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12-24-2007 10:41 AM |
Over the holidays, you can watch some of the best under-20 hockey players from around the world compete for the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The tournament runs from December 26th to January 5th.
The tournament kicks off with Team Canada who will begin its title defense against the host Czech Republic on Dec. 26th. It is hard not to consider Canada as the odds-on favorite to win the tournament considering they have won the tournament for the last three years in a row.
The teams are grouped in two pools, Group A and Group B. Group A consists of the host nation, Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada, Slovakia, and Sweden. While Group B consists of Finland, Kazakhstan, Russia (Silver medalists for the past three years), Switzerland, and the USA (2007 Bronze medalists).
Who will you be cheering for? Will Canada be able to clinch Gold for the fourth consecutive year?
Be sure to voice your thoughts and predictions of the 2008 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships on www.hockeyforum.com
Discussion link: http://www.hockeyforum.com/world-junior-hockey-championships/
Enjoy the Tournament & Happy Holidays,
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HOCKEY NUT HOCKEY NUT |
12-28-2007 11:41 AM |
A group of 20 to 25 Calgary fans were there wearing there Calgary sweaters behind the goalie and there was some guy that would get up and stand there giving the Calgary fans the finger for the whole time they were in that corner.
I found that very funny.
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1-6-2008 7:55 PM |
Top-prospect Okposo assigned by Islanders to Bridgeport of AHL
January 6, 2008
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Top prospect Kyle Okposo will begin his career in the New York Islanders organization with Bridgeport of the AHL.
Fresh off a solid run in the world junior tournament, Okposo was assigned Sunday by the Islanders to their top minor league affiliate. He will practice with the Sound Tigers on Thursday and make his debut at Binghamton on Friday.
I may wind up going to the game.
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1-7-2008 9:52 PM |
Sid the Kid is awesome live in person. Though I must say he will never be better than Mario Lemieux.
but the pinguins still aren't very good, and he cant carry them on his shoulders by himself he's pretty damn young, 19? 20? there a good team, but not good enough for the cup this year, YET! getting there. i think probably the strongest teams in the NHL are Detroit (of course) there record midway through the season is insane! next would be Ottawa, they have been a strong team since last year. and finally San Jose who are determined to bring the cup to Nor Cal this year. they've had some real let downs past years in the playoffs, but something's different this year and Joe Thornton is an experienced, amazing hockey player and leader, as well as Patrick Marleu who is amazing at skating and leading the team (their captain). but you cant forget one of the best goaltenders in the NHL, Evgeni Nabokov. I think the cup comes to either Detroit or San Jose. Overall the West is way stronger than the East and you cannot deny that. |
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1-8-2008 12:57 PM |
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KY3MUNN Chris Chelios still playing |
1-9-2008 2:31 PM |
| Whats in the water in Detroit....Chris Chelios still playing?? |
gtc yes he is still playing |
1-16-2008 6:43 PM |
| yes he is still playing...ERGHHHH |
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1-24-2008 2:13 PM |
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1-27-2008 07:47 AM |
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=351333
NHL ALL - STAR GAME
ATLANTA -- If anyone had a doubt that Atlanta could be a terrific host for an NHL All-Star Game, the unseasonably cold temperatures that greeted All-Star Weekend added just the right chill for a sport played on ice.
There was plenty of cool talk Saturday inside Phillips Arena, too, as some of the League's top talents prepared for today's 2008 All-Star Game (6 p.m. ET, VERSUS, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio).
Everything was fair game, from All-Star captains Jarome Iginla and Vinny Lecavalier being quizzed about everything from playing an 84-game schedule to why hockey players don't do self promotion especially well to the noted dustup the two dominant players had during the 2004 Stanley Cup Final, a series won by Lecavalier's Tampa Bay Lightning against Iginla's Calgary Flames in seven grueling games.
So, Jarome, how come hockey players are notoriously reticent to grab headlines, even at a fun event like All-Star Weekend?
"It's something that is a little bit different in hockey," Iginla said. "I think you look at some other sports where there's more talking in the media and buildup to games. Some of it can be enjoyable, but for whatever reason in hockey … I think it's slowly changing. … It's starting to change a little bit and people are starting to step out a little bit more, and I think it's good. I think it's good for hockey.
"It's definitely team-first," Iginla said. "There are a lot of different personalities (on a team) and things that we see as a group of guys, but you don't always see it in the media."
What hockey fans will see today from Phillips Arena is a tremendous display of skill. No, there will not be the hitting one expects -- and sees -- in the Stanley Cup Playoffs; but this is the All-Star Game, a different animal, one that celebrates the great finesse skills that are so frequently blended into the physical nature of the game, too.
There is an accent on youth this weekend in Atlanta. Young, emerging players like Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks and Dion Phaneuf of the Calgary Flames have joined Eastern Conference players like Alexander Ovechkin, Jason Spezza and Rick DiPietro in showing off the League's "Generation Next." That development certainly wasn't lost on Lecavalier.
