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"Orr could do things nobody else could. They weren’t even close. He skated like a God and could create goal-scoring opportunities out of nothing.
But Orr was also a great leader and a key figure in a great Boston Bruins team. He demanded a lot from his teammates, and if they didn’t meet his expectations, he ensured they knew.
”When I felt that a teammate was not achieving, Derek (Sanderson) claims that I would sit in my stall and just look at the underachieving player. I suppose it was my way, without singling anybody out, to send a little message that it was time to pick it up,” Orr said in his autobiography.
”Derek recalls that one time he wasn’t having a particularly productive game. He was living life at a fairly fast clip back then, so perhaps he’d had another late night.
”As the second period ended, and we all filed into the dressing room and sat down, the Turk could feel me looking at him.”
”He knew he wasn’t playing well, and he didn’t want to look back in my direction to see me staring at him, so instead he leaned over to the player sitting beside him, Phil Esposito, and asked, ’Is Bobby looking over here?’ Espo apparently glanced over in my direction and said, ’Yes, he’s looking here alright.’ Derek asked, ’Is he staring at you or at me?’ To which Phil responded, ’Well, Derek, I have two goals already tonight, so I don’t think he’s looking at me!’
"Orr could do things nobody else could. They weren’t even close. He skated like a God and could create goal-scoring opportunities out of nothing.
But Orr was also a great leader and a key figure in a great Boston Bruins team. He demanded a lot from his teammates, and if they didn’t meet his expectations, he ensured they knew.
”When I felt that a teammate was not achieving, Derek (Sanderson) claims that I would sit in my stall and just look at the underachieving player. I suppose it was my way, without singling anybody out, to send a little message that it was time to pick it up,” Orr said in his autobiography.
”Derek recalls that one time he wasn’t having a particularly productive game. He was living life at a fairly fast clip back then, so perhaps he’d had another late night.
”As the second period ended, and we all filed into the dressing room and sat down, the Turk could feel me looking at him.”
”He knew he wasn’t playing well, and he didn’t want to look back in my direction to see me staring at him, so instead he leaned over to the player sitting beside him, Phil Esposito, and asked, ’Is Bobby looking over here?’ Espo apparently glanced over in my direction and said, ’Yes, he’s looking here alright.’ Derek asked, ’Is he staring at you or at me?’ To which Phil responded, ’Well, Derek, I have two goals already tonight, so I don’t think he’s looking at me!’
