Broduer hangs them up finally.

[chemicalstylez]

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/12236801/martin-brodeur-retires-join-st-louis-blues-front-office

Glad to see Broduer bowed out without making himself look dumb in St. Louis... guess he got the last few games out of his system and added some more to his records lol. He had a fine career. :devils::beer:

 

[warsawknuckles]

sad to see him go. the link below from the Blues website states that he will stay on with the Blues in a management role, as opposed to going back to the Devils in some capacity

http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=750372

 

[kmitchel]

I am a bit disappointed by hearing this. I always appreciate those one team players and hoped that he would remain a one team player for his career. I didn't mind him going to St Louis to try to continue his career, but with St. Louis getting 2 healthy goalies back, I guess he could see the writing on the wall.

Please note - I have nothing against the Blues. I just think it's really cool in this day and age to have a long career with just one team and feel it's a bit of a shame that he does have a minor blemish of 7 St. Louis games on his record. I don't think it would bother me as much if it was 40+ GP over a season or 2, but it's basically a month (Dec 4-Jan 2) in one jersey (no pun intended) after 20+ years in NJ. It doesn't tarnish my opinion of him as one of the best two goalie of the last 30 years, but still would've been nice to see him remain as one of the very few one team players.

Kevin

 

[will-411]

I agree Kevin, it would have been nice, but can't blame the guy for making sure it was the right decision to make to retire. New Jersey had to move on, so they drew a line in the sand and told him what his role would be if he stayed there. Marty thought he still had it and made the choice to try elsewhere... Nothing against either party as the NHL simply is what it is - a business.

But yeah, those one team, long term players sure are rare...

Cory

 

[carlyazfan]

I just received the February 2015 Beckett Hockey magazine in the mail today; cover is Marty with the Blues - tagline "Brodeur's Back". Timing is everything...

Dave.