Yesterday, Joe Sakic, my favorite hockey player, decided to call it a career after 20 years in the NHL. While he spent his time with two teams, the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche, it was one franchise. So often do you miss this kind of loyalty to a franchise. He stayed, even after they moved. He was always the consumate professional. He has more records than I care to recount here. So thank you Joe, not just for the Stanley Cups, but for how you played the game...like a professional. And if you don't belive me. The Great One, Wayne Gretzky had this to say about him: "I think he's had an outstanding career, a brilliant career ... The thing about Joe is he did it with so much class and so much dignity. Very humble, almost shy, but when he got on the ice he was dynamic, very unselfish."
15 years ago
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