Amid the suspension of the 2019-2020 NHL season, it has been a pleasure to keep in touch with current Philadelphia Flyers players. This “check-in” is a little bit different. On yesterday’s conference call was Simon Gagne. The retired left winger spent the majority of his fourteen-year NHL career with the Flyers. Here’s what we took away from checking in with Gagne:
Retirement
“I’ve been still playing once in a while, once or twice a week.”
Simon Gagne; 5/18/2020
Once a hockey player, always a hockey player. Retirement doesn’t mean hanging up the blades. Simon Gagne says he’s far away from the shape he was in while playing in the NHL.