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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 10:59 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Report: Bourque to announce retirement next month ESPN.com news services DENVER -- Ray Bourque will not return to the Avalanche next season, instead opting to retire after winning his first Stanley Cup, the Denver Post reported Tuesday on its Web site. After finally winning the Cup, Ray Bourque reportedly will call it a career. The report cited unnamed sources close to Bourque. An official announcement is expected early next month, the newspaper said. Bourque said Monday during a downtown parade honoring the Colorado Avalanche that he was still undecided, but Post sources close to him say he has made up his mind to retire but wants to wait before making it public. "Do I really want to come back? I'm 40 years old," Bourque said. "I could play, no doubt about that. I played Game 7 (three) days ago, and I played pretty well. It's not a matter if you can or can't play. You've got to look at it mentally, physically. It's not the easiest thing to play when you're 40 years old. It takes a lot of energy. It has been great. I've enjoyed it. I've got to see if the fire, the passion and everything you need to be successful playing this game is going to be there. If I decide it is, then I'll continue. And if I feel that it's going to be tough, then we'll see what we do." The report said Bourque wished to spend more time with his family. Still, there remains a sliver of a chance some of his teammates might be able to talk him out of retirement. "The way he played, he could play another five or six years," defenseman Rob Blake said after the Avs beat the New Jersey Devils in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals at the Pepsi Center. Said goalie Patrick Roy: "In my mind, I'd love to see Ray come back next year and defend the title. But that is his decision." By retiring, Bourque would give up the option year on his contract, worth $6.5 million. He would receive a $1 million buyout from the Avalanche, however, as specified by his contract. Bourque, a future Hall of Famer, would retire as the leading scorer as a defenseman in NHL history. He has 410 goals and 1,579 points in 1,612 regular-season games.  | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 11:01 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Wouldn't you retire too if you were him?? Not exactly shocking news to me Yea i be taking that zoloff, but thaz jus keepin me from killin y'all. I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum. :) | ||||
| SpiritOfDirt | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 11:25 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | So what. A lot of good that does for us now. Thanks. THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ISOLATED I am a budding product of Spitfire421 | ||||
| Sloatsburgh | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 12:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Here's another news flash: Orlando - Biologists at the Walt Disney hydroponics labratory have figured out that most plants need sunlight. That's right: sunlight. Apparantly the plants used the radiation and transform it into energy. This discovery is as big of a shock to this reporter as the news that Raymond Bourque is retiring from hockey.  You are an example of Reverse-Darwinism: The product of 2 inferior humans. | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 1:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Honestly, I could not care less about the guy, but since most people were praising him, I thought it was topical. | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 9:00 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Thank you for the article. Some people are just calling you Capt. Obvious because you are telling most people here something they already know. AOL - oanda1027fm | ||||
| SpiderBob | posted on 06-12-2001 @ 9:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Later Ray Ray. | ||||
| Raven Portugal | posted on 06-13-2001 @ 1:55 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | Bye Ray -- Way to go out -- on top of the hockey world if need E-Mail Me "We all need... a haven. A sanctuary. A place to hide. A place to escape. A place to dream and hope. A place... where the darkness won't be so frightening. But for some, the darkness is a relentless enemy. It cannot be eluded. And once the darkness senses your fear; once it senses your pain, it is never far behind. I can empathize with these people. I can understand their futility. I can forgive their hopelessness. I feel their pain. Quote the Raven, nevermore." | ||||
| IslesBaby00 I'm so blonde, I think Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company | posted on 06-18-2001 @ 11:01 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jun. 01 | We all new this was going to happen | ||||
| Unicron | posted on 06-18-2001 @ 11:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Mar. 01 | Fuck you Raven....Die :) | ||||
| Kwyjibo | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 5:55 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Well, it is a great time for him to go. Hard seeing my favorite player retire though. Kwyjibo  Proud graduate of the Brokenjaw school for newbies Thanks to Sephiroth for the sigpic | ||||
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