Mark Recchi's take on the lockout

[JKidd]

Almost two years removed from a storied playing career, Mark Recchi has some words of wisdom for both the NHL and NHL Players' Association as the lockout approaches Day 60.

"My advice," Recchi told Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe, "is that the longer it goes, the worse (the offer) is going to get (for the players)."

Recchi, 44, won three Stanley Cups and amassed 1,533 points over 22 NHL seasons - a career that was also marked by a 10-day player strike in 1992 and lockouts in 1994-95 and 2004-05.

"As far as the lockout goes and everything, I'm glad I'm not involved, not playing," he told The Globe.

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