Confirmed with Link: Patric Hornqvist Playing Career Likely Over
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Abosolute beast. Got every last ounce out of his body and his talent.
BlindWillyMcHurt
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Knew it was coming soon.
Hell of a career. Especially for a guy picked literally last in his draft class.
All the best to Horns for a happy and productive post-hockey life. Concussions and all the other abuse he has taken over the course of his career can be scary.
Hell of a career. Especially for a guy picked literally last in his draft class.
All the best to Horns for a happy and productive post-hockey life. Concussions and all the other abuse he has taken over the course of his career can be scary.
Malkinstheman
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Total warrior. What a great trade by JR.
IcedCapp
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It’s a testament to how good he is at the things he does that he could play as long as he could in the modern nhl with his skating.
I hope he’s able to live a happy, healthy life now.
I hope he’s able to live a happy, healthy life now.
JTG
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I think Patric Hornqvist is one of the greatest glue guys hockey has ever seen. Instrumental in Cup wins, and one of my favorite players that has ever put on a Pens sweater.
The thought of him kind of makes all of these late round picks exciting for the very outside chance they could turn into a guy like him. What a career.
The thought of him kind of makes all of these late round picks exciting for the very outside chance they could turn into a guy like him. What a career.
Gurglesons
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It's wild that we won that Neal trade.
Found this post on my facebook recently...
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tom_servo
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I would love to see a highlight reel of not only his goals but his shit stirring in front of the net. Crucial acquisition for those Cups. Penguins legend.
Randy Butternubs
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My memory is pretty terrible but I think I was mostly okay with the trade. Loved Hornqvist as a Pred and was happy when he became a Pen.
Great career.
Great career.
molon labe
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Love that man
His highlight reel here is so amazing. His play. His heart. His absence has been one of the biggest holes of the franchise and his presence was one of the most uplifting. Trading him, albeit he was in decline, for a vanilla player who skated fast and played like dogmeat in his own end never sat well with me. We haven't had an ounce of jam since.
Love that man
His highlight reel here is so amazing. His play. His heart. His absence has been one of the biggest holes of the franchise and his presence was one of the most uplifting. Trading him, albeit he was in decline, for a vanilla player who skated fast and played like dogmeat in his own end never sat well with me. We haven't had an ounce of jam since.
BlindWillyMcHurt
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I actually always really liked him, too. I just didn't "40 goal Neal" like him at the time.
tom_servo
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I couldn't believe people didn't see the value in Hornqvist at the time, even though I never expected Neal to drop off like that.
Guess what I'm saying is, nearly half the time, I'm right every time.
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pistolpete11
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Horny was one of my favorite non-Pens before they traded for him, so it was awesome to see him not only end up a Pen, but then go on and win 2 Cups with him. Needless to say, he'll be one of my favorite Pens ever now too.
Randy Butternubs
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Confirmed with Link: - James Neal traded to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling
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Hard to overstate how big of a role he played in changing the team around. When you look at what we needed at the time, you couldn't have designed a better player.
That said, I think the writing was certainly on the wall that last year here so I am glad JR made the moves he did. Gutsy move to take Matheson but it worked out well.
That said, I think the writing was certainly on the wall that last year here so I am glad JR made the moves he did. Gutsy move to take Matheson but it worked out well.
Ahh, so you've been posting shitty takes on the internet for the better part of a decade, eh? Strong work. Your country thanks you for your contributions.
Ogrezilla
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My favorite player of all time. He's the embodiment of the best things about sports. Insane hunger for competition, self-sacrifice for teammates, unfailing optimism in the darkest of times, relentless work ethic, regardless of the score or situation...
I'm relieved to hear that he's healthy enough to work for Florida moving forward.
Have a blessed retirement, Viking warrior.
I'm relieved to hear that he's healthy enough to work for Florida moving forward.
Have a blessed retirement, Viking warrior.
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ThosePuckingPenguins
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We don’t win either Cup in ‘16 and ‘17 without him. His Cup winning game six goal vs the Predators is one of the top five goals in Penguins history. Enjoy retirement, king.
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ColePens
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This makes me sad but when you get your ass kicked as much as he did in front of the net.. you lose years of your life let alone your career.
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Congrats on the retirement, he's done all he could. Special player.
Thanks for the memories, particularly the cup winning goal!
But this was when he retired.
Thanks for the memories, particularly the cup winning goal!
But this was when he retired.
We have the finals with all the patches.
