Jeff Carter retires

[Bandit]

This goal is one of my favorites. Real life Roenick from NHL 94.

 

[MikeK]

He had one heck of a career.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Jeff can't hear what Columbus have have to say because he has his 2 Stanley Cup rings plugged on his ears.

 

[GKJ]

Many great memories of Jeff Carter with the Flyers and Kings. All the best to him. Drafted the year I graduated high school. Time exists only to betray us.

 

[Choralone]

He was a top Kings contributor during their best years, and never quite got the acclaim I think he deserved. He was an excellent player with a well-rounded, two-way game.

 

[ruaware41]

When I was a teenager I remember serving him coffee at a Tim Hortons in London Ontario. He was very tall. Seemed like a nice enough guy in our brief interaction.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Flyers really fumbled what should have been multiple cups with that young core.

Not to mention that they had drafted Giroux before they even traded Sharp, so if they'd kept that whole crew together...jeez.

Happy trails to Carter. A great player. His biggest moment, as a Flyer, was unfortunately this one. Had a chance to force game 7 in the Finals with a mostly-open net and instead shot the puck into Niemi's face. I think given his incredible shooting ability, a lot of Flyers fans were incredibly pissed off by that play, but many years later it wasn't as simple as it looked at the time.

Glad he had the career he did and got his name on the trophy a couple times.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

My favorite Kings player when he was here. I always thought he rarely played bad.

I still remember that lock out season in 2013 when Carter seemed to be the only LA player that could score a goal (26 goals (4th) in just 48 games with only two multiple goals in a game). Unfortunately just 3 goals in the last 12 games while Rocket Richard winner Ovechkin had 12 goals in his last 12 games.


In 2009 he finished second after Ovechkin.

 

[Extra Texture]

I have to say, the retirement honorifics after the game were classy, touching and sad (bc its a preview of what's coming in the next few years for Pens fans). The fact that he scored was awesome. It was so cool seeing his family down on the bench while the Pens and Isles teams hanging around on the ice to give him handshakes/hugs, and then see him get 3rd star was a very classy gesture from NYI.

What's sad about his last few years is how the stubbornness and general idiocy of the Pens org soured the end of a great player's years. Carter declined like everyone does. But he didnt force the Pens sign him to an extension, and he probably woudlve waived in the 2021 draft, and likely didnt demand the minutes he got in critical situations this year when his legs and effectiveness were gone. No, that was management and coaching that did that. And yet when Carter was put in the pressbox reflecting where his career was, he didnt pout or act like a shit, or pull any kind of veteran card.

Good luck to him and his family. Kick up your heels and enjoy retirement

 

[Martyros]

I'd still trade Dubois for him.

 

[Bobby9]

He won everything a Canadian kid dreams about winning.

Stanley Cup.
Olympic Gold.
World Junior.

Unreal career and life

 

[Bounces R Way]

When I think of what a prototypical 2C on a Cup winner looks like I always think of Jeff Carter. Quality 200ft game, good goalscorer, size and speed.

Congrats on the great career and a happy retirement for the guy.

 

[JaegerDice]

Probably the best 2C in the league after Malkin.

And an absolute Blackhawks killer, to boot.

Happy retirement!

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Great player, great career, makes me feel old cause I remember watching him in WJC
pretty damn sure he was on the same team as Bergeron and Crosby
time flies

 

[Seanaconda]

He and Richards were a force everywhere they played.

Not on Columbus lol

 

[Crosby2010]

He was pretty good at his best. Played well for the Flyers, was instrumental with the Kings championships. Loved him on both Team Canadas at the Olympics. Scored a lot of goals for a centre. I always thought he seemed so big and so natural out there and I can never put my finger on why he didn't score more even.