Tomas Plekanec Officially Retires

[Adam Michaels]

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[DAChampion]

Habs #1 center of the 21st century so far, I think.

Very good career !

 

[Deebs]

Good career, good guy.....all the best in retirement.

 

[Redux91]

Next person to honor

 

[Andy]

Great player. A little miscast, but not his fault the habs could never find a better centre during his tenure.

 

[Chadstudsky]

Never thought Plekanec would retire before Jagr

Enjoy retirement Pleky! Well deserved

 

[Scriptor]

Loved him as a Hab. Hated those who set him upas 1st line C because they couldn't get a real one for that role. Plecky would have thrived as a 2nd line C.

It was the same thing with Koivu and the something with DD.

 

[morhilane]

Happy retirement Pleky!

 

[Tuggy]

Always a fan when he was a Hab.

All the best!

 

[KevSkillz4]

One of my favorite Habs player ever. Very good two-way C and he was been very underrated.

 

[the]

Awesome player, always a fan of Super Pleky.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Great career! Loved him in Montreal.

 

[Vachon23]

New euro player development coach

 

[JackZap]

I’ll be wearing a turtleneck in his honour

 

[vHAB]

I loved how sneaky dirty he was with his stick lol. And a selke caliber guy in his prime to boot, hope he enjoys retirement!

 

[donghabs98]

Great player. A little miscast, but not his fault the habs could never find a better centre during his tenure.

Suffered the same issue Koivu had. If the Habs had a proper 1st line centre a lot of the criticisms both faced wouldn't have been as loud.

 

[donghabs98]

New euro player development coach

Im a big advocate for the creation of Euro Hockey Ops with dedicated support staff, coaches and scouts (pro and amateur).

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Pure beaut, loves me some Turtleneck-Plek!

 

[the valiant effort]

It was great watching him emerge as a crafty young C in 2005-2006 and actually see him go on to play ~1000 games for the club

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Tomas Jagr!

 

[Walrus26]

Didn't recognise him with a visible neck.

He was great for us and carried a load at 1C that he perhaps wasn't quite cut out for, but he didn't let us down.

Salute.

 

[Cournoyer12]

Next person to honor

It was extremely difficult to see him in a Leafs sweater!

 

[JianYang]

Didn't recognise him with a visible neck.

He was great for us and carried a load at 1C that he perhaps wasn't quite cut out for, but he didn't let us down.

Salute.

He was up and down offensively, but at his best, he was a good 1C.... But short of elite.

His best was probably under Jacques Martin. He played him alot, and used him in every situation.

By all accounts, he was a true professional always the first at the rink.

I also recall wisniewski in a podcast a few years ago remarking on how underappreciated plekanec was.

Hoping he has a fantastic post hockey life. You can tell he still bleeds bleu blanc et rouge too.

Next person to honor

I'd love to see him back, but at least he got something just after final nhl game.

Markov is overdue.

 

[No More Subban]

i've been a pleky fan (and the turtleneck) ever since his #35 days. it was fun watching him (and higgins) kill penalties. definitely miss the guy! happy retirement!

 

[Habssince89]

Underrated and overburdened.

He was a warrior, and I recall several players naming him as one of the more difficult opponents to play against. An absolute gangster too, never backed down. Love that turtleneck