Future Hall-of-Famer Joe Sakic has signed a one year, 6 million dollar deal with the Colorado Avalanche today. After the '06-'07 season, he quickly signed a one year, this past season, though, it took Sakic until today to be sure he wanted to continue to his career.
"Ultimately it came down to the fact that I still enjoy playing and competing," the 39-year-old captain said in a statement released by the team. "I'm comfortable with my conditioning and my overall health.
"I'm ready for the start of camp and am looking forward to the upcoming season."
"I'm ready for the start of camp and am looking forward to the upcoming season."
Have to love this quote by Ian Laperrire:
"Everybody was starting to worry what Joe was going to do," forward Ian Laperriere said. "It's great news for more than one reason.
'What he brings to the ice, everyone knows, Joe is Joe. But what he brings to the locker room, the respect, everybody's so calm when he's around. That's what he brings that people don't see."
'What he brings to the ice, everyone knows, Joe is Joe. But what he brings to the locker room, the respect, everybody's so calm when he's around. That's what he brings that people don't see."
Plenty of other teams phoned Colorado GM Francois Giguere to see if they could have permission to speak to Sakic. Joe told Giguere to inform that they'd be wasting their time. Joe wants to go out as an Av.
Now, they're waiting on Forsberg's decision as to whether he'll play next year or not. Could be a another long, drawn out decision.
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