THINK POSITIVE.(New York Rangers hockey player Bobby Holik)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 24-MAR-03

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Bobby Holik, the New York Rangers' nine-million-dollar center, is not one of the most popular players in the National Hockey League. A few years ago, when he was playing for the New Jersey Devils, some Ranger players wrote his uniform number--16--on their locker-room chalkboard, alongside the word "asshole."Now that he's crossed the Hudson, the Rangers have softened toward him somewhat, and given him a new nickname: Positive Bob. The name is sarcastic, and based on the fact that Holik speaks his mind a little too freely. He's a pessimist. He complains a lot. When the Rangers lose, he doesn't say they played hard and came close; he finds fault. When they win, he's apt to say they...

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