I liked Oates when he played for us...with Bondra.  Think his coaching here pretty much soured any good will he may have earned with the fans though.


I was just reading about him - he was an undrafted player - turned out to have good success, but man he bounced around a lot.  He signed a contract with at least 3 clubs then demanded it be renegotiated part way through the term for more money.

I understand giving the Oates jersey away. It’s worthless. Kolzig memorabilia does have some value.

He gave me a signed Adam Oates Jersey, and a signed Olaf Kolzig pic holding the Cup...

The Redskins are going to retire Riggins jersey this fall.

Nice.  one of my employees is a sports memorabilia nut (as of recently) and is going to a sports memorabilia show this weekend.  he is using a spare office next door to mine right now and he has about 300 signed jerseys.  He has a signed Riggo jersey, signed Riggo card, and a signed Riggo mini-helmet.  Might have to tell him to hold that stuff for a while.  He also has a weird combo jersey that has all three Skins SuperBowl MVP's signatures; Rypien, Doug Williams, and Riggins
He has a signed Bo Jackson Jersey thats pretty nice. 
He has a framed Ovi Jersey and signed puck.....Told him he can leave that here as long as he wants....i will even hang it on the wall and display it for him :-).

I dunno.. 1 more year was all we heard until lately, then it became "maybe 2". lol If he's like 7 goals shy of 1k after 2 years, I could definitely see him coming back for a 3rd.. I could also see him scoring 10 goals next year and calling it quits. Who knows. But, now that the "maybe 2" is out there, will he continue to rebuff any handshake lines at the end of games (arena's) where he could possibly not be back? I guess we'll have to see what kind of shape he shows up in and if he's lost any more steps as the season goes on. My wish is he takes the offseason more serious than ever and shows up lean and mean, though I doubt that's gonna happen. Ovi gonna Ovi.