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After picking ryan Smyth today the sports commentators said your Isles might pull it out . Smyth is the kinda player any team would want
 
Mark Messier number was retired in Edmonton tonight, regarded by many (by players, leaders, fans and writers) as the greatest leader in any pro sport in history. Here is his HL list

Awards achievements

* 1983-84 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1984-85 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1986-87 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1987-88 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1989-90 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1993-94 - Stanley Cup Champion
* 1989-90 - Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
* 1991-92 - Hart Memorial Trophy Winner
* 1983-84 - Conn Smythe Trophy Winner
* 1989-90 - Lester B. Pearson Award Winner
* 1991-92 - Lester B. Pearson Award Winner
* 1981-82 - First-Team All-Star Left Wing
* 1982-83 - First-Team All-Star Left Wing
* 1989-90 - First-Team All-Star Centre
* 1991-92 - First-Team All-Star Centre
* 1983-84 - Second-Team All-Star Left Wing
* Played in fifteen NHL All-Star Games in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2004

* Played for the Edmonton Oilers Heritage Classic alumni team while a member of the New York Rangers.

* The only player to have captained two different Stanley Cup-winning teams (Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers)

* In 1998, he was ranked number 12 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

* On November 13, 2006, the National Hockey League created the Mark Messier Trophy, a monthly leadership award.

* His 1,887 points in the regular season are the most of any player without winning a single scoring title.

* He was the last active player that had played in the 1970s.
 
Don Cherry will be working on the NBC hockey broadcasts for the playoffs should make them a wee bit better
 

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