96warrior 11 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 http://www.kuklaskorner.com/ Joe Sakic Signs 1 Year Deal by Alanah McGinley on 08/27/08 at 03:27 PM Comments (0) From the Colorado Avalanche: The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today the signing of Joe Sakic to a one-year contract. “I am happy to announce the signing of Joe Sakic to a one-year contract,” said Avalanche Executive Vice President and General Manager Francois Giguere. “Our entire organization is very excited to have Joe back for another season. As the only captain of the Avalanche, his record of achievement speaks for itself. Having him return is great for our franchise and community, but also for the game of hockey.” “Ultimately it came down to the fact that I still enjoy playing and competing,” said Sakic. “I’m comfortable with my conditioning and my overall health. I’m ready for the start of camp and am looking forward to the upcoming season.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holiday 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Good for him. Though I've always hated the Avs he's the kinda guy you just can't dislike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reds4Life 51 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Awesome. Sakic is great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 The funny part is at this point without Sakic the Avs really don't have much of an identity. Class act, nice to see him back in the mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duck Guy 86 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 nice to see he will be playing for at least one more year :thumbup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DatsMyWings13 4 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 I'm glad he didn't hang them up. As it's been said already in this thread, he is a class act and the face of the AVS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b.shanafan14 733 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Good stuff, I was starting to seriously believe he was done. Good guy, like others I had intense hate for the Avs when they were worth it, but Sakic is undislikable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Damn! I was hoping that four game sweep would be the way his career would end. Oh well, hopefully we'll play them in the playoffs again and sweep them one more time. He's been a class act, but I still can't like a guy who plays for the divealanche, let alone a guy who's been the face of their franchise's history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Good for him, good for the Avs, good for the league. Not to knock other athletes, but professional sports needs more Joe Sakics in the world. If he thinks he still has enough gas left in the tank to give it a go physically to where he can contribute like he's used to, play as long as possible so there's no questions or regets to wander "Do I still have it?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisdetroit 189 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 http://www.kuklaskorner.com/ Joe Sakic Signs 1 Year Deal by Alanah McGinley on 08/27/08 at 03:27 PM Comments (0) From the Colorado Avalanche: The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today the signing of Joe Sakic to a one-year contract. “I am happy to announce the signing of Joe Sakic to a one-year contract,” said Avalanche Executive Vice President and General Manager Francois Giguere. “Our entire organization is very excited to have Joe back for another season. As the only captain of the Avalanche, his record of achievement speaks for itself. Having him return is great for our franchise and community, but also for the game of hockey.” “Ultimately it came down to the fact that I still enjoy playing and competing,” said Sakic. “I’m comfortable with my conditioning and my overall health. I’m ready for the start of camp and am looking forward to the upcoming season.” Too bad for the Avs. Somebody needs to tell them that it is really time to move on. As much as Sakic is a class guy, he's at the end of his career. Colorado can't win anything if they insist on hanging on to Forsburg, Foote and Sakic. The Wings top players are no longer Yzermann, Shanahan, and Murphy that's why they are at the top of the league and the Avs are not. Granted our top D-man is 38 year old Lidstrom but as he just won another Norris, I don't think anybody would call him washed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwings1914 18 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Oh well, the hell with him. As long as the guy doesn't pass Stevie in any categories who cares. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfall 871 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Too bad for the Avs. Somebody needs to tell them that it is really time to move on. As much as Sakic is a class guy, he's at the end of his career. Colorado can't win anything if they insist on hanging on to Forsburg, Foote and Sakic. The Wings top players are no longer Yzermann, Shanahan, and Murphy that's why they are at the top of the league and the Avs are not. Granted our top D-man is 38 year old Lidstrom but as he just won another Norris, I don't think anybody would call him washed up. 2007-08 Colorado NHL 44 13 27 40 -4 20 124 10.48 2006-07 Colorado NHL 82 36 64 100 +2 46 258 13.95 2005-06 Colorado NHL 82 32 55 87 +10 60 263 12.17 Tell over a point a game player its time to move on? Maybe he could move onto Detroit because I know I would like to see a player like that here. A class guy who plays hard every shift and doesn't play dirty. Can't ask more from him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tiff_luvs_homer 5 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 I'm so happy he's coming back, I know this is probably his last year but at least we get him for one more year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Good for Joe. Glad he didn't take as long to decide as some other free agents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miller76 463 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 I just like messing with his name and calling him Sak-itch! Colorado was probably on their knees begging him to return, so they have at least a year to figure out their future of a team. Good for hockey having him back though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Booster313 138 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 This is great news for the game, we don't have to root for him but he is still one of the greatest forwards of our time. We should feel lucky that we get to watch him play! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earthhuman 8 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Too bad for the Avs. Somebody needs to tell them that it is really time to move on. As much as Sakic is a class guy, he's at the end of his career. Colorado can't win anything if they insist on hanging on to Forsburg, Foote and Sakic. The Wings top players are no longer Yzermann, Shanahan, and Murphy that's why they are at the top of the league and the Avs are not. Granted our top D-man is 38 year old Lidstrom but as he just won another Norris, I don't think anybody would call him washed up. If Lidstrom isn't washed up than neither is Sakic. Forsberg should probably retire while he can still walk/steer an automatic wheelchair. Foote is a solid defensive defenseman. Just because it worked for Detroit doesn't mean everyone needs to ship all of their older players to Toronto (we all know they'd take them). The kids in Colorado aren't ready, I don't think, to step it up and be elite players. Statsny, Wolski, and Svatos aren't where Dats and Zata were in 06-07. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinRedWing 172 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Most of my childhood heroes have already retired from the game,so it's definitely good to see Joe re-signing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnoldbuck 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 Most of my childhood heroes have already retired from the game,so it's definitely good to see Joe re-signing. My last ones were/are Jagr, Feds, Shanny, Sakic. All the others are gone. It's funny, because I love Dats and Z. And on other times, I really enjoy Kovalchuk, Nash, Vinny, Iggy. ... But, it isn't the same. I don't look at them as my idols anymore. So thos four (three I suppose with Jagr taking off) are really the last men standing of the greats I admired in my youth. Damn, I feel old suddenly, and am in need of Peter Pan and a Never Never Land. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 I think Yzerman's standing on the scoring list is safe (likely). If Joe played for 2 more years, he'd probably pass him, but it looks as though this may be his last year. He'll still finish with a higher ppg, but if this is his last year, he'll finish behind Stevie on the scoring list. It's pretty uncanny how similar these guys actually are, from class, all the way to stats. They are very close in goals and points for regular season and playoffs. Also, they were both born in BC, although, Stevie didn't grow up there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinRedWing 172 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) My last ones were/are Jagr, Feds, Shanny, Sakic. All the others are gone. It's funny, because I love Dats and Z. And on other times, I really enjoy Kovalchuk, Nash, Vinny, Iggy. ... But, it isn't the same. I don't look at them as my idols anymore. So thos four (three I suppose with Jagr taking off) are really the last men standing of the greats I admired in my youth. Damn, I feel old suddenly, and am in need of Peter Pan and a Never Never Land. I know what you mean,it'll always be childhood heroes > players who are the same age or younger than me. Edited August 29, 2008 by FinRedWing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
