Intro:

NHL legend Wayne Gretzky gave his thoughts on the mumps virus that has spread throughout the NHL in Los Angeles (Monday December 15).

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Wayne Gretzky, NHL Hall of Famer (On how he thinks the mumps with affect Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins)

"Well I'm not a doctor, I'm an honorary doctor. So I don't have the answer, but I would say that, you know, there's two factors. One, how serious is the issue? How much is it going to drain him over the next six or eight weeks, because obviously this is just not the case of the flu and seven days later you're going to feel fine. This is something that probably will linger on a little bit longer than something else. But the other guys who have seemed to come down with the same symptoms and the same illness seemed to have kind of bounced back now and seemed to be healthier and stronger. So maybe at the end of the day, the break and the rest will be good for him and the Pittsburgh Penguins. It's a long year, it's a hard year and maybe at the end of the day this is a little bit of a rest and a break that'll benefit him and the hockey team."