There is some somber news coming out of the Bolts Nation today. It seems as if one of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s former defensemen, Sami Salo has decided that he has laced up his skates for the final time and has officially retired from the sport of professional hockey after 15 seasons in the National Hockey League.
It has definitely been a long and arduous journey for the veteran defenseman, but this time eventually comes for every athlete in professional sports. Unfortunately for Sami Salo, it definitely could have happened under more favorable circumstances.
According to a Finnish media site by the name of Ilta-Sanomat, the forty year old Finnish defenseman has come to the painful conclusion that he can no longer compete at a professional level like the other defensemen in the National Hockey League.