News Article: Alfredsson Retirement Announcement Expected Dec 4 in Ottawa

[Minister of Offence]

Speculation is he wants to go in the HOF as a Red Wing. If that's the case, mark me down as to NOT retire his number. That should be cleared up by Alfie, first.

Who's speculating this? That'd be shocking

 

[Minister of Offence]

In the end what did Alfredsson accomplish by leaving us? Nothing. I'm still bitter.

Better off resenting the owner.

 

[pepty]

Speculation is he wants to go in the HOF as a Red Wing. If that's the case, mark me down as to NOT retire his number. That should be cleared up by Alfie, first.

Speculation-meaning that it is based on nothing at all but pulled out of thin air.
Who was speculating-was it you or one of your friends?

I doubt Alfie would be so presumptuous as to even speculate-himself- on
this as he won't even be eligible for years to come.He will not and should not address
this absurd non issue.

 

[pepty]

No one... We havent had that player yet. If he didnt leave then i would ahve said yes (even though he has zero cups to his name, and i have an issue with putting losers in the rafters) but i understand he was a big part of this team for a long time.

You remind me so much of a poster, John Holmes who never forgave Alfredsson for displacing his favourite player Alexei Yashin as captain and used to write exactly this sort of post.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

I've been a Sens fan since the beginning. Alfredsson was always one of my favourite players.

He will have his jersey in the rafters and I hope he comes back to the organization at some point.

Still will never be the same though if he had stayed in Ottawa the whole time.

That sums it up pretty well.

It would've been amazing for such a young organization to have a true lifer to put up in the rafters. There will always be some wistful what could've been when thinking about Alfredsson.

 

[BK201]

You remind me so much of a poster, John Holmes who never forgave Alfredsson for displacing his favourite player Alexei Yashin as captain and used to write exactly this sort of post.

Yashin was kind of a dink though lol.

 

[OttawaOilers]

Better off resenting the owner.

Oh, I do. I love Paul MacLean, and Bryan Murray, and pretty much all the rest, but Melnyk is scum to me.

 

[freddy61]

The likelihood of the Sens signing Alfredsson so he finishes his career with the Sens?

Probably not!

Without NHL / NHL PA exemptions, the minimum contract being what it is Melnyk isn't in the habit of throwing free money around plus they don't have room on their 23 man roster to sign a UFA even if it's just for a day.

Nice touchy feel idea. Too bad!

 

[Sun God Nika]

did you make that?

 

[Burrowsaurus]

If you could read you would realise you jut made an argument against yourself. Ask yourself what all those players have in common. I'll give you a minute...









...All of their numbers have been retired by their respective teams.

I might be wrong. But all those players are winners. Alfie is a perennial loser.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Back in the 90s a player left Vancouver under less than ideal terms leaving the fans with a sour taste in their mouth. This player was easily a favourite in the city regardless if you were a Canucks fan or not. He was the best player they had drafted and was the most exciting to watch. His number 10 hangs in the rafters as of last year.

Need I say more?
Hockey is a business. Everyone has needs. As much as it hurt at the time I think we need to move on and start remembering all the good Alfie did for us. I say retire his number and bring him back in some way.

So because Vancouver did it it makes it great? I didn't agree with them retiring bures number.

 

[BonkTastic]

Speculation is he wants to go in the HOF as a Red Wing.

I've never heard about this speculation ever in my life.

Is there a source for this?

 

[great1]

did you make that?

Yeah I did.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Yeah I did.

Nicely done.

 

[Six Assets]

'bout time

 

[Sun God Nika]

The likelihood of the Sens signing Alfredsson so he finishes his career with the Sens?

Probably not!

Without NHL / NHL PA exemptions, the minimum contract being what it is Melnyk isn't in the habit of throwing free money around plus they don't have room on their 23 man roster to sign a UFA even if it's just for a day.

Nice touchy feel idea. Too bad!

Sign Alfie to a two way with AHL league minimum for his AHL salary(42,375), waive Alfie after that one game, after he clears he can announce retirement wouldn't cost much at all.

 

[freddy61]

Sign Alfie to a two way with AHL league minimum for his AHL salary(42,375), waive Alfie after that one game, after he clears he can announce retirement wouldn't cost much at all.

Detroit would probably claim him if they did that

 

[SilverSeven]

What a pathetic way to end your career. Spurn the team and city that made you to play for a crappy Detroit team...then not know when to quit.

 

[Six Assets]

What a pathetic way to end your career. Spurn the team and city that made you to play for a crappy Detroit team...then not know when to quit.

sens were worse than Detroit last year

 

[Ice-Tray]

Why is #8 retired anyways? Never got that.

Instrumental player and captain of cup winning teams. Google is your friend.

Also the link to the past stuff that others mentioned, but it's not as fluffy as it seems.

Respect due, for real.

 

[BonkTastic]

I'm both surprised that there are so many fans who still hold grudges against Alfie, and yet not at all surprised that I find them here.

 

[Karlsson2Turris*]

sens were worse than Detroit last year

If we still had him I think we make the playoffs last year. There was too much talent on that team not to make the playoffs and Alfie would've made the guys play better defensively with his leadership. Watching Spezza, many of the young guys probably felt if the captain doesn't play defence, why should they?

 

[SilverSeven]

I'm both surprised that there are so many fans who still hold grudges against Alfie, and yet not at all surprised that I find them here.

No grudge here. Ive never believed he should have his number retired. I think that should be reserved for truly once in a lifetime players. All for honouring his number like Toronto does.

And it is a pathetic way to end a career. No way around it.

 

[BonkTastic]

No grudge here. Ive never believed he should have his number retired. I think that should be reserved for truly once in a lifetime players. All for honouring his number like Toronto does.

Well, even if I don't necessarily agree with it, it's a fair assessment. At least here, we're having a "do players get their numbers retired too easily in the NHL?" discussion, instead of an Alfredsson-specific discussion. It's a debate worth having, I suppose.

And it is a pathetic way to end a career. No way around it.

You can say that about most players who are forced out due to injury, I guess. It's only exacerbated by the fallout between Alfie & management, but at then end of the day, it sucks to see guys have to hang up their skates due to injury, when they clearly have something left to give to the game.

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

I might be wrong. But all those players are winners. Alfie is a perennial loser.

I guess the league is just made up of perennial losers, then.