Rob Blake Retires - Hockey World Weeps

by Megalodon on Jun 9, 2010 4:57 PM PDT

He wanted to wait to announce it, and nothing's official yet, but everybody pretty much knows Rob Blake is going to announce his retirement after the Finals are over.

Rob Blake has had a great career, and probably wants to spend more time body-checking his wife and kids.

I never hated Rob Blake that much even when he was on the Kings. I remember one Sharks game I went to when I was young, and they were playing the Kings, and they were doing that "Celebrity Look-a-Like" thing on the scoreboard during a TV time-out. They were showing a bunch of people in the stands and whatever, and it was stupid, and showing famous movie stars they kind-of looked like, but not really.

Anyways, the punchline of the bit was showing a really weird picture of like a cartoon Frankenstein or something and then they put Blake up on the screen, saying he looked like the monster (which he totally did). Blake heard the laughing, looked up at the screen overhead, and started chuckling and smiling. It was great.

Blake was a fine addition to the Sharks, but I found myself angry at him a lot of the time for being old and slow and taking stupid penalties. I guess he did a lot right too, but I mostly noticed his screw-ups. I'm bad that way.

Blake leaving frees up the captaincy to go to Boyle or Pavelski (or back to Marleau where it belongs).

Quick wikipedia fun - check out what it says on Rob Blake's page under "Personal Life":

His best friend in the NHL is New York Islanders goaltender Dwayne Roloson

Hahaha what? Apparently Dwayne Roloson is a really active wikipedia editor.

Also, with all the injuries Blake may have caused and dumb penalties he may have taken, the worst thing he ever did is, of course, the following:

In 2008, Blake appeared in the Mike Myers film The Love Guru as himself.

Unforgivable.

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FUCK ROB BLAKE

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Jun 9, 2010 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I’m gonna miss him…..

Does Roenick still do that thing for the Kings website? Because I need somebody to boo endlessly now.

Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.

by Kevin Y on Jun 9, 2010 5:10 PM PDT reply actions

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Jun 9, 2010 5:28 PM PDT reply actions

Heh, I’m starting to miss him already.

"Ridin’ The Meat Train & Dreaming of Jack’s Johnson All Summer Long!"
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by Earl Sleek on Jun 9, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Jun 9, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions

So long Captain Hook

You’ll be missed (by me at least)

"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda

by Evilducks on Jun 9, 2010 5:40 PM PDT reply actions

Good riddance

Hey Foxy, would you call that a doh-si-doh or a dipsy doodle?

by Lilly on Jun 9, 2010 5:54 PM PDT reply actions

Bye bye capt'n

:( we’ll be seein ya when we see ya…

High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing… everything else is just figure skating.
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by mssjsclowie29 on Jun 9, 2010 8:48 PM PDT reply actions

Whose jersey does Blake wear when he gets inducted into the HHOF?

Patty Marleau: An Erotic Life in San Jose... to be continued?

by Will Bulldozer on Jun 9, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions

I don't think hockey players wear their team's jerseys when inducted.

I think that is just a baseball thing. But if this is a hypothetical, I’d say L.A. May not have won a cup there, but he had longevity compared to his other stops in the NHL.

Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" club.
Fear the Fin: Where Sharks Fans Aren't Like Other Sharks Fans.

by SharksFanEst.1994 on Jun 9, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

But if this is a hypothetical, I’d say L.A.

No thank you.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Jun 9, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions

they aren’t asking you … :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart

by Angy on Jun 9, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

he’s gonna wear dollar signs

by Worlock on Jun 11, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions

he was good..but not when he was on the sharks…good-bye

2009-2010 Anaheim Ducks.."Hey at least were not the sharks!!"

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 10, 2010 5:42 AM PDT reply actions

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