Kevin Shattenkirk retires

[BLNY]

Fabulous retirement post.

 

[Alicat]

Congrats Shatty! Hell of a player in his prime but an even better teammate and person. Best of luck in retirement!

 

[Super Hans]

They were going to say, "preceded in retirement by his hairline" but that sounds more like an obituary, which I'm counting on my family using the same quip in my obit.

 

[Ceremony]

7 different jerseys on his retirement announcement is crazy. It looks like a promo poster for the entire NHL

I looked at his hockeydb and more than half of it was news to me.

 

[Voight]

Never as bad as his detractors made him out to be, and he ended up being a decent vet presence late in his career.

Got a ring out of it.

 

[Look Up]

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Just means he was well-liked as a person.


That’s why they put that pic all the way in the back

I'm your neighbor next door down on the 6th floor. You got some toilet paper. Sorry bout the noise last night.

 

[Doothpick]

I did not enjoy watching with the Ducks. Bieksa-esque.

However, by all accounts he seemed like a really nice guy, and for sure a good locker room presence.

Congrats, glad he got his cup!

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

He was only 6’0”? Seemed taller out there. Averaging more than 0.5 ppg over almost 1000 games as a D means you were pretty damn effective.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Was a solid contributor on the Tampa cup team. Congrats to him on the career.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Just one year older than me. I am so close to hockey player retirement age. Lord help me.

You could be my kids, and you still whine about your age...

 

[Pablo El Perro]

What an odd post. Rangers on your mind a lot?

It was a memorable point in Shatty's career.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Hell of a career. Held on a little too long, but from all accounts was a great vet presence and was willing to help young players.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Elite name for this era. He probably would be just this underrated guy if he was Chris Smith.

 

[Gormo]

He was a good defenseman wish him the best

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Congrats to Kevin and all the best in retirement. Heck of a classy announcement, addressing each team he played for. From all accounts he was a well respected pro around the league. Glad to see a guy like that retire with a ring.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

hell of a career. hell of a hairline.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

What a great career for ShatnerKirk!

 

[izzy]

Shatty spent some years as a whipping boy here in STL, but he was always a great #2 behind Petro and QB’d the powerplay for many years. Hell of a career Shatty.

Yep, was a great fit in that role and they made a perfectly matched 1-2 punch on the right side

will however never forget how many people tried to say Shatty was the better of the two based on some random advanced metrics lol

 

[wingerdinger]

He was really holding out to get an opportunity to get to 1000 games. Too bad he didnt get it thought he had a strong last season with Boston.

 

[Faterson]

Just one year older than me. I am so close to hockey player retirement age. Lord help me.

I'm close to hockey coach retirement age, but why bother the Lord with it?

 

[JoVel]

I remember when he was supposed to be traded for Drouin, which I'm glad didn't happen in the end even though I was really annoyed at the time.

However eventually he did end up scoring the series defining OT goal for us in the 2020 Cup finals.

 

[jetsforever]

Didn't realise he was unsigned
Great career though

 

[gary559]

Always thought he was a joke but ended up playing nearly 1,000 games. Even with all the holes in his game he could be a very useful player with the right deployment, guess I was the joke with my assesment in the end.

 

[Three On Zero]

Wonder if it’ll ever be confirmed which Western Canadian team he refused to sign with.