FILE--New York Rangers team captain Mark Messier laughs during a New York news conference, Thursday, July 13, 2000. Messier has enjoyed life after hockey but he wants to get back in the game in the near future. Hopefully as an NHL GM. ‘‘Looking forward and anxious to get back in the game in a different capacity and trying to win a championship in a different form,’’ Messier said. In the meantime he’s juggling family life, a boutique hotel in the Bahamas and being a corporate pitchman. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/AP/Richard Drew)