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Keep playing, Burnaby Joe.

You are a legend.

Stick around another couple of years Joe. You still got it in ya. A true class act for a pro athlete.

You bum! - who do you think you are -- Mats Sundin?
Wah-wah T&R sucks; wah wah another retirement story??

wah wah how is this news; wah wah how much coverage does a guys decision to play need?

wah wah how is this news; wah wah how much coverage does a guys decision to play need?

Smarmy

When it's a guy with the ability and I daresay class of a Joe Skic? We don't need a soap opera, but updates are okay. Thi ISN'T Mats we're talking about.
By the way..Smarmy...have a coffee or something, way to early to be that snippy...

Sakic can still play at a high level so why not return if he wants to play. Skating is the hard part of the game and he is still one of the best.

But if he wants another cup he isn't going to get it playing in Colorado. Those days are long gone.

im not an avs fan but i love to see sakic play. plus without him the avs are not gonna be very good

When it's a guy with the ability and I daresay class of a Joe Skic? We don't need a soap opera, but updates are okay. Thi ISN'T Mats we're talking about.
By the way..Smarmy...have a coffee or something, way to early to be that snippy...
Spiny Norman

Well said Spiny.

Smarmy .... nodissing of Joe, if you please. This is the first time he's had a mention on here for about a month.

C'mon back, Joe.

^^
in case Roberts comes in today - no dissing ;)

he wont retire untill after the 2010 olympics because they are in his backyard

i hope he dosent anyway he still has it and would be great for canada to have in 2010

Though it pains me as a Wings and a Stevie Y fan, I would have to say that Joe is one of the great leaders of hockey. Joe, Stevie and Messier all seem to have the similar kind of aura to lead a hockey team. Despite all the blood and hurt feelings in the 90's between those two teams, I still had to respect them just for Joe alone (because it certainly wouldn't be because of Roy or Claude).

Santapig

I am also a big Stevie Y fan (try that in NYC sometime, where the think Messier is just a typo)
and Joe does fit the mold of the other two


BETMMAN S***S

he wont retire untill after the 2010 olympics because they are in his backyard
TheSportsEncyclopedia

Don't remind me. I'm already pee-ed off about it and they are still only preparing for it.

Limpics are like a prison awaiting construction or a proposed landfill. Not in my back yard...

Just one more thing for me to ignore.

I still had to respect them just for Joe alone (because it certainly wouldn't be because of Roy or Claude).
santapig

Still bent out of shape over Draper's bad bounce?

Yeah Hank, a little. I'm sure other items in his years have done it as well (such as last game against Dallas), but in watching the DVD I got of this season you get some close-ups of Kris, and his face is not pretty. That man truly has given up is body for the sport. Anyway, it's a little about that, but more of the cowardly thing. You know, it's one thing if he's mean spirited out there and you can call him a thug or a villain, but he turtled up like he couldn't own up to what he did.

And no offense to our French Canadian friends, but French Canadians kind of annoy me. Oh, so I guess I did mean to offend...sorry. Anyway, the accent bugs me, and then you've got Roy talking about not being able to hear Roenick because he's got his rings in his ears (where'd you put the other rings Patrick!?)...it didn't seem like bravado boasting, but more...I don't know...more like the Frenchman on Cheers. "Voodie, I'm going to steal your giirrrlfriend."

Still bent out of shape over Draper's bad bounce?
Hank Kingsley

.....and then you've got Roy talking about not being able to hear Roenick because he's got his rings in his ears
Santapig

Could you please fill this Rookie in on these bits of hockey history?
Thanks.

p.s. Hank, Those comments about Gretzky on that 20th Anniversary thread were a little Grinchley, eh?? ( chuckle )

BTW, that comment of "rough edges" relates to why, several moons ago, I put out that question of who you guys consider to be the most COMPLETE player ever.

BTW, that comment of "rough edges" relates to why, several moons ago, I put out that question of who you guys consider to be the most COMPLETE player ever.

seabird56
Not counting guys I didn't see, but before he started getting hurt piece by piece, Forsberg was a pretty good all around player