Say it ain't so Joe!

SAY IT AIN’T SO JOE!
JOE SAKIC IS NOW TALKING ABOUT RETIREMENT…
LASTNIGHT THE COLORADO AVALANCHE WERE BLOWN OUT BY DETROIT 8-2…COMPLETING A 4 GAME SWEEP…AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED…SAKIC WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS HIS LAST GAME IN THE NHL…
CLEARLY IT‘S SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN ON HIS MIND FOR SOME TIME…
SAKIC NOW SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL DISCUSS IT…AND A DECISION WILL BE MADE LATER THIS SUMMER…
THIS SEASON HAS BEEN…IN HIS WORDS…”FRUSTRATING”…
NOT JUST THE PLAYOFFS…BUT ALSO MISSING 38 GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON RECOVERING FROM HERNIA SURGERY…
THERE’S ALSO A BIRTHDAY SAKIC HAS TO DEAL WITH IN JULY…HE’S ABOUT TO TURN 39…
LAST SUMMER SAKIC WOULD ONLY AGREE TO A ONE YEAR DEAL…WORTH $6.5 MILLION…
AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME…CLEARLY SAKIC IS PLAYING IT…ONE YEAR AT A TIME…
HIS DECISION THIS SUMMER WILL HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE DIRECTION THE AVALANCHE TAKE…
IN ALL THE TEAM HAS 13 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…
THAT LIST INCLUDES…
PETER FORSBERG…ADAM FOOTE…ANDREW BRUNETTE…AND JOSE THEODORE…
COLORADO ALSO HAS 6 “RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS”…
WITH JUST $21 MILLION OF CAP SPACE…COLORADO IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS…
WHAT COMPLICATES MATTERS IS THE HEALTH OF PETER FORSBERG…
IF FORSBERG RETURNS TO SWEDEN…THE AV’S MAY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO ON A YOUTH KICK…
DESPITE PLAYING 19 SEASONS WITH THE SAME ORGANIZATION…IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY SAKIC WOULD WANT TO BE APART OF ANY REBUILDING PROGRAM…
STILL THERE IS ONE CARROT OUT THERE THAT’S WORTH CHASING…
THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS IN VANCOUVER…TALK ABOUT A HOME COMING…
ADAM FOOTE EXPLAINS THIS WAY…QUOTE…”JOE IS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT IF HE GETS IT IN HIS HEAD HE WANTS TO PLAY IN THE OLYMPICS…HE’LL DO IT…AND IT HE’S DECIDED HE’S HAD ENOUGH HOCKEY…HE WON’T”…
IF THE ANSWER IS “YES” TO THE OLYMPICS AND “NO” TO THE AVALANCHE…IT WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE CANUCKS…
TUNE IN TOMORROW…SAME BAT TIME…SAME BAT CHANNEL…