thursday night was an unsurprising one. But, was there a better choice?

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Some people believe Bobby Orr could have been a suitor. Mario Lemieux paid a visit to the Canada-Sweden game and the cheers nearly blew the roof off of the Bell Center.

Regardless of who it was - or could have been - many Canadians will remember that game for a very long time.

Wayne Gretzky (Saul Loeb-Pool via Imagn Images)

Should Oilers icon Wayne Gretzky have been the honorary captain? Or someone else?

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