Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) Sakic ranks amongst the most respected players of all time. 1. Steve Yzerman 2. Bobby Orr 3. Mario Lemieux 4. Joe Sakic 5.Paul Kariya 6.Claude Lemieux 7.Sean Avery Maybe because he had Hernia surgery and he may not be at 100%. He is one of the best face off men in the league. He needs to stay in the game until he is at least 40. I am a fan of his and I hope he doesn't retire. IT was a classy move though by Quenville to let him take the last shift if it was his last shift. I wish Babcock would have let Stevie do that. I don't know about that. It was a bit of a different situation as the Wings were down by one with under a minute left against the Oil after Hemsky scored. We needed our best skilled players out there in an attempt to tie the game. I could understand if we were down by an unreachable margin, however. Edited May 2, 2008 by Hockeytown0001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawings 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Hoping for more years to come from Joe! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avsfan23 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Im pretty optimistic that he will be back next season. It will be a very sad day in Avaland when he decides to hang em up. I cant even imagine what you all went through when Stevie Y retired. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doggy 130 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Im pretty optimistic that he will be back next season. It will be a very sad day in Avaland when he decides to hang em up. I cant even imagine what you all went through when Stevie Y retired. It sucked but Pavel and Zetterberg made it much easier than it should've been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest drwings1 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 he passed yzerman for PO points right?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeeRYCE 2 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 he passed yzerman for PO points right?? Yep. 186 over 185. Unfortunately, Stevie has had some lousy postseasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Congratulations for your great series, Joe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Yep. 186 over 185. Unfortunately, Stevie has had some lousy postseasons. Sakic passing Yzerman has more to do with the fact that Sakic spent less time doing it alone. Not saying he's not great, but Yzerman was pretty much the only guy on the team for the first eight years of his career. Eight years in, Sakic had a Stanley Cup worthy supporting cast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayUp88 1 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 I can't see him hanging it up until next year, but if he does he is one of the best out there. He has always been their leader, reminds me a lot about someone from Detroit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izzy24 44 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Congratulations for your great series, Joe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjradio 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 I don't think that it was Joe's last game. I don't think he would want to go out like they did. But my personal opinion is this. I don't think he'll retire. He do one more year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tiff_luvs_homer 5 Report post Posted May 3, 2008 I don't think this is his last year, but in the event that it is I am going to miss him! What an awesome player! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
