Former NHL enforcer and Capitals forward Chris Simon filed for bankruptcy and is suffering from “depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder,” according to Yahoo and the Ottawa Citizen.
A Stanley Cup winner with Colorado when he joined the Caps in 1996, Simon played 320 games for D.C., scored 72 goals (including a career-high 29 in 1999-2000), 151 points, and had 666 penalty minutes. Those aren’t bad numbers for a tough guy. He played for the Caps during their most successful season in the playoffs. Fans loved him (he even got a bobblehead), those who got to know him off the ice had great things to say about him, and he was even respected by fellow enforcers.