\u2018Didn\u2019t happen\u2019: Pronger refutes Lowe story of wife\u2019s letter expressing excitement to join Oilers<\/p>\n
The longer the story drags on, the more apparent it becomes that we may never know the true story behind Chris Pronger\u2019s saga with the Edmonton Oilers<\/a>.And on Wednesday, the he said, she said continued, with the former defenceman refuting ex-Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe\u2019s account<\/a> of a letter of excitement he received from Pronger\u2019s wife, Lauren, shortly after the trade.<\/p>\n The question about the letter was posed by Jason Gregor, who had Pronger on Sports 1440\u2019s\u00a0Jason Gregor Show Wednesday afternoon. Before Gregor could finish the question, Pronger was already shaking his head.<\/p>\n \u201cDidn\u2019t happen,\u201d said Pronger. \u201cNot to my knowledge. I\u2019ve asked her.\u201d<\/p>\n “Kevin Lowe had mentioned he had received a note from your wife Lauren that ‘We were excited to come.’..” <\/p>\n “Didn’t happen… not to my knowledge” <\/p>\n Chris Pronger joined @JasonGregor<\/a> to talk the excerpt from his book you’ve all heard, his wife NOT sending a note to Kevin Lowe,\u00a0Show more<\/a><\/p>\n Pronger revealed an excerpt from his new book on Monday<\/a>, detailing how on the night he was acquired by the Oilers, he had been drinking at a friend\u2019s birthday party. The deal caught him and his wife off guard, but they were willing to give Edmonton a chance. With the Oilers unwilling to have Pronger play on a one-year, $7.3 million qualifying offer, the two sides got to work.<\/p>\n By 2 a.m. that night, Pronger, well under the influence and without consulting his wife, agreed to terms with the Oilers on a five-year extension. The following morning, Lauren was none too pleased.<\/p>\n \u201cI agreed to terms, and they announced it,\u201d said Pronger. \u201cHow do you walk that back?\u201d<\/p>\n Pronger said in his book he knew by November that the 2005-06 season would be his only with the Oilers, telling<\/a> Gregor that it was difficult to leave.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the hardest part,\u201d said Pronger. \u201cYou know you\u2019re going to break people\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know you\u2019re going to hurt your teammates when you\u2019re asking for a trade, but you still have a job to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Lowe expressed clear disappointment in Pronger\u2019s comments about being under the influence when they agreed to terms on the deal, saying he wished he had handled things differently.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking back, hearing how he frames it today, I find myself wishing I had handled it differently,\u201d Lowe said. \u201cQuite frankly, I wish I had said no and let him sit out rather than accommodate a decision he now seems so quick to diminish.\u201d<\/p>\n Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.ARTICLE PRESENTED BY bet365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Didn\u2019t happen\u2019: Pronger refutes Lowe story of wife\u2019s letter expressing excitement to join Oilers The longer the story…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-607448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}