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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
Saku Koivu to retire
“@FriedgeHNIC: One of my favorite players and people, Saku Koivu, is going to retire today.”
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#2
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
Classy guy and had to be one of my favourite Canadians players. Lots of fond memories of him.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
One of the true good ones. Playing with the Ducks last season, he looked over at my son and I and tapped the glass and smiled while we watched the warmup. My boy wears #11 because of him. My favourite hockey moment of all time was when he walked out into the arena area, bald from chemo and saluted the crowd. Had one of the toughest jobs in hockey, captain of a team with a crazy media. Didn't blame him one bit for going to Anaheim and escaping the spotlight for the end of his career.
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I'll never forget his first game back after his chemo treatment and the ovation he got at the Bell Centre. Classy guy, and a shame he never won a cup.
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#5
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
Solid player who went through a lot. Hope the best for him and his family in retirement.
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Tough not to be a fan of the gritty, skilled Finn.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
They gave him the third star in a game last season in Montreal and the fans gave him a really nice ovation, they did the same during a break in the game where they showed some past highlights of his. Good stuff.
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It is hard not to like Saku. I enjoyed watching him play (and his brother.)
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by
Huntingwhale
I'll never forget his first game back after his chemo treatment and the ovation he got at the Bell Centre. Classy guy, and a shame he never won a cup.
Its his call but man, he should have tried giving it another year, the Ducks are going to be awesome next season!
Adios Saku!
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As a habs fan he should have left Montreal a lot earlier. One of my favorites players of all time.
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habernac
Didn't blame him one bit for going to Anaheim and escaping the spotlight for the end of his career.
No one should blame him. If memory serves me correctly, Koivu wanted to stay but Montreal didn't want him.
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Its his call but man, he should have tried giving it another year, the Ducks are going to be awesome next season!
The Ducks didn't want to re-sign him. It was either retire or play one more year for another team.
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