A Week with Paul

The thing about retirement ceremonies was that they were usually better when the person in question showed up. In fact, such ceremonies were largely pointless without their presence. So naturally, when Teemu called Bob Murray, he was a little surprised to learn that Paul Kariya might not be in the Honda Center the night they raised his number to the rafters.Within fifteen minutes, he’d booked his seat on a plane which would take him across the Atlantic Ocean, across the continental U.S., all the way to a house in Orange County. One way. One never booked a return ticket with Paul Kariya.  The (Mighty) Ducks have decided to retire Paul Kariya's number at last, and now it's Teemu Selanne's job to convince his friend to show up. Except, it turns out that retirement is the least of his worries, and the least of his desires as well.