RIP Milt Schmidt

[RedOctober3829]

Milt Schmidt died today. He was 98 years old. I will miss seeing him at big Bruins games.

 

[jsinger121]

Sad news. Had a part in 4 of the 6 Bruins Stanley Cups as a player and as the General Manager.

 

[cshea]

RIP to the ultimate Bruin.

 

[joe dokes]

Played with Eddie Shore at the beginning and Doug Mohns (who I saw play in the early 70s) at the end. That's about a 50-year link.

 

[Dummy Hoy]

An absolute Legend as a man and a player.

 

[TheRealness]

Damn. Sad news.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Damn, I was hoping he would make it to 100. He was still looking pretty good during the banner raising in 2011, but had definitely slowed down the last couple times he was at the Garden..

 

[kenneycb]

Yeah he looked pretty rough earlier in the year when he came out with Orr (opening night?). 98 years is a whole lot of years.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

RIP

 

[Dropkick Izzy]

Sad. I'm pretty sure they did something for his 95th and he was looking incredibly spry even then.

And "The Kraut" line is phenomenal nickname.

Thank you Milty.

 

[TFP]

Bah, can 2017 just end already!

This sucks.

 

[NickEsasky]

Freaking legend. RIP.

 

[Scoops Bolling]

Saw him a few years back and he looked quite good for his age. Guess the last couple years were not as kind. RIP.

 

[jcaz]

Here's an image of Milt in front of his childhood home in Kitchener (formerly Berlin) Ontario, Canada. Local news is celebrating his life:
http://www.570news.com/2017/01/05/tributes-pour-kitchener-native-bruins-legend-milt-schmidt/