Kelly Chase remembers that final game of the 1997-98 regular season.
The former St. Louis Blues forward was due a $40,000 bonus if he finished the season plus-10. Trouble was, coach Joel Quenneville thought Chase had gotten that needed point the previous game – Chase had, but he then lost it – and Chase wasn’t scheduled to play in the finale against Anaheim.
“I skated all afternoon the last game with the extras,” Chase recalled. “He wasn’t going to play me because he thought I was at plus-10.”
But teammate Geoff Courtenall let Quenneville know Chase was one plus shy.