y club. After 20 seasons, all being with the Nordiques-Avalanche franchise, long-time captain Joe Sakic announced his retirement from the NHL. Not only did Avalanche personnel say goodbye to their on-ice leader, but their most valuable player.
Joe Sakic
21 July 2009
13 July 2009
4. Also sad but not quite to the extent of McNair’s death, is the fact that Joe Sakic is retiring. Due to various injuries, he only managed to play in 15 games for the Avalanche last season. It was an anti-climatic end to a fantastic and first-ballot Hall of Fame career. I have to admit that I hated Sakic when he scored to knock the Blues out of the Western Conference Finals, as it was the furthest the team had made it since I started watching (the remote I launched at the wall was the proof that I was not a Sakic fan). But he wasn’t a dirty player and he did help someone that I did like at the time, Ray Bourque, win a cup.
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