Wayne Gretzky is ready to playhockey again. Before you get Solomon Hill Jersey excited, it will bein an alumni game Saturday between former Oilers and former Jets in Winnipeg. Still, the Great One now a member of the Oilers' front office is getting back on the ice for longer than a minuteor two. Has he been training for this occasion, just to ensure he doesn't shred any muscles in his 55-year-old body? Well, no. "I mean, I skate once a year. I just really never find the energy, the enthusiasm to grab my equipment and say, 'Oh, I'm going to play pickup hockey,' " Gretzky . "I think when you play in the National Hockey League you play with the best players and against the best players it's hard to go play Friday night hockey." MORE: It's entirely understandable that the best player of his time (of all time, really) would generally skip anything other than the highest levels of competition,no matter how much he loves the game. He's skating Saturday mostly to reconnect with old friends and help raise money for charity during the NHL's Heritage Cla sic weekend in Canada. (He also took to the ice during his charity event in Australia in June.) Besides, how many weekend warriors would be intimidated/flustered by being on a line with No. 99? Oh, about all of them. Who wants to deal with that? So, yeah, better for Gretzky to stay on the golf course than to get back on the ice regularly. Sindarius Thornwell Jersey