Confirmed with Link: Marty St. Louis selected for Hockey Hall of Fame

[Foppberg]

Avs fan here,

Don't really wanna reopen the wound for y'all but I figured this would be the best place to ask, why did St.Louis want to leave TB for New York? I remember hearing rumours that even years before it happened he requested it. Why would he want to leave when TB was still clearly a contender and was a life long Lightning?

 

[Felonious Python]

Marty played at the 1998 IHL All-Star Game in Orlando while he was with the Cleveland Lumberjacks. I remember being midkey sort of grumpy during that game that the Solar Bears weren't the ones to get him.

 

[Hoek]

Avs fan here,

Don't really wanna reopen the wound for y'all but I figured this would be the best place to ask, why did St.Louis want to leave TB for New York? I remember hearing rumours that even years before it happened he requested it. Why would he want to leave when TB was still clearly a contender and was a life long Lightning?

I choose to believe it was for family reasons more than anything else. Maybe he knew his mom wasn't doing well. His wife wanted to be up north too, and he wanted his kids to get better hockey development. That's enough reasons for me.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Plus the Olympics roster nomination snub by his own GM I guess.

 

[These Are The Days]

Avs fan here,

Don't really wanna reopen the wound for y'all but I figured this would be the best place to ask, why did St.Louis want to leave TB for New York? I remember hearing rumours that even years before it happened he requested it. Why would he want to leave when TB was still clearly a contender and was a life long Lightning?

Marty and his family live in CT. I want to say Greenwich due to it's proximity to NYC. But anyway Marty said a thousand times in public it was for his family so the Rangers make sense. The whole thing turned out really, REALLY shitty but I'll give Marty his due that no one ever played harder or gave more for the Lightning than he did. Because of that I got over the issue quickly. He'll always be my favorite despite the fact that everything could've been handled differently.

And as has been said, the Olympics snub was speculated to be a big deal

 

[These Are The Days]

Plus the Olympics roster nomination snub by his own GM I guess.

I heard Babs didn't like Marty. LOL that you don't want to include the Art Ross winner on your team and feed him 4th line minutes when he gets there.

People like him are why we have people like Marty and made Marty what he is

 

[berlin]

Avs fan here,

Don't really wanna reopen the wound for y'all but I figured this would be the best place to ask, why did St.Louis want to leave TB for New York? I remember hearing rumours that even years before it happened he requested it. Why would he want to leave when TB was still clearly a contender and was a life long Lightning?

Because he wasn’t selected to the Canadian Olympic team and was butt hurt over it. His whole moving because of wanting his kids to play in a more competitive hockey league was utter bull spit. But also I think a part of him wanted to experience playing in a big hockey market. Either way it was poorly timed.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Avs fan here,

Don't really wanna reopen the wound for y'all but I figured this would be the best place to ask, why did St.Louis want to leave TB for New York? I remember hearing rumours that even years before it happened he requested it. Why would he want to leave when TB was still clearly a contender and was a life long Lightning?

I dont know how true this is but I heard that his wife really wanted to live in NY city at the time and he also wanted his kids to play hockey in a hockey market.

 

[The Macho King]

I dont know how true this is but I heard that his wife really wanted to live in NY city at the time and he also wanted his kids to play hockey in a hockey market.

Let's face it - the Team Canada thing played a significant role.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Let's face it - the Team Canada thing played a significant role.

Im sure it did.

 

[Shoresy Snipes]

Marty and his family live in CT. I want to say Greenwich due to it's proximity to NYC. But anyway Marty said a thousand times in public it was for his family so the Rangers make sense. The whole thing turned out really, REALLY ****ty but I'll give Marty his due that no one ever played harder or gave more for the Lightning than he did. Because of that I got over the issue quickly. He'll always be my favorite despite the fact that everything could've been handled differently.

And as has been said, the Olympics snub was speculated to be a big deal

I mean, his mother was apparently in rough shape, and she did end up passing away during the playoffs a few months after the trade. So, personally, I'm thinking the "family reasons" excuse was pretty legit on this one.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

My next door neighbor child was best friends with one of Marty’s kids which is pretty cool

 

[VoluntaryDom]

It was probably a combination of the Olympic snub, the allure of NYC, and his family. One of those things doesn’t seem like enough to demand a trade to a specific team but all 3? Sure

 

[berlin]

So I watched his speech, it was good but he did not mention Eric Perrin, that was a bit surprising.

 

[Hoek]

So I watched his speech, it was good but he did not mention Eric Perrin, that was a bit surprising.

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[Stormbreaker]