Confirmed with Link: Martin St. Louis retires

[FDfranklin]

 

[Bolt32]

Lmao. That was pretty cheap by Stammer there. Are we sure everything is good between the two of them?

 

[Vasilevskiy]

hahahahah

 

[Leonardo87]

It's ironic , don't people usually go to Florida to retire after working their career in NY? Maybe it's a new trend?

Oh and funny gif . Lol

 

[LightningStrikes]

[nhl]831643&catid=345[/nhl]

 

[Iceman]

[nhl]831643&catid=345[/nhl]

Was going to link that. Sounds like a camp out in the forest I was at when I was... like 8?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Do they retire his number?

 

[ThunderAlleyNomad]

Do they retire his number?

They do something to honor him (I guess Vinik doesn't like number retirements), but if they're smart they wait until Vinny L retires and honor him first. They need to hold off a little bit.

 

[DaBolts]

That is awesome.

Oh and Marty, for how you treated your teammates and Stevie Y:

Alpha
Mike
Foxtrot.

That is all.

 

[These Are The Days]

What a way to go out. If we had him maybe he retires a champion? Maybe not. We will never know.

Good luck Marty. Enjoy your retirement. Thank you for all the great years and the countless memories you gave me as a fan. Most importantly, thank you for the Stanley Cup.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Second best player in lightning history

Who's the best?

And of course he'll have his # retired-and it should be. However only after Vinny-he deserves to be the first Lightning to have his # retired.

 

[DaBolts]

Who's the best?

And of course he'll have his # retired-and it should be. However only after Vinny-he deserves to be the first Lightning to have his # retired.

Vinny deserves his own night, a new car, and a huge banner ceremony.

MSL night deserves urinal cakes with his number on them for us fans.

 

[PaulGG]

In the end we granted Marty's wishes. Family and his retirement location were most important to him. My guess is he comes up short on the number retirement, statue and HOF.

 

[LightningStrikes]

In the end we granted Marty's wishes. Family and his retirement location were most important to him. My guess is he comes up short on the number retirement, statue and HOF.

 

[xteesy]

In the end we granted Marty's wishes. Family and his retirement location were most important to him. My guess is he comes up short on the number retirement, statue and HOF.

He'll be in the HOF, but he isn't getting a statue or a flag in the rafters.

 

[Steazy Doo]

People are out to lunch at 3 am if they think MSL doesn't get his jersey retired.

 

[Hoek]

People are out to lunch at 3 am if they think MSL doesn't get his jersey retired.

Well there's two ways it doesn't happen:

1) Vinik truly does not believe in retiring numbers. In that case it's not anything against Marty, just a stubborn owner with his own ideas about tradition.

2) Marty absolutely refuses to make up with the organization. Or maybe not at least while Yzerman is still around. Then we might be waiting a while.

 

[Steazy Doo]

Well there's two ways it doesn't happen:

1) Vinik truly does not believe in retiring numbers. In that case it's not anything against Marty, just a stubborn owner with his own ideas about tradition.

2) Marty absolutely refuses to make up with the organization. Or maybe not at least while Yzerman is still around. Then we might be waiting a while.

1) Is there a case of this in other sports? I don't see that as an issue.

2) A proud guy like Marty wont pass up a chance for all to see his greatness

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Well there's two ways it doesn't happen:

1) Vinik truly does not believe in retiring numbers. In that case it's not anything against Marty, just a stubborn owner with his own ideas about tradition.

2) Marty absolutely refuses to make up with the organization. Or maybe not at least while Yzerman is still around. Then we might be waiting a while.

All I'm saying is that Vinik needs to retire #4 when it's all said and done. Or I riot.