The thank you to Brodeur is appropriate, as he did play here and he is retiring. But doesn't this just say "thank you for making us your career footnote!" in the most polite, nice, and genuine way? From the city with the world's biggest self-esteem problem (it's a thing, look it up), we're always happy when someone actually seems to enjoys it here. Even if it is for like a month as a squatter in Wayne Gretzky's house.