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Mats Zuccarello celebrates Marty St. Louis, ‘Lord of the Rings’ style

It’s something that brings us great sadness when we think about: a diminutive New York Ranger, deciding to walk away from something we all celebrate.

No, not Martin St. Louis retiring; Mats Zuccarello refusing to embrace his legacy of being the Norwegian Hobbit Wizard, which was his Elijah Wood-inspired nickname when he entered the NHL.

Well, nothing speaks to the magnitude of St. Louis’ retirement on Thursday after 16 season than the fact that Zuccarello gave him an Instagram send-off using the very meme he’s attempted to avoid for years.

Check out the Tolkien-esque celebration of Mats and Marty, a.k.a. Frodo and Samwise:

What, no Henrik Lundqvist as Aragorn and John Tortorella as Gollum?