Zack Kassian retires

[MMC]

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[Angry Little Elf]

Always kinda liked Kassian

 

[SEALBound]

I really admire him for bouncing back in 18/19/20 after struggling. Hopefully he enjoys his retirement.

 

[crashthenet]

Always liked him. 12 years. wow.

 

[66-30-33]

I liked him years ago, still remember his first playoff run with Oilers all he did was charge players in the first round when he hit them.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

down to 6 visorless players left:

Jamie Benn-Stars
Zach Bogosian- Lightning
Milan Lucic- Bruins
Matt Martin- Islanders
Ryan O’Reilly- Preds
Ryan Reaves- Leafs

 

[Lunatik]

I liked Kassian earlier in his career, but after he rag dolled Gagner with his face protection (caused by Kassian breaking his jaw), I lost respect for him. Then the more he talked to the media, the more he came across as a brainless meathead.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

That's all I remember from Kassian's stint with the Habs.

Happy retirement.

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

Sad day. Loved him in Edmonton.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Wifi ended his career.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Heckuva career.

 

[Mr Kot]

will miss his bald head

 

[Hansen]

He had some real upside as a power playmaking winger early on. Addiction is the worst.

 

[Jacob]

That one shift he had in the POs was pretty memorable.

 

[Breakers]

I remember the media was kind of pushing this "he was a distraction" in Vancouver
but they traded him for a an even bigger mess in Brandon Prust

and his first game back in Vancouver they showed him in the tunnels stopping by to see his old teammates and every guy on vancouver was pumped to see him, the sedins were hugging him, hansen and edler running over.

 

[bov]

Pretty solid career with some ups and downs but I think he earned his respect around the league despite some early troubles. All the best to him, loved the Tkachuk rivalry and his interview after the beatdown.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

That's all I remember from Kassian's stint with the Habs.

Happy retirement.

Props to the girl who took the DWI Rap for him. I hope he compensated her after with some of his career earnings

 

[Voight]

Always kinda liked Kassian

Major props to him for kicking his drinking problem when faced with the possibility of his career being over. Theres people who would've refused.

 

[McDonald19]

He didn’t want to play physical in the pre-season for the Ducks, so they cut him loose. Obviously they were looking for that element with the Ross Johnston waiver claim.

Best of luck to him in retirement though.

 

[CraigBillington]

down to 6 visorless players left:

Jamie Benn-Stars
Zach Bogosian- Lightning
Milan Lucic- Bruins
Matt Martin- Islanders
Ryan O’Reilly- Preds
Ryan Reaves- Leafs

Who's going to be the Craig MacTavish of this group

 

[Bounces R Way]

Smell ya later bozo

Will always have a place in history as one of the rare suspensions for kicking someone with skates on.
Maybe he can land a job with his HA neo nazi buddies

 

[Habsrule]

He he had a hell of a career. I’ll remove last years stats because he only had two goals and no assists in 51 games played. That leaves him with 201 points in 610 games played. To hover at around a point every third game while playing his style of game is a great accomplishment.

He was also traded for Cody Hodgson who was a former 10th overall pick when they were both just starting their NHL careers. Shows you what type of value he had.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Holland extending him was really stupid though.

 

[God]

he was one of my favourite players in vancouver and it was always a shame that he got caught up in the lifestyle. could've been a fantastic power forward with his on-ice vision but iirc would show up to rogers arena with a bag of five guys instead of taking his career seriously.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Gets married
Has kids
Retires

He must really love his wife and kids