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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
FYI since you haven't been here that long over the years here it's always been speculated if Kipper would even come back for the last year of the contract. Not saying he won't come back next year but there was always thought that Kipper would retire either at the end of this season or next.
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I always find it funny when posters assume that, because another poster has only been posting on this board for a short period of time, that they must have just beemed down from space or just become a hockey fan.
It is entirely possible that, despite not being a CP poster since 2006, that I somehow managed to find other sources of information on the Flames.
To the point, yes, when Kiprusoff signed that contract in 08, it was pretty obvious to look forward to the final year of it and speculate that he could well retire instead of playing for $1.5M for the final year.
However, 5 years later, as that final year fast approaches, and since Kiprusoff is still playing well and keeps himself in great shape and - most importantly - since he has made no mention whatsoever of retiring, it is probably no longer as obvious or prudent to simply assume that he will hang up the skates instead of playing out the contract and probably desiring another one.