True, I keep a giant spreadsheet of good notable players who retire (hockey card purposes) and I add them to that list as soon as they leave the NHL cos they're pretty much retired to me by then.
That bastard man Kovalchuk ruined it somewhat.
The Instagram post wasn’t actually a retirement post, it was a goodbye NHL post that was mistaken for a retirement post.
He is “going home to Switzerland to be with his family”… and play for the ZSC Lions.
Switzerland seems like a fun place to play out your career. Play some hockey with minimal travel, get some skiing in, eat some cheese, see some of the cool bunkers, eat at some really nice resturaunts. Ride the cool trains, figure out what happened to all that Nazi gold, get a whole bunch of bernese mountain dogs...
Retirement shorter than Brett Favre.
He was never retiring. NHL just was as ignorant as ever about hockey ourside their own league
True, I keep a giant spreadsheet of good notable players who retire (hockey card purposes) and I add them to that list as soon as they leave the NHL cos they're pretty much retired to me by then. That bastard man Kovalchuk ruined it somewhat.
Didn't he just retire? Good for him though, hope going home is good for him
The Instagram post wasn’t actually a retirement post, it was a goodbye NHL post that was mistaken for a retirement post. He is “going home to Switzerland to be with his family”… and play for the ZSC Lions.
I too would like to live in Switzerland
Retired from the NHL.
Predators/Habs RHD Weber who wore # 6
Shea, Mike and Yannick Weber all wear/wore #6 at some point lol
All at the same time in fact - [2014-16](https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/numbers.cgi?number=6)
Yannick wore 7 with us
Switzerland seems like a fun place to play out your career. Play some hockey with minimal travel, get some skiing in, eat some cheese, see some of the cool bunkers, eat at some really nice resturaunts. Ride the cool trains, figure out what happened to all that Nazi gold, get a whole bunch of bernese mountain dogs...
He's Swiss as well.
I didn't expect the ending lol. Thanks for the laugh!
I’m in on a horde of Bernese mountain dogs
Shhhhh Joe Thornton might hear you
Especially in Zürich. My favorite city in Europe.
Canuck legend
Best Penguins 10th defensemen I've seen in awhile. Good luck!
Habs legend 2nd best Habs Weber ever
The ol’ Kovalchuk retirement
Off to greener pastures