Theres so many players I can include that I can honestly make this a series! Lemme know if you'd like to see more videos on this topic! And I hope yall enjoyed!!
Could you do a video on Terry Sawchuk? The details surrounding his death at just 40 years old doesn't seem to be talked about much on RU-vid. Love your content by the way.
Imagine if the St. Louis Blues' signed Gretzky for three more years to play with Brett Hull, Grant Fuhr, Chris Pronger, Al Macinnis, Pierre Turgeon, Pavel Demitra and Geoff Courtnall. Jesus, that team would have been lethal and would have regularly competed for cups against NJ, COL, DET during that era
Yzerman, Hull, Shanahan, Lidstrom, Fedorov, Murphy, Rafalski, Robitaille, and Hasek might have something to say about that... and don't forget the "Grind Line". The Blues could have TRIED...
Remember when Doug Gilmour played for the Leafs for the 2nd time in 2003? Leafs fans were super excited that Dougie was back playing for the blue and white. He played one game for a total of five minutes and suffered a permanent knee injury......boy what a letdown that was.
Dads a big Wild fan so when that came out today it hit our house pretty hard. I was already exporting the video when the news came out haha! What a great career Koivu had tho! Great faceoff guy.
@Jadakiss Money I was talking about Paul Stastny's dad Peter. Granted it was two seasons ....but it was just a weird stint where clearly injuries got the best of him.
Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne both went to Colorado at the end of their careers. Kariya retired and Teemu went back to Anaheim to retire. That's also when Giguere played for the Avs. The video of them skating around after his last game was pretty memorable.
Although he didn't actually play a final game with Ottawa unfortunately, as much as I wish he would have played one last game with Ottawa. He just participated in the warm up. Although I am glad he retired as an Ottawa Senator
I remember Gretzky when he played for the blues, strangely that’s how I recognize him the most. Though I’m a red wings fan. Yzerman ringing that puck off the bar to score and That 96/97 Stanley cup run was truly a special time in Detroit. If you weren’t there to experience it there’s no words to explain it.
I was living in Michigan as a kid when the Red Wings won the cup in 1997 against Eric Lindros and the Flyers. It was the season that introduced me to hockey and made me a fan to this day. Im a Southerner from Georgia and had lived up there due to my mother marrying and living with her now ex-husband up there. Steve Yzerman and Eric Lindros are forever cemented into my mind due to this as two of my favorites other than Sergei Fedorov.
Great video. Just wanted to say that Brodeur’s last game was actually a loss to the ducks on 1-2-15, four days after that Colorado shutout. I was lucky enough to be there in person to see the legend play once more before he retired. Thanks again for the content!
Mike Modano returned to his hometown team the Red Wings for his last season. Alfredsson finished in Detroit as well. Chris Chelios was an Atlanta Trasher. Ed Belfour finished his career in Florida with the Panthers. Bobby Orr was a Black Hawk for the last 2 seasons of his career. Dominik Hasek played for the Senators.
Here are some former Flyers who were stars and ended their careers on random teams: Reggie Leach-Detroit Rick MacLeish-Detroit Brian Propp-Hartford Dave Poulin-Washington Tim Kerr-Hartford John LeClair-Pittsburgh Mark Howe-Detroit Simon Gagne-Boston Joe Watson-Colorado Rockies Mike Richards-Washington
This is always an interesting topic and I remembered that the great one was on the blues because of Yzerman’s goal 🥅 and Broduer should’ve been a devil for his career
Most of these have the Calgary Flames involved (Live in Calgary, not a Flames fan): Owen Nolan Valeri Bure (rumours swirled that his TV actress wife didn't like Calgary) Steve Smith Grant Fuhr Other examples: Theoren Fleury as a Ranger Pavel Bure as a Panther Not really relevant but Craig MacTavish wearing a Swedish made object on his head during his rookie year in Boston. (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fp1x_2Iu5BQ.html)
I never understood what Federov's deal was. Detroit had so many great Russians on the team at that time why was he so interested in leaving? He could've without question been the third best Red Wing in history pushing very close to Yzermans numbers. He had one good year after leaving Detroit then he was never the same player again. There was vague rumours of him coming back in like 07 I think and I was allll for it just because of the good days of the late 90s. Federov was my first favorite player just so explosive on the ice. Who can possibly forget the night he scored all 5 goals in a 5-4 win over the caps...and IN OT at that. That season had so many unforgettable Red Wing moments.....
Chris Chelios to the Thrashers in 2009....I remember when it was announced, as a fan I was pumped, as he was always an amazing talent even at his age, then....7 games, 0 points...he was done for.
0:40 Gretzky also played for Indianapolis Racers. That is the most random team noone ever remembers and is the answer to a common trivia question (Why did Gretzky not win rookie of the year with Edmonton? Bourque won instead)
I got to see Louis Domingue play here in Atlanta for the Gwinett Gladiators (Now Atlanta Gladiators) for the ECHL. At the time, they were the affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes and the Gladiator unis resembled the Coyotes's maroon red and white unis they used to wear but with Gwinett name in a diagonal fashion like the New York Rangers jerseys on the front. Crazy thing is that i regret buying at the shop there was seeing Brendan Shanahan's actual stick he used and signed and I could have afforded it too but i declined it and went for a Gladiators t-shirt instead since i needed the money to last me awhile :(
I would guess that most people forget that tim thomas played on both the florida panthers and the stars after leaving the bruins. He even had his florida pads when he played for the stars which looked awful lol
The Leafs had quite a few in the early 2000's...Tom Barasso, Owen Nolan, Brian Leetch, Ron Francis, Phil Housley, etc. They traded draft picks for these long-toothed stars from 10 years previous which is the reason they became a tire fire for the next 10+ years
2 Of my favourite players of all time played for random teams at the end of their career Markus Naslund spent his final year in New York and Daniel Alfredsson played his final year in Detroit both were pretty weird to see Edit: also Mats Sundin on the canucks and its not like they were bad in their final years it was just weird to see them playing for a different team
I have a card of all those players on every team they have played for. The hardest card to find is Ray Whitney on the Oilers, only have seen one and I have it.
Imagine asking a team to use your fathers' number (a number that they had retired to honor him) and he asks to let you use that number, and the team says no.
Here's a few more off the top of my head... Mats Sundin - Vancouver Canucks Darryl Sittler - Detroit Red Wings Marcel Dionne - New York Rangers Eric Lindross - Dallas Stars Mike Modano - Detroit Red Wings Joey Kocur - Vancouver Canucks
Many people might have forgotten, Adam Oates after Washington also played for random teams, Oates played for the Flyers, Ducks and Oilers all for a brief time.
You bring up Paul Coffey but fail to mention he also played for the Blackhawks which I find absolutely insane as a Hawks fan for the last 40 years. Here are some other crazy ones: Paul Coffey, Blackhawks, Bruins Ed Belfour, Sharks Wendell Clark, Blackhawks Peter Bondra, Blackhawks Bobby Orr, Blackhawks Bobby Hull, Whalers, Rangers Brett Hull, Flames Mike Modano, Red Wings Daniel Alfredsson, Red Wings Guy Lafleur, North Stars (technically didn't play a game)