"Last year's (the) second time I came to the All-Star Game," Lecavalier said. "I was surprised how young the players were. I think it's, I guess, a young stars' league. You look at (Sidney) Crosby, Ovechkin, (Evgeni) Malkin. And I think it's great for the League. It's great for marketing. I think the last few years, it's been really going great that way.
"I just think it's exciting," he said. "I think people want to watch young guys, the 20-year-olds, 22-year-olds, show what they can do on the ice."
TUNE IN: Sunday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. ET (VERSUS, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio)
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The League's cadre of emerging stars was in full view Saturday night during the YoungStars game that was incorporated into the Dodge NHL SuperSkills competition this year. In that mini-game, young players like Chicago's Patrick Kane, Phoenix's Peter Mueller, Edmonton's Sam Gagner, the Rangers' Marc Staal and Pittsburgh's Kris Letang showed the future is indeed a talented one.
"It's nice to be part of the All-Star festivities in any way you can your first year," Kane said. "So just being here as a YoungStar and as a player is part of the whole process."
Kane has been one of the young players who has helped re-energize the Chicago Blackhawks this season and he has proven to be a quick study with 12 goals and 33 assists in 50 games to lead all rookies in scoring.
"It's kind of what you expect coming in," Kane said. "So, I mean, obviously it's the NHL. It's the best league in the world. And there are going to be times when the game might be a little too fast. You're playing against men now, so it's something you're going to have to work with and adjust at times. But I think the biggest thing probably will be adjusting to the speed of the game. The players are still there, but they just happen so much quicker, so it's something I had to adjust to a bit."
Today's game will also celebrate the talents of "old" guys like Lecavalier and Iginla, as well as sublime talents like Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nick Lidstrom and Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer, as well as unsung players like Philadelphia's Kimmo Timonen and Montreal's Andrei Markov, who have risen up to All-Star status.
Certainly Iginla and Lecavalier, the team captains, represent the cream of the crop in the NHL. Both are having strong seasons. Both are prominent names mentioned in possible MVP discussions and both have joined with the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and others as the face of the NHL.
And let's face it, each is the kind of competitor you want leading your team. That fact was readily apparent when the two couldn't escape questioning about their famed battle in the 2004 Final.
"I got a lot of rib shots that kind of hurt," Lecavalier said with a smile. "But I think, obviously, we were both battling to win the Cup, so we did whatever we had to do for our team. Once it's over, it's over. You can tell that after every series, guys shake hands. And a lot of the guys in this League are friends, and I think it's just respect, I think.
"Hockey players have respect for each other. To go through what they do in the playoffs, you know, what both teams went through, our journey to the Stanley Cup Final, it was just a battle. So once it was all over, and it could have went either way, so, yeah, I think it's respect. You respect the other person, your opponent."
"I really enjoyed, … kind of really enjoyed playing against Vinny there in the Stanley Cup Finals," Iginla said. "I know our team, we were trying to be as hard on Vinny and (Marty) St. Louis and (Brad) Richards as we could. And our team was a physical team. We're trying to push them, and we couldn't. We couldn't push them out of the games. And the respect grows and it was seven games. They played great, and they're battlers. Getting a chance to play with him in Team Canada and stuff, our respect just goes up and up."
But who won the fight?
"I don't know," Lecavalier said.
"It was a draw," Iginla said.
"Yeah," Lecavalier laughed.
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1-27-2008 7:20 PM |
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=56&season=20072008&gameType=4
ATLANTA -- Late goals by Eric Staal and Marc Savard held off a strong third-period rally as the Eastern Conference escaped the 2008 NHL All-Star Game with an 8-6 victory over the Western Conference at Philips Arena Sunday.
The late goals from the two Eastern All-Stars blunted an exceptional effort from the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash, who had a hat trick in the losing effort. Nash electrified the crowd with two breakaway goals.
Staal’s two goals and an assist were enough to make him the game’s most valuable player.
Trailing 5-1 after one period and 5-3 after two, the Western All-Stars made it a see-saw battle in the third period, as goals from Ryan Getzlaf, Nash and Calgary’s Dion Phaneuf offset a goal from the East’s Marian Hossa to knot the score 6-6 midway through the third.
Anaheim’s Getzlaf cut the lead to 5-4 just 41 seconds into the period when he made a terrific move in close on Boston’s Tim Thomas, lifting the puck over Thomas’ shoulder from in close off a pass from the Coyotes’ Ed Jovanovski.
Nash then completed his hat trick at 1:56, taking a pass from the Flames’ Jarome Iginla and once again racing into the Eastern Conference zone, beating Thomas with a backhanded shot to the glove side that tied the score 5-5.
The Thrashers’ Hossa put the East back on top, 6-5, at 4:08, converting a 2-on-1 with the Rangers’ Scott Gomez. Hossa took the pass from Gomez and fired with one knee on the ice that beat Blues goalie Manny Legace.
One of the more unlikely potential scorers in the game, Calgary’s Phaneuf, hit the open net at 5:07 off a pass from Getzlaf at the right post that again knotted the score, this time, 6-6.
