He ended his NHL career in 2009, returning home to Russian Federation to play three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League with Metallurg Magnitogorsk before retiring. “I made a decision to move on, leave the country for the dream that I experienced in the NHL”, he said.
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The Quebec Nordiques wanted Daigle so badly that they reportedly offered Owen Nolan and Peter Forsberg, but they were rebuffed by the Ottawa Senators.
Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger, Sergei Fedorov, Phil Housley, Angela Ruggiero, Bill Hay and Peter Karmanos Jr. were named as the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2015.
He surpassed the 40-point mark in 10 separate seasons and played a big role in Anaheim capturing the Stanley Cup in 2007.
Flyers General Manager Ron Hextall made his second deal in three days Monday, sending feisty left winger Zac Rinaldo to Boston for a third-round pick in the 2017 draft.
Lidstrom, 45, was eligible for the first time this year.
Pronger is known as one of the most physical players of his era (eight career suspensions).
“It was a tremendous ride in Edmonton”. When she started playing hockey in Simi Valley, California as a child, there were only 5,000 women’s players in the country. “I was treated extremely well, first-class by all standards”.
Pronger had to retire prematurely because of concussion issues, but the Flyers were still paying until Saturday when his contract was traded to the Arizona Coyotes. The Flyers needed some salary-cap relief.
Ruggiero, who played at Harvard, also helped Team US win four more gold and six silver medals at the world championships. He could be very nasty.
“I took a lot of pride in being dedicated to the game, so it means a great deal to me to be recognized by those who know the game the best”, Lidstrom said.
“I was fortunate enough when I got traded there that I immediately found a partner in Sean O’Donnell”, Pronger said. “I had tears in my eyes when that buzzer went off”. He won three Stanley Cups – all with the Red Wings – and won the Hart Trophy as the league’s MVP in 1993-94. He was the 17th player to join the Triple Gold Club.
Hay was the first NCAA graduate to play in the NHL.
But what earned the most praise was his warrior-like mentality during the playoffs. He also was dealing with vision issues. Because Lidstrom was both an offensive and defensive force, you can make an argument that he is second behind Bobby Orr as the greatest defenseman in NHL history.
Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom of Sweden announces his retirement during a news conference in Detroit on May 31, 2012. The Flyers gave Pronger a seven-year, $34.9 million extension that would run through 2017, when Pronger would be 42. “You sort of come to this point every summer and see who gets elected, but I can forget all those years in the past now because I’m actually going in”. Since then, he has worked in his family’s oil business and was part owner and team president of the Calgary Flames. The Blues still own Sobotka’s rights for one more NHL season.
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“There was always doubt”, Housley said. The defenceman also won four world championships for United States of America. “The fact that I’m now joining them is very special, and the greatest accomplishment I can think of as a hockey player”.
