| RIP Ben [message #811144] |
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 nullterm
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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https://twitter.com/m_dan25/status/1557461755940417536
Mike Stelter @m_dan25 ยท 51m
The world lost the most special boy and an absolute hero last night. Ben, you were the best son we could ever hope for and you were my best bud ever. Your sisters were so lucky to have you as such a sweet brother. You fought so long and hard and beat so many odds.
This one stings. :`(
It was great watching the team embrace this young fighter last season.
Deepest condolences to his family.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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 Suomalainen
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
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Ugh. So sad. What a great little guy.
97.
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CrusaderPi
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Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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Damn. That's heartbreaking.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Very Sad :( RIP Ben
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
"In Brad we trust"
- All Oilers fans, Present Day
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 7178
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 7178
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 7178
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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Razaa
Messages: 32
Registered: February 2007
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Sad day...
RIP little man.
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Adam
Messages: 12428
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Poor little guy. Really sorry to read that.
I'm glad he managed to have some fun with the team this spring.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireChiarelli #FireBobbyNicks #FireKeithGretzky #FireKenHolland #FireTippett
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Leia
Messages: 765
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
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This hit hard when I heard the news, I was hoping to see so follow Ben and the Oilers next season. With Los Lobos wanting to play at a game, only Ben could have introduced them.. We've got to keep La Bamba as our win song now, and add the clip of Ben saying Play La Bamba Baby to introduce it.
I can only imagine that in the great Oilers arena in the Sky, Joey has the seat next to him behind the bench ready for Ben, and our lost stars will treat him as well as our current ones did this spring.
I don't think he ever knew how much he touched hockey fans not only in Edmonton and teams and cities he visited on his road trip, but hockey fans around Canada and the world. It's safe to say that the Oilers will miss him, and all of hockey will.
Play La Bamba forever.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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nullterm
Messages: 5263
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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| Leia wrote on Wed, 10 August 2022 21:27 |
This hit hard when I heard the news, I was hoping to see so follow Ben and the Oilers next season. With Los Lobos wanting to play at a game, only Ben could have introduced them.. We've got to keep La Bamba as our win song now, and add the clip of Ben saying Play La Bamba Baby to introduce it.
I can only imagine that in the great Oilers arena in the Sky, Joey has the seat next to him behind the bench ready for Ben, and our lost stars will treat him as well as our current ones did this spring.
I don't think he ever knew how much he touched hockey fans not only in Edmonton and teams and cities he visited on his road trip, but hockey fans around Canada and the world. It's safe to say that the Oilers will miss him, and all of hockey will.
Play La Bamba forever.
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He still probably will, on the jumbo tron. And won't be a dry eye in the building. And I'm all for it.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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smyth260
Messages: 1972
Registered: November 2007
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This is a hard one. So sad.
Clean house or bust
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Jakey
Messages: 205
Registered: November 2007
Location: Leduc
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Ben was a mighty little guy! So infectious with his little laugh. I love when Hyman had him at the mike after the game. Everyone was a better person & happy when around him. A truly amazing little dude. Rest easy Ben and play hockey up there forever!
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RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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Really sad news. You wouldn't think a 6 yr old could inspire people but I really think he did. I think he showed people that to go through the hell he was going through and still be so positive like he was, what excuse do the rest of us. I thought the team did a fantastic job to bring some sunshine to Ben and his family when there probably wasn't a lot.
RIP Ben, you won't be forgotten.
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inverno76
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Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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It would not be a terrible idea to finally get a ring of honour section, or a special area where the Oilers could pay homage to special people like Ben, Joey, Semenko and Cave who in their own ways have left a long lasting legacy in Edmonton.
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 6815
Registered: February 2011
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Hearing about this was a running kick to the nuts for me. RIP, little guy. 
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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Rocksteady
Messages: 2351
Registered: March 2007
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20 days later and I'm still sad about it.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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