In his eighteenth seasons since putting on NHL jersey in 1990 as a first-round pick drafted by the Winnipeg Jets, the St. Louis Blues left wing Keith Tkachuk is likely to announce his retirement one this season ends.
At age 38, Tkachuk has had a few nasty injuries this year: Early in January he lost a few teeth when the puck hit him in the mouth and displaced a finger on his left hand recently. He has said that a decision on retirement will be made "fairly quickly" after the season ends.
"I've got some thoughts running through my mind," Tkachuk told the paper. "You get older and you're just not the same way you used to be. It gets a lot harder ... guys are bigger, faster, stronger."
Tkachuk spent his first five seasons with the Jets before the team moved to Phoenix to become the Coyotes and he stayed there from 1996 to 2000. He did not finish the 2000 season with the Coyotes but left for the Blues. Then he spent most of the remaining nine seasons with the Blues except for a short-term departure in 2006 when he spent the second half of the season with the Atlantic Thrashers before re-joining the Blues for the 2007 season.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Monday, June 8, 2009
Saints LB Dan Morgan made his final decision to retire
Saints LB Dan Morgan's agent Drew Rosenhaus revealed the news on his Twitter page. And it is only 4 months after Morgan came back to the team. It is time for fans to collect his mitchell and ness made jerseys as memorial.
“Dan Morgan has informed the Saints that he has decided to retire due (to) continued injuries,” Rosenhaus said. “Dan would like to thank the Saints for the chance to come back this year, but injuries would not let him continue his career. His decision is final, and he will be moving on to focus on his restaurant business in Charlotte. Dan also wants to be able to spend more time with his wife and children.”
Morgan is a one-time Pro Bowler with the Panthers and was signed by the Saints last year. He never played in a game with the team and retired last year because of injuries. However, in February he anounced coming back with the Saints and put on Mitchell and Ness NFL jersey again as a professional player. It was not long ago, so it is really a surprise his agent said he made the final decision to retire.
“Dan Morgan has informed the Saints that he has decided to retire due (to) continued injuries,” Rosenhaus said. “Dan would like to thank the Saints for the chance to come back this year, but injuries would not let him continue his career. His decision is final, and he will be moving on to focus on his restaurant business in Charlotte. Dan also wants to be able to spend more time with his wife and children.”
Morgan is a one-time Pro Bowler with the Panthers and was signed by the Saints last year. He never played in a game with the team and retired last year because of injuries. However, in February he anounced coming back with the Saints and put on Mitchell and Ness NFL jersey again as a professional player. It was not long ago, so it is really a surprise his agent said he made the final decision to retire.
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