Sakic to announce retirement Thursday

Perhaps one of the classiest guys playing the game is going to retire this week. Great run, Joe!

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wow

that leaves a HUGE hole in the Avs….

"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero

by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

replaced by Duchene.

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by furcifer on Jul 7, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

in theory

but in practice, those are some BIG shoes to fill.

"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero

by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions

One of the all-time greats of the game

8th all-time in points
11th all-time in assists
14th all-time in goals
Two-time Cup winner
13 time All-Star
Conn Smythe winner
Hart Trophy winner
Lady Byng winner
Pearson Award winner
Olympic Gold Medal and MVP (’02)

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by SkinnyFish on Jul 7, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

Taylor Hall will be an Avalanche.

Sad to see Sakic go. I was always a huge fan. Great guy, great player.

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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

I hope not though the Avs have lost a bunch this off season.

I enjoyed this tidbit from Mile High Hockey

Hell, for the amount we’re paying Tucker, we could have kept Lappy, Guite AND Cody McCormick. Just sayin…

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 5, 2009 11:37 AM EDT

Ah Tucker’s cap hit screwing another team over.

Plus they traded Ryan Smyth.

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by furcifer on Jul 7, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

but they have a goaltender this year

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Fare thee well, Great career and never heard a negative word about him.

One less guy that will be attending the Olympic Evaluation camp.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 7, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

shall I say it?

cue the “give Savard his place” chorus….

"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero

by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I think that is actually a good call, Savard can definitely do a good job for Team Canada.

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by stucky on Jul 7, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Burnaby Joe!

I used to drive past “Joe Sakic Way” every day to work for a while there. Great guy, great leader, great Canadian. Gotta love those guys who spend their entire career with a single team too. Two cities, I suppose..

He was magic in salt lake in 2002 as well.

by LeafFanInVan on Jul 7, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions

The NHL is losing a great player today. He may have been Quoteless Joe, but Sakic’s play on the ice spoke volumes.

His otherworldly performances in the Avs’ 2 Stanley Cup wins and in Salt Lake are the stuff of legend.

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by stucky on Jul 7, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions

my second all time favourite non-Leaf, and coming second to Yzerman isnt anything to scoff at.
Truly the end of an era.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

coincidentally

my NHL calendar is on Joe Sakic this month…

"Life is just a place where we spend time between games. Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death." - Fred Shero

by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions

So I guess . . .

that snowblower really DID do him in. Damn shame, that.

Never have had a bad thing to say about Sakic, even as his team steamrolled mine in the WC Finals in ’01. Hell of a player and seemingly a good guy off the ice as well.

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by Donut King on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions