Matt Martin retires, joins Islanders front office

[MMC]

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Down to 4 visorless players-ROR, Benn, Bogosian, Reaves

 

[SI90]

The mayor of Long Island!! What a career. Just had twin boys and will be working in the organization. You won’t find a guy with better character and better relationships with the fan base.

 

[1989]

Nobody cares but for many seasons, I had Martin (and Clutterbuck) on any fantasy league that counted hits.

Happy retirement, Matt!

 

[Bender Duster]

 

[boredmale]

First assignment, he is assigned the Mitch Marner file

 

[NVious]

Just saw Lou fall to his knees at the local gabagool spot.

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Just saw Lou fall to his knees at the local gabagool spot.

 

[SRBisles]

An extemely beloved figure on Long Island. Glad he's sticking around.

 

[The Shadow]

Close to 1000 games

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Why do so many NHL'ers hang on, we need more guys who just move on and get a normal job. Tim Brent became a vice-president for a commercial real estate company.

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And he still does sled hockey on weekends!

 

[thebeernerd]

Without his power amulet in Lou Lamariello, Matt has no juice left.

 

[miscs75]

Hair dye is now a requirement for all Islanders players moving forward.

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

Good, I was worried we might sign him again.

 

[seafoam]

Long Island Legend, there was not doubt he was going to join NYI in some sort of role.

 

[SI90]

He knew

 

[SEALBound]

Dying breed of player. Glad he was able to get out and transition to a nice job. Good for him.

 

[Hippasus]

I'm kind of glad, being an Ovechkin fanboy. But seriously (OV probably won't catch him. He's prorated to 139 for next season.), congratulations for a great and long career. He is by all accounts a solid and formidable individual, and has been loyal to his organization. He could have tried to usurp Clutterbuck, but probably just wanted to do what was best for his team.

	Career hits (since being recorded)
Cal Clutterbuck	4029
Matt Martin	3936
Alex Ovechkin*	3744 / 3743
Luke Schenn*	3660
Dustin Brown	3632
Milan Lucic	3275
Ryan Reaves*	3065
Radko Gudas*	3059 / 3058

Quanthockey.com / Nhl.com stats in the right column.
* = active

 

[SI90]

 

[centipede2233]

here is our special assistant at to our special advisor to the house secretary.

 

[Oddbob]

I'm kind of glad, being an Ovechkin fanboy. But seriously (OV probably won't catch him. He's prorated to 139 for next season.), congratulations for a great and long career. He is by all accounts a solid and formidable individual, and has been loyal to his organization. He could have tried to usurp Clutterbuck, but probably just wanted to do what was best for his team.

	Career hits (since being recorded)
Cal Clutterbuck	4029
Matt Martin	3936
Alex Ovechkin*	3744 / 3743
Luke Schenn*	3660
Dustin Brown	3632
Milan Lucic	3275
Ryan Reaves*	3065
Radko Gudas*	3059 /3058

Quanthockey.com / Nhl.com stats in the right column.
* = active

These stats make me wish the NHL had always kept track as how many hits did some of the great hitters of the past get. Vlad Konstantinov only played 446 games but he probably had in the 1500-2000 hit totals and guys like Stevens and the like. Then all the goons of the 80s and early 90s, though them being up there is like Matt Martin and Ryan Reaves being up there.

 

[Hippasus]

These stats make me wish the NHL had always kept track as how many hits did some of the great hitters of the past get. Vlad Konstantinov only played 446 games but he probably had in the 1500-2000 hit totals and guys like Stevens and the like. Then all the goons of the 80s and early 90s, though them being up there is like Matt Martin and Ryan Reaves being up there.

There is no source that I am are aware of, but I posed this question before on this site. I recall having heard of Zdeno Chara and Gordie Howe being up there too.

Thread 'Top 10 hitters of all time'

Oct 17, 2019

Choose your top 10

• Ben White
• Replies: 85
• Forum: Polls - (hockey-related only)

Thread 'All-time hitters'

Apr 15, 2025

How do Eddie Shore, Gordie Howe, Scott Stevens, Ulf Samuelsson, Darius Kasparaitis, Zdeno Chara, Niklas Kronwall, or Cal Clutterbuck figure in terms of all-time hitters? Are there others?

Edit: Perhaps Broad Street Bullies.

• Hippasus
• Replies: 21
• Forum: The History of Hockey

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[tarheelhockey]

Tough customer and a prototypical “Islanders” type player. Happy trails.

 

[Davenport]

Loved that line with Casey Cizikas between Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck.

 

[Primary Assist]

Seems like a thoroughly good guy. Best of luck to him