hyduK
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From this Hockey News article. The bad news is he's never going to play at even a decent level again. He's pretty much toast at this point. I know people will want to sugar coat it and say Kronwall really doesn't need to participate in training camp. That is whistling past the graveyard, Kronwall is for all intents and purposes done as a useful hockey player. 35 year old guys with bum knees don't magically get better. We've seen it time and time again with older guys basically being incapable of playing hockey at a high level once one or both of their knees are shot.
So when does he retire, and Z for that matter?
I ask this because I was pretty annoyed when we wasted all that Datsyuk cap space on mediocre players that might help us squeak into the playoffs but will handcuff us cap-wise long term.
But maybe Kenny thinks we're about to get a bunch more space next summer...