My Bobby Orr "Stuff"

[Peter_Spaeth]

Completely unimpressive, Jeff.

[yankeesjetsfan]

Wow, what an awesome Orr collection. I actually never knew he was a Blackhawk at the end of his career. I always assumed he was a Bruin for his whole career.

Mike

[CW]

Impressive! Thanks for sharing.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by yankeesjetsfan

Wow, what an awesome Orr collection. I actually never knew he was a Blackhawk at the end of his career. I always assumed he was a Bruin for his whole career.

Mike

That wasn't Bobby Orr, it was some other guy named Orr with ravaged knees.

[steve B]

And he was still a pretty decent player even with bad knees.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by steve B

And he was still a pretty decent player even with bad knees.

I thought he only played a few games in Chicago and then retired.

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I thought he only played a few games in Chicago and then retired.

He did only play in 20 games, and might have even missed a year too, I think. From what I recall, when the Bruins wouldn't commit to Orr, Chicago stepped up with a $500,000 per year offer, which may have been the largest annual contract at the time.

Of course, I was a kid then, and that was a long time ago...

[Butch7999]

https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/o/orrbo01.html
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[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

From what I recall, when the Bruins wouldn't commit to Orr, Chicago stepped up with a $500,000 per year offer, which may have been the largest annual contract at the time.

No, that's not what happened. The Bruins were willing to commit to Orr; they were even willing to offer him a percentage of the team, but Alan Eagleson, who represented him and was trusted a lot by the family, told Orr that they were not and to just sign with Chicago. Eagleson actually had friends within the Blackhawks organization, so he wanted to do them a favor by giving them Orr. He was a real POS who took advantage of many people.