2014 Summer -- Retirements

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

The following is the workup for retirement checks for all contracted players, as per Section 12 of the Rulebook. Players highlighted in red will be retiring. I abbreviated the terms for each "section" of the retirement figure, so see the Rulebook for what each value means, if you're curious. REMEMBER: even if your player retires, his salary still counts against the cap for the rest of his contract length if he was signed after the age of 35. Also, any current UFAs in the file marked for retirement are automatically retiring.

Jere Lehtinen (ANA) -- .5 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 1.5 (lop) = 3 RETIRE
Evgeny Nabokov (ANA) -- RETIRE
Ryan Smyth (BOS) -- 5 (ppg) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 9
Scott Niedermayer (CGY) -- 3 (ppg) + 1 (def) + 3 (val) + 2 (lop) = 9
Wayne Primeau (CAR) -- 1 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 5 RETIRE
Nic Wallin (CAR) -- .5 (ppg) + 0 (def) + 1 (val) + 1.5 (lop) = 3 RETIRE
Saku Koivu (COL) -- 2 (ppg) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 6
Milan Hejduk (COL) -- 2 (ppg) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 6
Sami Salo (COL) -- .5 (ppg) + 0 (def) + 1 (val) + 1 (lop) = 2.5 RETIRE
David Aebischer (COL) -- RETIRE
Paul Kariya (FLA) -- 4 (ppg) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 8
Jamie Langenbrunner (MTL) -- 2 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 5 RETIRE
Alexei Kovalev (NYI) -- 3 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 6
John Madden (OTT) -- 2 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 5 RETIRE
Jaromir Jagr (PHI) -- age 42 = RETIRE
Chris Pronger (PHI) -- 3 (ppg) + 1 (def) + 3 (val) + 2 (lop) = 9
Matt Cooke (PIT) -- 1 (ppg) + 1 (val) + 1 (lop) = 3 RETIRE
Kimmo Timonen (PIT) -- 3 (ppg) + .5 (def) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 7.5
Sandis Ozolins (TB) -- age 42 = RETIRE
Aaron Ward (TB) -- .5 (ppg) + 0 (def) + 1 (val) + 1 (lop) = 2.5 RETIRE
Brent Johnson (TB) -- RETIRE
Martin St. Louis (STL) -- 6 (ppg) + 3 (val) + 2 (lop) = 11
Jay McKee (STL) -- .5 (ppg) + 0 (def) + 1 (val) + 1.5 (lop) = 3 RETIRE
Kim Johnsson (VAN) -- 1 (ppg) + 1 (def) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 5 RETIRE
Patrik Elias (WSH) -- 5 (ppg) + 2 (val) + 2 (lop) = 9
Eric Himelfarb (WPG) -- .5 (ppg) + 1 (val) + .5 (lop) = 2 RETIRE

[Penguin]

Jagr disagrees!

[Jets GM]

There are a lot of decent UFA's aged 33-37 that can still play, haven't vopated and might be signed due to the new rules about contracts.

Any chance we let the good ones stick around?

[Jets GM]

Guys I was referencing:

Tom Poti
Jochen Hecht
Tim Thomas
Daniel Alfredsson
Michal Handzus
Andy McDonald
Brian Gionta

I maybe missed a couple, and it's not that big of a deal, just thought I'd point it out.

[VancouverCanucksGM]

The following is the workup for retirement checks for all contracted players, as per Section 12 of the Rulebook. Players highlighted in red will be retiring. I abbreviated the terms for each "section" of the retirement figure, so see the Rulebook for what each value means, if you're curious. REMEMBER: even if your player retires, his salary still counts against the cap for the rest of his contract length if he was signed after the age of 35. Also, any current UFAs in the file marked for retirement are automatically retiring.

Kim Johnsson (VAN) -- 1 (ppg) + 1 (def) + 1 (val) + 2 (lop) = 5 RETIRE

So do I understand this right? Johnsson is retiring and if so, he will no longer count against my cap? Since he was 34 when he was signed by Montreal.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Bowing (slightly) to public demand, I unretired the following:

Alfredsson
Gonchar
Rafalski
Turco
Hecht
McDonald

[Jets GM]

Thanks Pat, I kinda felt like a douche after posting that list.

You guys are already doing so much!