On Sunday, we happened to be watching a hockey game on TV, a game that followed a ceremony honoring one of 53 National Hockey League players to play 1,000 games with the same team.
The player was Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks. His twin, Henrik, and Vancouver’s 
club president Trevor Linden are the three Canucks on that list of 53. As is always the case in such ceremonies, the honoree was showered with gifts.
He received a silver stick, not to use but to hang on the wall in the den, commemorating his achievement of longevity (kind of like the old gold watch). He received a painting of himself that if it wasn’t life-size was at least close.
And then came the big prize — from the team. Bear in mind that as a 14-year veteran on what pro sports has become, Sedin is a multimillionaire, once every year. So he can pretty much do whatever he and his family of five want to do.
What do the Canucks give him?
A Disney cruise.
It says a lot about the esteem in which cruising is held, doesn’t it?
Today at portsandbows.com: Think summer with Holland America
Star Princess
15 nights
February 27, 2015
San Francisco (return): Ensenada, Honolulu, Hilo, Lahaina, Kauai
Inside: $1,189
Cost per day: $79
www.princess.com