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David Backes Retiring With The St. Louis Blues

09/09/2021 at 11:40am EDT

from David Backes at Blues website,

And now we are here, my NHL chapter has concluded.

The game got faster and younger and I haven't been associated with either of those adjectives in a long time.

My final goal was to play 1,000 games, but I came up 35 short.

In the end, it's not that all these numbers don't matter - they do, and I am damn proud of them. But the metrics that mean the most to me are the countless experiences and everlasting relationships that the game provided me.

That's what I find is beyond measure.

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