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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Mon May 23, 2011 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5635 ... -headlines http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5635 ... -headlines |
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| Author: | Sabresfansince1980 [ Mon May 23, 2011 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season? |
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| Author: | PatGreen [ Mon May 23, 2011 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
a couple of the last greats from when i started watching hockey. i wonder how long it will be before they're all gone. |
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| Author: | Stuuuuuuu [ Tue May 24, 2011 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Rafalski hasn't even been playing all that long, 11 years. Seems a little early to retire, but then again it is a brutal sport. I couldn't even last a half a season. Good luck to both of them. |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Tue May 24, 2011 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Sabresfansince1980 wrote: I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season? Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid. |
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Tue May 24, 2011 12:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Stuuuuuuu wrote: Rafalski hasn't even been playing all that long, 11 years. Seems a little early to retire, but then again it is a brutal sport. I couldn't even last a half a season. Good luck to both of them. he came into the league at... 27 i think though. |
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| Author: | Vanek_Fanatic_26 [ Tue May 24, 2011 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Squanto wrote: Sabresfansince1980 wrote: I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season? Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid. He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35. |
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| Author: | Skyline_BNR34 [ Tue May 24, 2011 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Next up is Lidstrom. |
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| Author: | Sabresfansince1980 [ Tue May 24, 2011 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote: Squanto wrote: Sabresfansince1980 wrote: I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season? Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid. He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35. Nah that's my bad. I got mixed up on my cap/salary rules. He's got 11 years in the NHL, but played 3-4 years in Europe after college. A full career for sure, but still surprised. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Wed May 25, 2011 1:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
I always liked weight. Never had much of an opinion on Rafalski. |
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| Author: | Skyline_BNR34 [ Thu May 26, 2011 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Rafalski is 37 so he's been around awhile. |
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Thu May 26, 2011 1:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
11 years. he entered the league as a 26 year old |
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| Author: | Skyline_BNR34 [ Thu May 26, 2011 1:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
I know. I was saying he is 37 so he's been around, alive and playing hockey for a long time. |
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| Author: | Vanek_Fanatic_26 [ Thu May 26, 2011 2:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
I'd say he's one of the best UDFA defensman of all time, if that's saying anything. |
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| Author: | burner087 [ Thu May 26, 2011 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Rafalski had a good season. Any word on why? I heard injury. Was it something big? |
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| Author: | Sabresfansince1980 [ Thu May 26, 2011 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Nothing big, but he had knee and back injuries that held him to 63 games. He said he wanted to be healthy, so maybe one of those was a lingering problem that he got tired of. |
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| Author: | sabretoothpick [ Fri May 27, 2011 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote: Squanto wrote: Sabresfansince1980 wrote: I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season? Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid. He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35. That's a bullshit rule. It should count against the cap if the player doesn't retire due to a serious injury. All the Kovalchuk'eske contracts count on the fact that they will retire at some point. |
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| Author: | Los9090 [ Fri May 27, 2011 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: brian rafalski/doug weight to retire. |
Two great American players...they'll be missed |
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