Howdy? More like “How’d they think this was a good idea?”

According to the back of this 1992-93 Pinnacle card, Dougie was on the verge of a major acting career. The writing might be exaggerating a tad, however. One would think Doug was going to be the next Ryan Gosling or Rami Malek.

“It shouldn’t be long, though, before he receives top billing on the silver screen.” Wha? From what I can tell, that acting career never really amounted to much more than a cameo in the awful Slap Shot 3 (which you can read about here) and a few milk commercials here in Canada. You might remember the one where he is dancing a jig and his legs are painted white and black like those of a cow. I should hope he had in fact no “plans to move to Hollywood” because Dougie would have been one disappointed cowboy.

I’m guessing Dougie once had far greater acting aspirations back in 1992, when he was the king of Leafs Nation. Just look at the cold, hard expression on his face. He could have played an Old West brute riding into town to shoot the local sheriff just fine. Plus, he also picked up a hat at the local Value Village, which as you know, is an essential part of any Wild West costume.

I’m not sure what Dougie’s stance is on acting nowadays, but if ever he decides to turn the hockey career for a scene-stealing turn in an old Western, I’ll be first in line to see it.