Jaroslav Spacek Retires

[RJ8812]

Originally Posted by Bergeron47

Pronger-Spacek was an epic pairing

Pronger with anyone is an epic pairing

also, his name reminds me of Space Cake. I like him because of that

[Philly85]

He was good with the Oilers in 06.

[Fel 96]

Jaro Spacek. Beauty! Spaco man. All the best brother. It was a pleasure.

http://twitter.com/MCammalleri13/sta...14024403030017

[SDK]

One of the most underrated players in the league.

[hero]

13 yrs, 7 teams

Florida Panthers
Chicago Blackhawks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Edmonton Oilers
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes

[tarheelhockey]

Originally Posted by HatTricK09

Sad to see him go because of this dumb lockout.
He was a good guy

He was done either way. Jim Rutherford made a comment during the summer to the effect that Spacek had called about renewing a contract but the team was keeping its options open. Then Rutherford turned around and signed Joe Corvo. I mean, c'mon.

[DaveG]

Pity he had problems staying healthy late in his career. Pretty solid dman when he actually was.

[Kloparren]

This is the list of definite notable retirees I have:
Laperriere
Lidstrom
Moreau
Staios
Hagman (not coming back from Europe)
Pahlsson (not coming back from Europe)
Madden
Kostitsyn Andrei (probably not coming back from Europe)
Spacek

List of almost sure they'll retire:
Roloson
Savard though maybe not this season
Pronger though maybe not this season

Spacek started his career the year the NHL started measuring real time stats like TOI. His avg TOI was 21:19 over 13 seasons so not bad at all.

[Brogosian]

Originally Posted by Niet

That really sucks, and I'll always remember him from the Oilers Stanley Cup run.

Me too... I loved Spazz as an Oiler

[HockeyFan100]

Wow, didn't see this coming at all for some reason.

[Kingbobert]

gauthier
had you not traded him we would not be stuck with kabarle

lol in all seriousness, while he was at the tail end of his career with the habs, the man was extremely likeable and a good leader

[molsonmuscle360]

Thanks for helping us to the finals in '06 Jaro! I honestly think he paired with Pronger better than anyone else has. Those 2 had instant chemistry.

[molsonmuscle360]

Originally Posted by QuietCompany

This is the list of definite notable retirees I have:
Laperriere
Lidstrom
Moreau
Staios
Hagman (not coming back from Europe)
Pahlsson (not coming back from Europe)
Madden
Kostitsyn Andrei (probably not coming back from Europe)
Spacek

List of almost sure they'll retire:
Roloson
Savard though maybe not this season
Pronger though maybe not this season

Spacek started his career the year the NHL started measuring real time stats like TOI. His avg TOI was 21:19 over 13 seasons so not bad at all.

Andy Sutton is all but done as well so is Khabibulin. They both got hurt during the offseason. Sutton was probably fist fighting a rhino and Bulin probably fell down some stairs after some Russian Potato Water.

[Jovavic]

Spacek was a good guy and still holds the CBJ record for most points in a season by a defenseman. Sure, he had brainfarts every so often, but he always tried hard and left it all on the ice. Best of luck in the future

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Originally Posted by hero

13 yrs, 7 teams

Florida Panthers
Chicago Blackhawks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Edmonton Oilers
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes

Now he's going to spend all those air miles.

[ReLyT]

He was always a great 3/4 dman... liked him alot in Chicago

[tony d]

Spacek was always a decent player. All the best to him in retirement.

[No 19]

Glad i got to see him play a couple of times with the habs