Pavel Datsyuk to Retire at Year's End

[Rock Strongo]

OK you made me look it up.

What do: Jiri Fischer, Ryan Barnes, Tomek Valtonen, Jake McCracken, Brent Hobday, Carl Steen, and Adam DeLeeuw all have in common?

Besides a grand total of 11 goals in the NHL, they were all drafted by Detroit before Datsyuk in 1998.

You throw enough spaghetti at the wall, something will stick. Eventually.

2 words for you:


evgeni

ryabchikov

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Wow. I thought the Subban was the King of the Mountain.

He is.

But The Datsyuk is the Emperor.

This year I've seen more of The Datsyuk than The Subban with the SportsNet coup d'etat that occured too.

 

[BGDave]

2 words for you:


evgeni

ryabchikov

Wow. Had to look him up too.

But seriously, couldnt you have pawned him off on Toronto for, oh I dunno, lets say, Felix Potvin?

 

[Rock Strongo]

Wow. Had to look him up too.

But seriously, couldnt you have pawned him off on Toronto for, oh I dunno, lets say, Felix Potvin?

I was a happy guy when the bruins got felix. Then he played...

 

[RP-29]

Datsyuk will at least play out the remainder of his current contract before he retires - through the end of next season. Franzen, on the other hand, could very possibly have played his last game already despite being under contract for another four more years.

 

[tsawchuk]

More information coming soon.

Spoiler

Weird that he would announce it on this day of all days.

Damn you......you gave me a momentary stroke until I realized the date.