Kind of bittersweet to see him retire this way. But he made a nice fortune and gets to retire being 1 year older then me. Best of luck to him.
You can bet agents around the league will be using him as an example to their clients as to why NOT to take a home town discount. Seems like the star players are highly paid and teams are trying to find a constant rotation of cheap, young contracts while the middle guys get cut out.
However it's hard to feel sorry for them though since pretty much everyone who followed the last lockout could see this coming a mile away. The NHLPA fought long and hard for this exact scenario all the while exclaiming that the pie was bigger. When in fact it just meant that a couple guys at the top got the biggest slice. It will be interesting to see in the future other players who will be forced into retirement, all the while still being able to play.
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