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Originally Posted by Housley4Prez
ANYONE who comes back from an absence gets cheered. That's the human thing to do. I couldn't stand when Steve Smith was the Flames captain in the late 90s, but would've cheered his return IF he was able to come back from that career-ending neck injury. Doesn't make him a fan favourite.
He was a fringe NHLer prior to the mental health sabbatical, and he's a fringe NHLer now. He's played 201 games, and racked up a whopping 55pts over that time. Whoopdeedooooo.
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Yikes.
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"Life of Russian hockey veterans is very hard," said Soviet hockey star Sergei Makarov. "Most of them don't have enough to eat these days. These old players are Russian legends."
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