"He is a good guy. Good hockey guy, good family guy."

William Goose became a phenomenon overnight after articles were recently written talking about his story, beginning in Vancouver and ending in Manhattan. Of course we wanted to get things from the perspectives of the real people involved, so we contacted Goose's former General Manager on both teams, Luketd.

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Lime: "Thank you for coming in today to talk about this story."

Luke: "I haven't really talked to William much since we parted ways after season 52. This story came as a total surprise to me."

Lime: "So let's start at the beginning. Why did you end up cutting goose from that cup winning Vancouver squad in the first place?"

Luke: "You know, he still needed to develop, work on some skills. We didn’t have the room for him back in Vancouver because of the people we signed so he went over to Europe for a year, worked on the little things. When he figured that out it was safe to say he would be good in Manhattan.

Lime: "Did you ever feel like you owed Goose a cup after he missed out on the two Vancouver ones? Or did goose ever bring that up in the Manhattan locker room

Luke: "I don’t think so. We had a great squad in season 43, one of the best. In season 48 it was just he didn’t have it in him to get to that compete level like he did. And he joked about it a bit, but just wasn’t his style. We worked on his game each season and he earned that spot on the lineup.

Lime: "What was that decision like to bring up Goose to Manhattan after not seeing him for a season?

Luke: "I signed Goose to Manhattan because I thought it was funny to bring in roster fillers that were like “my guys”. Like in the NHL you are like “how are these guys even still playing in the league?” And you find out that certain GMs love em.

Lime: "Goose certainly was your guy - he played his entire career with you, all 8 of his seasons from SMJHL to SHL."

Lime: "On a more serious note, do you think if you had cut Goose before the season 52 cup, that the SHL would have collapsed?"

Luke: "Maybe."

Lime: "What are your thoughts on the ghost of Goose returning to the league?"

Lime: "It would be great. You know. sniffle he played hard in both zones. Forechecked, backchecked. Really responsible player. Had those intangibles. You know, he was a team player, for the boys. Got in the greasy areas, not afraid of dropping gloves."

Lime: "Would you say in the end things worked out for William Goose? He earned himself a spot on an SHL team and won a prize most would consider bigger than a four star cup.

Luke: "I think so. He learned how to play hockey at the SHL level that off year, so I think so yeah."

Lime: "If you could say one thing about Goose to those reading, what would it be?"

Luke: "He was a hard worker. A coaches dream. Whenever you told him a thing to work on he did. Kept his nose down, hard worker, high compete level. Strives to play at his best game."

Lime: "Well it sure sounds like he was a well loved part of the locker rooms he was in. Ok, I think that's all we have for today. I appreciate you taking the time to sit down with me and talk about Mr. Goose.

Luke: "Cool cool cool."

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Now we've heard Luke's side of the story. Luckily, Buffalo winger Hippo Passamus knows William Goose very well, and has been working to get me in contact with him. The final chapter of our story will hopefully be an interview with the man himself. Stay tuned.