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Probably a simple answer, but why did Neely retire so early? Seemed to be pretty dominate his last season in the NHL. I noticed he didnt play many games the last few years of his career, was he very injury prone?
Probably a simple answer, but why did Neely retire so early? Seemed to be pretty dominate his last season in the NHL. I noticed he didnt play many games the last few years of his career, was he very injury prone?
It kind of sucks for Boston...two of the long list of great players to play for the Bruins had their careers shortened because of knee injuries.
Probably a simple answer, but why did Neely retire so early? Seemed to be pretty dominate his last season in the NHL. I noticed he didnt play many games the last few years of his career, was he very injury prone?
Ulf Samuelsson happened
Oh please, Ulf contributed, but Neely was gimp well before Ulf.
His problems did not begin, nor end with Ulf. This guy always had problems staying the line up due to his knees so this whole Ulf is the villian who ruined Neely is a complete exaggeration.
Neely was Sea Bass in Dumb and Dumber
...the more you know.
Up through the hit by Samuelsson, Neely had played in 508 of a possible 560 regular season games (90.5%) after his rookie year.
After the Samuelsson hit, Neely played in 162/378 (42.9%).
Probably a simple answer, but why did Neely retire so early? Seemed to be pretty dominate his last season in the NHL. I noticed he didnt play many games the last few years of his career, was he very injury prone?
I know Samuelsson often gets all the blame (and I don't like him as a hockey player at all) but, if I recall correctly, it is true that Neely already had problems with his knee and the Samuelsson hit just made it worse.
Knee and hip problems...all starting with an Ulf Samuelsson hit. Neely kept trying to come back from the knee problems, but the hip problems ended his career at age 31.