Mike Fisher stuns the hockey world by coming out of retirement to play for the Predators

Back in August, Mike Fisher, captain of the Nashville Predators announced his retirement at the age of 37 after helping the Predators reach the Stanley Cup final.

Fisher and the Preds lost, but the run was incredible and it helped put Nashville on the map as a legitimate hockey city.

Fast forward to January 31st and the Predators are poised to make another deep playoff run as they sit in second place in the Central Division, three points back of the Jets entering play Wednesday night.

Rather than make any shocking changes to their team, though, Nashville did the exact opposite and stunned the hockey world with the news that broke involving Fisher.

BREAKING: #Preds expected to announce today that Mike Fisher is coming out of retirement to return as an active player (via @TSNBobMcKenzie) #TSNHockey #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/4S4jR2Lrkj — TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 31, 2018 Word is Fisher was quite content in retirement but NSH reached out to him in recent weeks and planted the seed about a possible return. And here we are today, with Fisher having agreed to terms on what is believed to be a one year deal for the balance of this season. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) January 31, 2018 No timetable on exactly when he’ll be back in the NSH lineup playing games, but one would think it will be sometime between now and the Feb. 26 trade deadline/roster setting. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) January 31, 2018

How's that for a stunning turn of events. Rarely do players who retire make comebacks (in less than a year), but Fisher clearly thinks he's got enough left in the tank to help the Preds make another run at the Cup.

As you can imagine, the hockey world was shocked by the news, but don't just take our word for it, check out some of these reactions:

(H/T: Bob McKenzie