Here's a look back who has left the NHL over the summer of 2009.
First, we will look the out-right retirements. I suspect we will see a few more announcements in the coming weeks as players give up on the possibility a NHL team may yet be interested. Here's a look at who has retired from the NHL:
Retired
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Bret Hedican
Teppo Numminen
David Tanabe
Scott Parker
Joe Sakic
Keith Carney
Bobby Holik
Mike Sillinger
Markus Naslund
Jason Smith
Derian Hatcher
Ken Klee
Philippe Boucher
Claude Lemieux
Jeremy Roenick
Gary Roberts
Olaf Kolzig
Patrice Brisebois
Slightly different than retiring, several players left the NHL to play in Europe, most likely to never come back. Here's that list:
Playing Overseas
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P.J. Axelsson
Frantisek Kaberle
Jiri Novotny
Jiri Hudler
Sergei Zubov
Ville Peltonen
Richard Zednik
Radek Bonk
Niclas Havelid
Nikolai Zherdev
Dmitri Kalinin
J.S. Aubin
Ossi Vaananan
Sergei Fedorov
Viktor Kozlov
NHL veterans who have not yet found a team to play with, and may have played their last NHL game, include:
Unsigned Players
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Chris Chelios
Marek Malik
Mats Sundin
Miroslav Satan
Dean McAmmond
Greg De Vries
Marc-Andre Bergeron
Denis Gauthier
Chris Gratton
Michael Peca
Manny Fernandez
Dominic Moore
Rob Niedermayer
Rhett Warrener
Andre Roy
Anders Eriksson
Curtis Joseph
Darren McCarty
Marc Denis
Matt Pettinger
Let me know if you know of anyone else who should be on one of these lists.
4 comments:
Jamie Heward can be added to the list of unsigned players. He's not likely to be signed at age 38, either.
Hey Joe, really like your writing. You can add Robert Lang to the list. Played very well for the Habs (was leading team in goals) before he blew out his acchiles tendon. Being from the Montreal area, I watched a lot of his games. Any team looking for a veteran center should take a chance on this guy. Good size, even if he isnt a physical player; great hands, good shot, good passer; smart player who would be very useful on the power play.
Also there's Mathieu Dandenault who can be added to the unsigned list.
Niedermayer signed with the Devils today.
Fleury will make an announcement as to whether he'll continue a comeback.
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