Naslund Did What Messier Should Have
"Neither Mark Messier nor Markus Naslund found their former selves on the opposite coast but both distinctly impressed upon their new constituents. While Messier's play paid in millions, Naslund's perception yielded a prize incapable of appraisal. A reputation as a true class act."
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It may have been a classy move by Naslund, yes. But other guys are men who refuse to quit. It’s in our nature.
wait wait wait…are you actually siding with Messier on this? I think that’s an automatic revocation of your fan choice (Fin comes to your door and mugs you in front of the wife). I’m getting him on the phone now…
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by Yankee Canuck on Jun 4, 2009 3:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I suspect Messier’s election to tag on seven abysmal seasons to his otherwise brilliant career had more to do with millions than manhood. That said, it would be tough to decline a paycheck doing what you love.
Perhaps Naslund will manifest his manhood in the homeland and stick around the Swedish Elite League for a few too many seasons. We’ll see.
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I am siding with Messier to a degree because like puckreport said, he was doing what he loved.
I am also calling Naslund more of a timid quitter than a man of honor :)
Doing what he loved in the only city that would have him and give him first line minutes when he didn’t deserve them. It’s a sham.
I’m really more anti-Messier here then pro-Naslund, but I wouldn’t call him a timid quitter either. Conversely if he had played 1-3 more years of subpar hockey in NY, you would have taken him to task too no? So he can’t win for losing.
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by Yankee Canuck on Jun 4, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
He was talking about the pace of the game being so fast when he retired, yet he still had the wheels to keep up, but his production wasn’t there. To me it really looked like his heart wasn’t in it anymore. Meaning, since the Bertuzzi incident I think he’s been fucked in his mind ever since, because he never really did recover. That makes him timid and a quitter.
by Sean Zandberg on Jun 4, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, I think he had the wheels still, but talked like he couldn’t keep up.
The Messier ice time may be a sham in hindsight, especially when he approached 40 years old. But he didn’t always get top line ice time, as you can see here.
You can’t put a multi-millionaire on the 3rd or 4th line. And legends like him can decide when they want to quit hockey. Maybe we should blame the team for keeping him around.
by Sean Zandberg on Jun 4, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Blame the Rangers too? Oh absolutely. It was a marriage made in hell.
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by Yankee Canuck on Jun 5, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
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