http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=cp-nhl_belfour_sweden&prov=cp&type=lgns
Really, he's well past his prime. Poor bastard...
2007-08-19 07:47:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
Offer him a billion dollars. :)
Seriously, I think this guy could still have a spot in the NHL as a backup. FLA wasn't a very good team last year, and he still managed to put together a 27 win, sub 3 GAA season. Better yet, his GAA was better than Ryan Miller, Kari Lehtonen, Marc-Andre Fleury, Marty Biron, and Cam Ward. I'm actually surprised that nobody offered him a contract.
2007-08-19 13:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jason S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the eagle might have another year or two left in the tank. Hey obviously the NHL didn't so that's why he's trying to hook on with a team overseas. He will come to the realization pro or con with continuing with his career. There is definitely a time to "hang up the skates" and this is easier for some players to do than others. Just like any pro sport there is usually only a small window of opportunity to make money. All in all the eagle's had a nice career and I wish him the best of luck...
2007-08-19 11:27:49 · answer #2 · answered by Cold steel on ice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My sister made me a cross stitch rainbow picture that said EACH DAY IS A NEW BEGINNING when I retired. Retirement is a big deal....When I retired I was use to 50 teachers and school staff and all the wonderful kids, then ZIP nobody and what an adjustment. I imagine a lot of new retired people wonder what they will be doing.
2016-05-17 08:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by elly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Lubers
There are a couple of issues with Belfour.
Several teams contacted his agent with respect to him joining their team. But he had a stipulation that if he was being signed as a back-up, it had to be a two year contract. That scared everybody away.
There were a couple of teams interested in him as a starter, but Eddie wants another ring, and all the 'competitive' teams have a starting goalie in place.
Poor Ed. I've known him a long time. One of the fiercest competitors the Black Hawks have had in the Bob Pulford era. I really feel for Tony Esposito and Ed Belfour, two great Hawk goalies who won Stanley Cup rings elsewhere. Tony was proud of his, but he'll be the first to tell you it was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Ed feels he worked damn hard for his, and he says the best part of winning it was beating his buddy Dominik.
2007-08-20 07:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's see....he will be paid good money to play hockey, experience a different culture, be able to tour Europe in the off-season, maybe play for Canada in the Spengler Cup, and probably do OK with the Swedish ladies down at the bar.
At least in Sweden they don't call the cops everytime a guy has too much to drink with his hockey buddies. What do you do with your life that's so much more exciting than that? He's 42, not 72.
2007-08-19 14:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure is past his prime.
"Belfour, 42, went 27-17-10 with a 2.77 goals-against average for the Panthers last season" Can't see why a second division Swedish team would think that Eddie could help them. I'm sure one of their goalies could come to the NHL and turn those numbers around. 10-27-17 w/ 7.72 gaa sounds about right.
2007-08-19 08:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by cme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not saying he isn't past his prime, but honestly, I am surprised he is not getting any interest from the NHL. He put up respectable numbers for Florida last season. He cannot be asking for much money, why wouldn't a team want a backup with his track record.
2007-08-19 15:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by Lubers25 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's sad when a guy won't retire when it's time. Hockey is all this guy knows. What else is he going to do? I'd sit him down and give him either a coaching job or a job w/the PR dept...something hockey related.
Ducks did this for Hebert. He's happy.
2007-08-19 09:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing an athlete ruin his legacy by hanging on too long is one of the most tragic sights in sports.
Some athletes wear it better than others (Chelios, Messier towards the end), but it's never a flattering look.
Gretzky was hyper-sensitive to that fact when he chose to get out while the getting was still good.
2007-08-19 07:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Thats the thing, first off nobody wants him anyway, but the reason why he doesnt want to retire untill he is the oldest goalie to play. For that to happen he has to play two seasons after Hasek retires. But the only thing is, the only thing stopping him, is teams not picking him up.
2007-08-19 14:27:03 · answer #10 · answered by |Flames| |Fan| 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