Sports Cockiness may be the reason former NHL player Tom Laidlaw, 61, is on ‘Survivor’ September 11, 2019 Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Comments Off on Cockiness may be the reason former NHL player Tom Laidlaw, 61, is on ‘Survivor’ Tom Laidlaw was a defenseman for the Rangers and Kings in his career from 1980-90. Now he's testing himself further by being on "Survivor."