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Retirement Thread

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With another Red Wing possibly hanging the skates up for good, I thought there might be a few more of the announcements over the coming months.

Kris Draper is apparently done, announcement coming tomorrow: http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=372446
 
Always a guy I admired, played hard, scored some big goals, got his face caved in by Claude Lemieux.

Not to restart a debate but I'd feel better about Kris Draper going into the HOF than Chris Osgood.
 
Saint Nik said:
Always a guy I admired, played hard, scored some big goals, got his face caved in by Claude Lemieux.

Not to restart a debate but I'd feel better about Kris Draper going into the HOF than Chris Osgood.
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I hope you don't take it too hard if Osgood gets in.  I won't if he don't.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
I hope you don't take it too hard if Osgood gets in.  I won't if he don't.
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After Pat Burns, I'm pretty much immune to the HOF making stupid decisions.
 
Just asking....


If Jagr's return to the NHL doesn't pan out with the Fllyers, would he consider going back to the KHL or retiring altogether?


What do you think?



 
hockeyfan1 said:
Just asking....


If Jagr's return to the NHL doesn't pan out with the Fllyers, would he consider going back to the KHL or retiring altogether?


What do you think?
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Then he should call it quits. Great player, had a wildly successful career, but if it doesn't work out at age 39 it's not going to get any better from 40 and beyond.
 
Bubba Kush said:
hockeyfan1 said:
Just asking....


If Jagr's return to the NHL doesn't pan out with the Fllyers, would he consider going back to the KHL or retiring altogether?


What do you think?
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Then he should call it quits. Great player, had a wildly successful career, but if it doesn't work out at age 39 it's not going to get any better from 40 and beyond.
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But isnt that an issue with a number of aging starts? Many dont know their own limitations..... and thats sad
 
Damian said:
Bubba Kush said:
hockeyfan1 said:
Just asking....


If Jagr's return to the NHL doesn't pan out with the Fllyers, would he consider going back to the KHL or retiring altogether?


What do you think?
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Then he should call it quits. Great player, had a wildly successful career, but if it doesn't work out at age 39 it's not going to get any better from 40 and beyond.
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But isnt that an issue with a number of aging starts? Many dont know their own limitations..... and thats sad
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I sympathize with that, because it is probably difficult to let go of their livelihood and everything, but it can be painful to watch some of these guys, who I considered legends growing up, now reduced to being a bunch of old farts who can barely contribute (with the obvious exception of the Lidstroms/Selannes of the league)
 
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SAN JOSE ?  Former San Jose Sharks team Captain Owen Nolan today formally announced his retirement from the game of hockey, following 18 stellar seasons in the National Hockey League.

Nolan, who will be remembered as one of the game?s purest power forwards, played in exactly 1,200 NHL games with Quebec/Colorado, San Jose, Toronto, Phoenix, Calgary and Minnesota, posting 885 points (422 goals, 463 assists) and 1,793 penalty minutes.

He finishes ranked 71st on the NHL?s all-time goals list and among all NHL players with more career NHL goals, only seven have posted more penalty minutes than Nolan (Mark Messier, Brendan Shanahan, Keith Tkachuk, Pat Verbeek, Theo Fleury, Rick Tocchet and Gary Roberts).

Nolan ranks T-33rd all-time in NHL power play goals and T-100th in points (with former teammate Peter Forsberg).

?I was very lucky to be able to play 18 seasons in the National Hockey League,? said Nolan.  ?I want to thank all of my teammates over those years, along with my friends and family.  I also want to thank Doug Wilson and the San Jose Sharks for allowing me the opportunity to step away from the game as a member of the Sharks family.?
 
Might have been a Hall of Famer had he played a brand of hockey that was more agreeable  to his physical well being. - Though, part of that made him such a good player too.
 
Was my favorite non-Leaf, I was one of the few who was happy with the trade.  Owen is one of six hockey related names I gave my kids.  (My wife thinks Joesph and Francis were used after her grandfathers...sucker!)
 
In the games Nolan played as a Leaf, I could never figure out why Quinn had him mostly on 3rd line duty.

If I remember correctly, he got a lot of his goals in SJ by quareterbacking the PP.  In Toronto, I don't remember him getting much PP time either.

Maybe I'm "misremembering" things.

 
Sudafederov said:
Apparently Dominik Hasek still has some junk in the basement and wants to make a comeback to the NHL.
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Apparently, he wants to be a thug this time around and lead the league in penalty minutes.  ?????
 
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