After a pair of 50-goal seasons, Neely found his left hip and thigh on the receiving end of a semiclean Ulf Samuelsson check. It was mostly downhill from there, as he missed a full season recuperating (developing someone/something called myositis ossificans in the process) and prompted Bruins fans to reenact a Canuck-flavored version of Waiting for Godot ("Will he play tonight?"/"He said he would."/"I hope he does."/"Yes."). Despite Neely's return for another 50-goal campaign in 1993, the injury eventually got the best of him. A damn shame.
