Saku Koivu
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Sep 18, 2026
Terry RyanHOST
That was hard, but we trained.
Terry RyanHOST
Now, should Saku Koivu and Valerie Bure have the same workout routine as me, as Turner Stevenson or Scott Thornton? You know, should Darcy Tucker have the same one as Jose Theodore? Maybe not, but that's kind of what we did.
Terry RyanHOST
It was less specific.
Terry RyanHOST
We were doing shit, though, and we'd get tested.
Terry RyanGUEST
You're the guy.
Terry RyanGUEST
But I remember, and I remember the Canadians being real concerned about that, and them putting me in camp and telling me straight up, "We wanna see what you can do with Saku Koivu or Pierre Turgeon." Clearly hockey IQ guys, right? So I remember them being, like, very conscious of that, and I was happy that I could...
Terry RyanGUEST
'Cause I didn't know myself.
Terry RyanGUEST
You get to the NHL, man, you don't know.
Terry RyanGUEST
You're the guy.
Terry RyanGUEST
But I remember, and I remember the Canadiens being real concerned about that, and them putting me in camp and telling me straight up, "We wanna see what you can do with Saku Koivu or Pierre Turgeon." Clearly hockey IQ guys, right? So I remember them being, like, very conscious of that, and I was happy that I could, 'cause I didn't know myself.
Terry RyanGUEST
You get to the NHL, man, you don't know.
Terry RyanGUEST
There's, it's a huge step.
Mitch GalloHOST
And, and I say, you know, situation, 'cause it could be a, just a bad loss, or it could be something, like, you know, I'll never get over Chris Crowd.
Mitch GalloHOST
Another one, you know those hated n- fans said Justin Williams, the high stick on Saku Koivu, will never get over that.
Mitch GalloHOST
Never get over that.
Mitch GalloHOST
What is that moment you would never get over in your s- sports situation? I think it could be, it could be any situation.
RickHOST
I'm gonna give Mats.
RickHOST
Saku Koivu.
MattHOST
Yes.
MattHOST
And I will give Rick's, Scott Gom- no, I'm just kidding.
MattHOST
But yeah.
RickHOST
Yeah, okay.
MattHOST
Saku Koivu for me, Guy Lafleur for Rick.
RickHOST
And so, and the reason I put this in here, because, I mean, you know, most people know ours.
Eric ErlandsonGUEST
He's kinda in the pipeline.
Eric ErlandsonGUEST
So now you've got some, some competition among some of these younger players, and Routinen is right there, right? He did things that, what, Saku Koivu was the last guy to put up those kinda points at an under 21 age in Finland, which is not typically a huge scoring league.
Eric ErlandsonGUEST
So he went and he did it, and he's a great play making winger.
Eric ErlandsonGUEST
And I know when I talked to JP Cote, their director of player personnel, back in February about him, they were so excited with the way that he sees plays and the way that he can make plays.
Laura SabaHOST
I love him very much.
Laura SabaHOST
Like, the players that I've loved before him were the likes of Saku Koivu, right? Like, this is, that's the kind of genre, uh, of player that I like, and I think Nick Suzuki is truly an incredible player and an u- an underrated player.
Laura SabaHOST
And I think there was obviously Shea Weber as captain in between, but if you contrast his captaincy, Nick Suzuki's captaincy, with Max Pacioretty's captaincy, it's night and day.
Ian BoisvertHOST
Yeah, totally.
Sean CampbellHOST
Crazy story.
Sean CampbellHOST
And, uh, Montreal Canadiens, can we say legend? Saku Koivu announced his retirement on September 10th, 2014.
Sean CampbellHOST
Happy birthday, Paul Ronge and Pete Palangeo, former Habs.
Sean CampbellHOST
As I'm gonna play a little game with you.
John ShannonHOST
All I know is that when... popular players go back to Montreal, that fan base is the best.
John ShannonHOST
The one that jumps out at me is Saku Koivu's return when he came back as a duck.
John ShannonHOST
To a lesser extent, PK's return as well.
John ShannonHOST
But I must admit that I think that it's going to be one of those nights that I think it's going to be must-see TV for Canuck fans and for you and your family when you go back to Montreal.
Mike WeaverGUEST
It was awesome.
Mike WeaverGUEST
Was it Saku Koivu on that team? No.
Mike WeaverGUEST
Gallagher? Gallagher.
Mike WeaverGUEST
Price.
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