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Imagine If They All Left
by Paul on 08/19/08 at 08:35 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Mats Sundin may be getting all the ink, but he is not the only established, prominent NHL player unsure of his plans for the coming season.
Without nearly the same interest or fanfare, three of his contemporaries — Joe Sakic, Teemu Selanne and Brendan Shanahan — are all facing a similar predicament.
Call them the 4-S club, a quartet of future Hall of Famers pondering what a life without hockey might be like and not sure whether the time is right to walk away.
How dramatic would their departures be? Consider that with Jaromir Jagr shuffling off to Russia, that group represents four of the NHL’s top six active-points leaders. All, except Sundin, have won the Stanley Cup.
continued and good to see Eric back, hockey season must be getting close!
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Why is this so hard for people to grasp?
Maybe too many syllables? 
Either the focus is on the bright shiny new stars and how flashy the future is, or how the game is losing touch with the past and a bit of it’s soul is dying. Make up your minds, people - I’m getting whiplash from the shifting opinions!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/20/08 at 01:23 PM ET
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If Sundin, Selanne, Sakic, and Shanahan all left, nothing in the NHL would be any different. It’s not like they’re under contracts right NOW, and it’s not like any of them are young and going to star for years somewhere. For all 4, it’s probably their last year of hockey period, and you could make the case all 4 should have already hung them up.
Why is this so hard for people to grasp?
Posted by Primis on 08/20/08 at 12:06 PM ET