From late-round pick to three-time Stanley Cup champion, Patrick Maroon made the most of NHL career

Prior to the puck drop on Saturday versus the Central Division rival St. Louis Blues, longtime NHL forward Pat Maroon told CHSN’s Darren Pang that he plans to retire after the season.

A veteran of 839 career games, counting stops with the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Minnesota Wild, Boston Bruins, and Blackhawks, the three-time Stanley Cup champion has recorded 125 goals and 195 assists for 320 career points.

Today on Daily Faceoff Live, Frank Seravalli shined some light Maroon’s career.

Tyler Yaremchuk: All the credit to a guy who was a sixth-round pick for taking that opportunity, I mean, he had to play three, four years in the minors after being a sixth-round pick. Like, the whole storyline to turn what he started with into the career that he ended up being a three-time Stanley Cup champion.

Frank Seravalli: It’s remarkable. I’m gonna take you back even further than that, in 2009-10 I broke the story that Pat Maroon was sent home from the Flyers AHL affiliate and told you he would never play another game for this organization. His career was like quite literally in shambles and potentially over before it even started. Had, you know, run afoul of some team policies and they just said, you’re not worth our time.

Frank Seravalli: I can remember talking to him on the phone while he was skating at a rink, I think somewhere in New Jersey, just looking for an opportunity and a chance to play again and has made the absolute most of these gonna finish with more than 850 games played three Stanley cups, including one in his hometown. and by the way, three Stanley cups and a row, which is incredible in its own right. He’s just I think a great modern-day story of perseverance and someone that not only has battled, you know, just that inauspicious start, but at times, uh I know was very sensitive about his weight and we’ve got the title of the big rig on here. he was sort of classified as, oh, that guy’s just a good roller hockey player. He has dealt with a lot of different things over the course of his career, but I think dedication and perseverance are one thing, and the other part, too, is be a good human being. These are revered teammates, and I think that part also really stands out.