Bryce Salvador once called the rehab from his injury “hell,” and in a gripping retirement announcement, it doesn’t sound far off.
The former Devils captain called it a career Wednesday, announcing his retirement in a revealing and heartfelt article published on the Players’ Tribune.
“I achieved my goal of coming back so that my boys would be able to remember me as an NHL player,” Salvador wrote, “and now I am content to step away on my own terms.”
Salvador, 39, was named the Devils captain in January 2012, after Zach Parise left to sign a free-agent deal with his hometown Wild.