Odd. Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) It's looking more and more like Jonathan Toews' career is coming to an unfortunate end. According to two sources, Toews is seriously considering retiring after the season. Toews, who hasn't played since Jan. 28 at Edmonton, said in a statement on Feb. 19 that he is dealing with long-COVID symptoms as well as Chronic Immune Response Syndrome. The Blackhawks captain missed the entire 2020-21 season due to both illnesses. To be sure, this isn't the way anyone wants to see one of the NHL's top centers of all time go out. Toews deserves to be saluted one last time, so if he has made up his mind to retire then you'd hope it unfolds like this: He holds a news conference to announce the decision and (assuming he's healthy) says he will play in the final home game on April 13. Now, what are the odds that happens? Difficult to say. After all, we almost never see a hockey player admit he's done during a season. Toews has been around the team for about two weeks and has attended the last four home games. Coach Luke Richardson said Toews was first in line to greet teammates in the locker room after their 5-0 victory over Ottawa at the United Center last Monday. Toews also nodded and uttered a quick "hi" to a few reporters as he walked past the dressing room after the team's 6-3 win over Boston on Tuesday. "I know he's chomping at the bit to take the next step," Richardson said. "Just hopefully he gets there." A Hawks spokesperson said Toews on Tuesday "respectfully declined" multiple interview requests. Internally, the team has made preparations to honor the future Hall of Famer if they get confirmation that he will indeed retire. In January, Toews was asked to name the most difficult season of his career and almost said this one, but went with the 2021-22 campaign instead. "It's definitely been challenging this year," he said. "But I'd say last year was really difficult in the way that we had much higher expectations." Those expectations soared, in part, because Toews was returning after a year off. He struggled mightily at the start, however, and didn't score until Game 26. Toews admitted he didn't feel like himself on the ice very often. "It was a grind," he confessed. He exploded out of the gates this season, with 8 goals and 5 assists in the first 17 games. He still looked pretty good in the next 27 contests, and notched 6 goals to go along with 9 assists. Rest of the article: https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20230317/end-of-the-road-for-toews-blackhawks-captain-seriously-considering-retirement-sources-say Definitely not a hall of famer like many people suggested he was, but nonetheless long covid is a real thing and 2 others have already retired including Sutter because of it. Great career though for Toews Edited March 17 by Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Makes sense, he got his cups and his money. I think he would be getting paid as a 3C if he came back and played next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Toews is 100% a Hall of Famer, crappy end to his career though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Fist Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) He is a hall of famer. Edited March 17 by Iron Fist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Just now, Iron Fist said: He is a hall of famer. 119 pts in 137 Playoff games, 3 Cups, 7 Gold Medals and a Silver in International play, 1 of 8 players to win a Cup and Olympic Gold Medal in the same year and integral piece of both teams, Selke, Youngest Captain to win a Conn Smythe trophy, named on the Centennial anniversary 100 greatest players of all time. Toews is a first ballot Hall of Famer. The not a Hall of Fame career comment is laughable. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 I was wondering about this. Or if he'd try one more season on a cheap $1 Million contract and try playing for Winnipeg to end his career. Long Covid sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Hall of Famer for his accolades but a terrible Captain for all that Kyle Beach stuff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 13 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: 119 pts in 137 Playoff games, 3 Cups, 7 Gold Medals and a Silver in International play, 1 of 8 players to win a Cup and Olympic Gold Medal in the same year and integral piece of both teams, Selke, Youngest Captain to win a Conn Smythe trophy, named on the Centennial anniversary 100 greatest players of all time. Toews is a first ballot Hall of Famer. The not a Hall of Fame career comment is laughable. I guess if you put it like that damn. I forgot about more than half of those awards. Chicago has sucked for so long I also forgot about his 3 cups. Yeah he’s definitely a hall of famer LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWN. Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Kyle Beach is smiling somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, Odd. said: I guess if you put it like that damn. I forgot about more than half of those awards. Chicago has sucked for so long I also forgot about his 3 cups. Yeah he’s definitely a hall of famer LOL He was a lousy Captain for letting what happened to Beach, much like Q being a lousy coach for letting that happen and escalate. I don't buy for a second they were unaware. And if they weren't aware why weren't they when even freaking Sopel knew about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Good riddance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Long Covid sucks. No Toews ways about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Young enough to do something else and has more then enough money so makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 He has about 110 million reasons to retire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, CBH1926 said: He has about 110 million reasons to retire. Probably end up with a scout/skills/coaching job with the Hawks if he wants to too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: He has about 110 million reasons to retire. ‘But a ***** ain’t one.’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophomore Jinx Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Boo Hoo. Great player, douchey, shameful person. AFAIC Captain Serious can go pound sand, he'll be 35 next month, and it's not as if he's left for wanting. He had the great fortune to have a long career, with all the trimmings and accolades....while others like Kyle Beach never played a single game in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: Probably end up with a scout/skills/coaching job with the Hawks if he wants to too. You are probably right, if not I am sure other teams would be interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Don’t like him. Don’t like to see anyone’s career end because of illness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: ‘But a ***** ain’t one.’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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