Polemic Hockey

OK, so it's not official until 6:30, but the announcement is regarding his "playing status," not his retirement. Here are my greatest hits on why he wasn't ever retiring:

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Niedermayer

In about 20 minutes, I guess we'll find out, but I'm guessing he's going to take more time before he calls it "retirement." All along, I've been skeptical that he would just retire so young.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

But I thought it was e5?

I thought Niedermayer's "imminent" retirement announcement was (e5) but out of respect to Niedermayer was just called (e4).

Eklund just has no smell test for anything.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Niedermayer

Niedermayer to retire imminent (e4) ...week after Cup
Niedermayer to retire after brother's wedding (e4)
Niedermayer to retire this week (e4)
Niedermayer to retire after his day with the Cup?

If those sources are legit, either Scott is changing his mind a lot, or he's communicating with that source in Klingon.

And yes, I gave up at one point, but even there, I said, "I find it pretty silly to retire at age 33," and it was based on yet another bogus Eklund rumor.