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Post by The Captain on Jun 23, 2014 22:14:50 GMT -5
I was happy he was on the Avs. Then again I would be. Kind of crazy to think the Avs had Bourque, Blake, and Foote on their team. 3 of the all time greats played on that team in the span of a few years. And yes, Footer is an all time great. Then in the same year NJ had Niedermayer, Stevens, and Rafalski (one of the most underrated offensive defensemen ever) on the same team I loved Rafalski when he was on New Jersey. He played a big role on the 2010 USA Olympic team, too. Granted he was a Red Wing by then, but that didn't affect my love of him as a player. That was a good time to be a Devils fan. Langenbrunner was captain of the team and Parise and Rafalski were the alternates. |
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 23, 2014 22:16:36 GMT -5
*cough* Doughty, Muzzin, A-Mart, Mitchell*cough* cough* Doughty is a superstar and one of the best of the league. The rest of the guys are incredible role players, but not super star level. And they don't have to be, that is what made them work so damned well. I'm not comparing them to past greats. I'd argue that this top four matches up with St. Louis' and Chicago's top four. |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 23, 2014 22:18:54 GMT -5
Doughty is a superstar and one of the best of the league. The rest of the guys are incredible role players, but not super star level. And they don't have to be, that is what made them work so damned well. I'm not comparing them to past greats. I'd argue that this top four matches up with St. Louis' and Chicago's top four. I would say they are better than either top to bottom, they don't have the drop off from top 2 down that Chi does. |
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 23, 2014 22:29:33 GMT -5
Then in the same year NJ had Niedermayer, Stevens, and Rafalski (one of the most underrated offensive defensemen ever) on the same team I loved Rafalski when he was on New Jersey. He played a big role on the 2010 USA Olympic team, too. Granted he was a Red Wing by then, but that didn't affect my love of him as a player. That was a good time to be a Devils fan. Langenbrunner was captain of the team and Parise and Rafalski were the alternates. If we're all reminiscing about the early 00s, then I'll mention the team I fell in love with, the 00-01 Kings. That was an exciting and relatively young team. If it wasn't for f***ing Colorado, we could have at least gone to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Devils(The Blues were beatable that year). Would we have beaten them?Probably not, but on the other hand, we pushed the Avs to 7 games, so who knows. What I do know is that I miss those first two lines: Robitaille-Stumpel-Palffy Murray-Smolinksi-Deadmarsh |
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 23, 2014 22:31:04 GMT -5
I'm not comparing them to past greats. I'd argue that this top four matches up with St. Louis' and Chicago's top four. I would say they are better than either top to bottom, they don't have the drop off from top 2 down that Chi does. That's what I'm saying. |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 23, 2014 22:31:26 GMT -5
I loved Rafalski when he was on New Jersey. He played a big role on the 2010 USA Olympic team, too. Granted he was a Red Wing by then, but that didn't affect my love of him as a player. That was a good time to be a Devils fan. Langenbrunner was captain of the team and Parise and Rafalski were the alternates. If we're all reminiscing about the early 00s, then I'll list off the team I fell in love with, the 00-01 Kings. That was an exciting and relatively young team. If it wasn't for f***ing Colorado, we could have at least gone to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Devils. Would we have beaten them...probably not, but on the other hand, we pushed the Avs to 7 games, so who knows. What I do know is that I miss those first two lines: Robitaille-Stumpel-Palffy Murray-Smolinksi-Deadmarsh Those F-ing Avs who helped make Deadmarsh the player he was? |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 23, 2014 22:34:55 GMT -5
I would say they are better than either top to bottom, they don't have the drop off from top 2 down that Chi does. That's what I'm saying. And I fully agree, but it wasn't the conversation we were having at the time and you just kind of stuck in there with out adding that it was an offshoot of what we were talking about. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 22:39:26 GMT -5
I still think St. Louis has the best D and will have the best D for years to come considering its a surprisingly young D Corp.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Jun 23, 2014 22:41:49 GMT -5
I still think St. Louis has the best D and will have the best D for years to come considering its a surprisingly young D Corp. They went from being probably the team I always had the hardest time remembering was a team to a permanent contender. Their D just own the ice. |
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 23, 2014 22:42:48 GMT -5
If we're all reminiscing about the early 00s, then I'll list off the team I fell in love with, the 00-01 Kings. That was an exciting and relatively young team. If it wasn't for f***ing Colorado, we could have at least gone to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Devils. Would we have beaten them...probably not, but on the other hand, we pushed the Avs to 7 games, so who knows. What I do know is that I miss those first two lines: Robitaille-Stumpel-Palffy Murray-Smolinksi-Deadmarsh Those F-ing Avs who helped make Deadmarsh the player he was? Yes, those f***ing Avs that made him a beast and one of my all-time favorite players. And no, I'm still not bitter about it. *Obviously still bitter about it* |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 23, 2014 22:50:32 GMT -5
Those F-ing Avs who helped make Deadmarsh the player he was? Yes, those f***ing Avs that made him a beast and one of my all-time favorite players. And no, I'm still not bitter about it. *Obviously still bitter about it* If it helps, I adored Deadmarsh, he was one of my favorites, but when you have great rookie forwards cropping up every week, some one has to go. That string of Drury, Hejduk, and Tanguay was freaking insane. And Forsberg and Deadmarsh before it was bonkers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 16:17:56 GMT -5
Anybody hear about the latest promotion by the Arizona Sundogs?
Their owner got buried in a dumpster with the hopes of selling 300 tickets in a week.
They only have sold 50, and it's been six days.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 18:50:56 GMT -5
Award winners so far.
Ted Lindsay Award - Sidney Crosby
Selke Award - Patrice Bergeron
Masterton Trophy - Dominic Moore
Calder Memorial Trophy - Nathan Mackinnon
King Clancy Award - Andrew Ference
Mark Messier Award - Dustin Brown
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 24, 2014 22:30:39 GMT -5
The Avs players who won, won decisively.
Roy is coach of the year
O'Reilly took the Lady Bing
MacKinnon is rookie of the year
The only award an Av was a finalist for and didn't take was the Vezina, and that was one of the closest votes out there.
Time to don my Landeskog jersey and do a happy dance.. actually, I do that daily.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 9:39:13 GMT -5
LOLOILERS. At least it's only two seasons
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Post by The Captain on Jun 25, 2014 10:33:35 GMT -5
Jagr didn't win the Masterton trophy, but I guess it's hard to beat a guy who came back to play after his wife died and was 3 wins shy of something from a movie.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jun 25, 2014 12:03:26 GMT -5
Mike Johnston named Penguins head coach
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 13:00:10 GMT -5
Gaborik has signed a 7-year deal with the Kings. $4.9m each.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 13:21:42 GMT -5
Now that's a steal and doesn't scream out buyout like Callahans deal with Tampa
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jun 25, 2014 13:27:21 GMT -5
Now that's a steal and doesn't scream out buyout like Callahans deal with Tampa Do we not remember how often Gaborik gets hurt. For the Kings its not terrible since they have the depth that they can take a chance but 7 years is a lot for Gaborik |
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