David Guralnick / The Detroit News

Chris Chelios and his wife, Tracee, hang out at a friend's house in Malibu. Asked if she sees the last on the horizon, Tracee laughed. Might he still be playing at age 50? "Nothing would surprise me," she said. "If you would've told me 20 years ago, he'd still be playing now, I would've said you were crazy. But it's not even an issue anymore. He'll come back and say, 'I signed today,' and I'll be like, 'OK, that's great.' "