Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Life without the Big 4


ERIC DUHATSCHEK

Mats Sundin may be getting all the ink, but he is not the only established, prominent NHL player unsure of his plans for the coming season.

Without nearly the same interest or fanfare, three of his contemporaries — Joe Sakic, Teemu Selanne and Brendan Shanahan — are all facing a similar predicament.

Call them the 4-S club, a quartet of future Hall of Famers pondering what a life without hockey might be like and not sure whether the time is right to walk away.

How dramatic would their departures be? Consider that with Jaromir Jagr shuffling off to Russia, that group represents four of the NHL's top six active-points leaders. All, except Sundin, have won the Stanley Cup. All are still capable of making a difference on a team, either tangibly on the ice or through their influence as leaders in the dressing room.

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