Carl Gunnarsson retires

[Eye of Ra]

underated stay-at home d for many years.

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[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Scored one of the biggest goals in Blues history, will always have a place in the memory of Blues fans.

Enjoy it Carl, you’ve earned it.

 

[dalewood12]

Solid D man. Happy he won a Cup in his latter years.

 

[AuraSphere]

Was great on the Leafs, very underrated dman

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Was at the Finals game 2 where he had the game winner. What an unbelievable shot from him and it came not long after he rang another insanely hard one off the pipe. Heard that pipe ringing through the stadium after that shot... Solid player with a relatively long career and not many can say they scored an OT game winner in the Cup Finals for the Cup winning team. Hope he enjoys retirement.

 

[AvroArrow]

Was great on the Leafs, very underrated dman

I'll never forget him refusing to clear the puck up the boards when it was 4-2 vs Boston with a minute to play...Overall a good player, but on both goals he had the opportunity to clear it up the boards and just didn't do it. That's what I'll always remember him for

 

[Honeycutt]

Boom boom!

 

[izzy]

Scored one of the biggest goals in Blues history, will always have a place in the memory of Blues fans.

Enjoy it Carl, you’ve earned it.

Pretty good time for his only playoff goal too

Will be missed but was obviously coming

 

[WarriorofTime]

Respectable $3 million per year solid Middle 4 Defensive Defenseman in his prime. One of those "ooh so underrated" types when he played for bad Leafs teams the way they always over-glorify random role players, but was a solid contributor for St. Louis in the year they won their Cup.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

 

[ruaware41]

Respectable $3 million per year solid Middle 4 Defensive Defenseman in his prime. One of those "ooh so underrated" types when he played for bad Leafs teams the way they always over-glorify random role players, but was a solid contributor for St. Louis in the year they won their Cup.

nah he was always good. He didn't all of a sudden become good as soon as he was traded to St. Louis. That doesn't make sense lol.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Guess I didn't really realize his age, heh.

Congrats on a solid career, and on a Cup.

 

[WarriorofTime]

nah he was always good. He didn't all of a sudden become good as soon as he was traded to St. Louis. That doesn't make sense lol.

He was solid for Toronto, like he was solid for St. Louis. I don't know if he was ever one of the "most underrated" players in the League like he was routinely called in Toronto. Just a solid middle 4 Defensive Defenseman. I think he played less minutes on St. Louis than he did on Toronto because they were a better team with a better defensive core.

 

[tarheelhockey]

As career highlights go, that one's not too shabby.

 

[Louie the Blue]

Respectable $3 million per year solid Middle 4 Defensive Defenseman in his prime. One of those "ooh so underrated" types when he played for bad Leafs teams the way they always over-glorify random role players, but was a solid contributor for St. Louis in the year they won their Cup.

He wasn’t underrated coming to St. Louis at all. If he was, he wouldn’t have had Polak as a return coming off surgery.

In fact, Toronto probably would’ve gotten more if he wasn’t coming off of surgery.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Long ago I was hoping he would become a Hawk and we could pair him with Hjalmarsson

It would have been the Gun and the Hammer pairing

 

[The Note]

I always have to do a bit of a double take when I realize that he played 7 seasons with the Blues. I think that's just kind of the player he was -- the kind of guy who was unspectacular but could go out there and give you quality minutes -- which is an underrated quality to have. Also has one the defining goals in Blues history (and a pretty good story to go along with it)!

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Damn, I didn’t even realize he was retirement age yet.

 

[TMLeafer]

Now that was a solid player. Congrats to Gunnar!

 

[Flukeshot]

I'm sure he could keep playing in the NHL if he wanted, particularly with expansion and some teams who will be losing depth.

 

[Hogan86]

One of those beauty dmen who arent noticeable. And that's meant as a good thing. Quietly came into the league, quietly left. Read his retirement letter today and you can tell he just gets 'it' and legit just loves the game.

Congrats on your career Carl. Congrats on hosting Lord Stanley.

 

[topshelf15]

Just a good defender ,solid career for sure

 

[rumrokh]

I'm sure he could keep playing in the NHL if he wanted, particularly with expansion and some teams who will be losing depth.

His season ended in February with a knee injury. They said he was officially out for the season before they even knew the full extent of the diagnosis. It's entirely possible he couldn't play anymore.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Amazingly consistent 2nd pairing defenseman. His GWG in Gam 2 of the finals is etched into my memory. Have a good rest of your life Gunnar.

 

[Flukeshot]

His season ended in February with a knee injury. They said he was officially out for the season before they even knew the full extent of the diagnosis. It's entirely possible he couldn't play anymore.

Did not know that, thanks for that info.