Retirement
On June 18, 2010, Blake announced his final retirement from professional hockey. During a Los Angeles Kings telecast (on 3/3/11), Blake discussed his post-playing career as a Hockey Operations Manager for the NHL, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "This job kind of developed over the summer (of 2010) in talking with Brendan Shanahan. I played for awhile in the NHL (20 years). As a former player, I can provide the league with some insight in various aspects of the game. I was able to stay on the West Coast (and commute to Toronto for work), so it worked out really well," Blake said. "I watch the game much differently now, just because I've been in Toronto, in the war room. Now, I watch the game and see the calls that are made as well as the ones which weren't but should have been. Before, I just looked at the score and see what happened in the game," Blake noted. "I'm also going to help out in the selection process for Team Canada for the upcoming World Championships," Blake said.
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