Editing Bobby Orr (section)

===1976 Canada Cup===
After Orr signed with Chicago, the Black Hawks gave him permission to play for Team Canada in the [[1976 Canada Cup]] tournament. Orr did not play in the [[1972 Summit Series]] against the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]], and he wanted badly to play for Canada. Orr had been unable to play in the Summit Series due to knee surgery, although he did participate as a non-player. Orr's participation in the Canada Cup was considered ill-conceived and Eagleson later thought it may have been the 'last straw' that killed his career. Orr himself said that he knew before the tournament that "I knew I didn't have much longer. That series didn't do it. I thought I could get the next season in, but not much after that. I knew, looking at that team, I wouldn't have to do as much. I wouldn't have traded it for anything."{{sfn |McKenzie |2000 |pp=12–13}}

Despite his knee, Orr's performance in the Canada Cup led to him being named to the tournament All-Star team and he was named the overall [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] for the tournament.{{sfn|Brunt|2006|p=275}} According to teammate [[Bobby Clarke]], Orr "would hardly be able to walk on the morning of the game, and he would hardly be able to walk in the afternoon, and then, at night, he would be the best player on one of the greatest teams ever assembled. He was the best player in every game; he was the best player in the tournament. He couldn't skate like he used to, but he could still go."{{sfn |McKenzie |2000 |p=13}} According to teammate [[Darryl Sittler]], "Bobby Orr was better on one leg, than anybody else was on two."{{sfn |McKenzie |2000 |p=10}}