Messier angling for front office job with Rangers?
Mark Messier wanted to be fighting tuna on his fishing boat, maybe tending bar at the 11-room inn he owns in the Bahamas or being a doting dad to his two little kids — son Douglas and daughter Jacqueline-Jean — after he skated his 1,756th and last NHL game almost five years ago now, but Messier retired from playing, not working.
With Steve Yzerman in charge of Canada’s 2010 Olympic team and contemporaries Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, Brett Hull, Cam Neely and Guy Carbonneau either behind NHL benches or learning the ropes in management, you get the feeling Messier, who just turned 48, wants to be part of a team again, too.
It’ll probably be the New York Rangers.
"Glen (GM Sather) and I have talked many times (about life after playing)," said Messier, who’s not sure what he could give the Rangers, but knows he’s ready for a new chapter. He’s had his No. 11 retired here (about 40 minutes of pomp and circumstance) and in New York (about 75 minutes, but hey, it’s New York), he’s done some guest TV commentary in the playoffs, he’s done TV commercials, he’s been working for Cold-FX, handing out his leadership awards and saluting hockey mums across our great land.
He’s had five years to kick back. Now, he wants to get back in the game, in no small part because he sees what well-
respected former foes are doing. Plus, he would be good at it, and his opinion has always been valued.
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