The retiring 'Old Guard'?

Question

Who is the player (or players) on your team you believe will retire this season?

Has the team groomed someone young to fill his skates? How well do you think he'll fare?

Is there someone who's sticking around that you believe should be long gone?

Answer 1

Chris Chelios and  Dom Hasek should

give Jimmy Howard and Derek Meech full time job shots

Answer 2

Hactcher & Rathje

Answer 3

Kolzig for sure, maybe fedorov but I hope he keeps playing.  He is awesome.  We have a lot of centers but his experience and two way game are something we lack badly.

Answer 4

Derian Hatcher.I think anybody that skates better then the statue of Billy Penn can fill in his role but Ryan Parent is a good addition to the blue line.

Answer 5

Jagr and Shanny are the only people on the Rangers that I could see retiring (or going to play in Europe in Jagrs case) but I don't think either will. The Rangers may not resign either of them and go after Malone, Hossa, and/or a Defenseman.

They haven't really began grooming anyone, they have been signing free agents for the top lines, and I believe they will continue to do so. We don't really have anyone who's stuck around too long, everyone in the twighlight of their careers was pretty effective last year.

Answer 6

alex kovalev , saku koivu, andreas markov