With my complete and utter disgust at the Oilers trading away Ryan Smyth, I never took the time to mention that Mark Messier’s famous #11 was retired and lifted to the rafters the same day Smytty was traded. It was still a great ceremony, but the disgust of the “fans” was just barely contained. Kevin Lowe wisely stayed behind the scenes, so as not to cause a scene. We gave our tickets to Sarah and Jay, as we just were not in the mood to go. It was really cool though because the whole Oilers’ team wore the old retro uniforms. Sadly the hockey game itself sucked monkey balls