Jeremy Roenick: 'Social media would have ruined my social life'
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We've got a fine podcast for you today, folks. Well, it's not so much us as it is Jeremy Roenick. He's good.
In a conversation with Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee and Kevin Kaduk, Roenick took time to discuss matters both on and off the ice. Primarily, he's pretty ticked off at the negative impact that social media has had on the game of hockey, specifically the rumors surrounding his former teammate and current Blackhawk Patrick Sharp.
"Social media would have ruined my social life," Roenick says. "It gives a platform for gutless meager individuals to be mean people and say things to hurt people without repercussions or accountability ... If you know Patrick like I do, he's a very upstanding man, he's one of the more respectful people I've ever been around or played with or been friends with. To have rumors going around about him is just ridiculous."
Roenick also discussed more sports-angled matters with us, including:
• Why he now hates to skate (2:00 mark)
• How he knew it was time to retire (4:01 mark)
• His thoughts on trade deadline winners and whether any team in the East can challenge the stalwarts of the Western Conference (7:25 mark)
• The social media business starts up at the 9:51 mark, and you don't want to miss it.
Roenick's also repping Kraft's "Hockeyville USA" program, which is helping bring some extra coin to rinks across the United States. Check 'em out for how you can enter your own hometown rink in the contest.
This podcast is part of Yahoo Sports' new ongoing Grandstanding series, in which Jay Busbee and Kevin Kaduk kick around every topic in sports. Find us on Twitter (@kevinkaduk and @jaybusbee) Facebook (Kaduk here, Busbee here) or via the hashtag #grandstanding.
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