The West’s Marian Gaborik gave the West its first lead of the game at 10:57 when he took a Henrik Sedin pass in the slot for the score that made it 7-6 for the West. But the lead was short lived when Staal scored his second of the game at 12:35 off an assist from Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk on a slick passing sequence to put the East back on top, 7-6.
TUNE IN: Sunday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. ET (VERSUS, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio)
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PHOTOS: East | West | YoungStars
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Former Thrasher Savard salted the game away with 21 seconds left with a goal from the slot to make it 8-6.
The Atlanta Boys’ Choir had barely left the ice after performing the Star-Spangled Banner when the West scored the first goal, a record 12 seconds after the puck dropped.
Nash took advantage of a loose puck at the East’s blue line and before you could say “Is that a breakaway?” it was and Nash had beaten Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro with an unassisted goal that erased Detroit’s Ted Lindsay from the record book. Lindsay had previously scored the fastest goal in All-Star competition, 19 seconds in 1950.
As is normally the case in All-Star competition, a one-goal lead wasn’t going to cut it. In this case, the West’s lead lasted little over a minute when Staal, who was enjoying All-Star Weekend with his younger brother Marc, the New York Rangers’ rookie who skated in Saturday’s YoungStars game, tied it. Staal sent the puck over a sprawling Chris Osgood at 1:20 off a nice cross-ice feed from Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell.
The East took a 2-1 lead at 9:43, when Montreal Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov, standing at the left post, converted a Mike Richards cross-ice feed. Chances are Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau will remind Markov rather quickly that he isn’t to reprise his positioning on the goal when the regular season resumes Tuesday.
Washington’s Alex Ovechkin scored the first of his two first-period goals at 13:35, converting a sharp pass from Ottawa’s Jason Spezza from a tough angle and past Osgood for a 3-1 edge.
Evgeni Malkin of the Penguins set up Campbell for the East’s fourth goal at 15:10, firing a pass from the right corner out to the pinching defenseman for the score.
Ovechkin’s second of the period was perhaps the easiest of his career as Tampa Bay’s Marty St. Louis slid the puck to an unchecked Ovechkin in the slot that he tapped into the empty net at 17:49 for a 5-1 first-period edge.
Evgeni Nabokov was the star of the second period as the San Jose Sharks goalie shut down the Eastern All-Stars in general and Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk in particular.
The West came out and blitzed the East, piling up 20 shots to the East’s eight, scoring two goals to cut the lead to 5-3 after 40 minutes.
Nash’s second goal of the game came on a clear breakaway as he split the Sergei Gonchar and Campbell and roared in on Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun, who was beaten with the backhand shot after Nash made a series of slick stickhandling moves at 9:34.
Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer closed the gap to a pair of goals at 15:08 when he raced down the slot from the blue line, took a pass from the Sharks’ Joe Thornton and beat Vokoun with a stick-side shot.
Perhaps the signature moments of the game came late in the second and Nabokov was the star.
He made a sizzling glove save on a wide-open Kovalchuk with a minute left in the period. The Thrashers’ star had been left alone in the slot and picked the upper corner, but Nabokov threw out his glove and snagged the puck. After the save, Kovalchuk skated over and gave the goalie a hug.
Then Nabokov struck again as Kovalchuk was denied on a breakaway as time ran out in the period. Seeing time was almost gone, Kovalchuk roared in on the break, figuring it was his turn, but Nabokov stacked the pads and made another huge save, leaving Kovalchuk to toss his stick away as he jumped off the ice and down the corridor to the dressing room.
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1-27-2008 9:49 PM |
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=56&season=20072008&gameType=4
ATLANTA -- Eric Staal hadn’t planned on heroics. Rather, he was looking forward to All-Star Weekend as a quick family reunion with his younger brother Marc of the New York Rangers, and his parents.
But when all was said and done Sunday, Staal, the exciting forward from the Carolina Hurricanes, also was the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 NHL All-Star Game, scoring two goals and assisting on another – and offsetting a hat trick by Columbus’ Rick Nash -- in the Eastern Conference’s 8-7 victory at Philips Arena.
”It's a neat feeling,” Staal said. “A little surprised, but I'll take the honor. It was a great game, a lot of fun. Obviously, tons of talent on both teams. I'll take it.”
And so will the Eastern All-Stars, who nearly blew a 5-1 first-period lead to the surging Western Conference. The East needed Staal and the Bruins’ Marc Savard to score the game’s final two goals to tie and then take the lead.
”We wanted to beat the East and vice versa,” Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla said. “It was a good game. There were some real nice goals, too.
”It was a lot of fun,” Iginla said. “It was a good pace out there. Guys were backchecking, guys were working not to give up any easy goals. There were some highlight goals, -- tic, tac, toe -- which is the most fun. The best game I’ve played in yet.”
”Everyone wants to put on a good show,” Staal agreed. “Everyone wants to have a competitive game. I thought, for the most part, when the game started getting close it was pretty competitive and up-and-down the ice. Hopefully it was exciting for the fans to watch.”
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas walked into a buzz saw in the third period, allowing four goals, but rallying late to keep the East in the contest.
”Yeah, it felt pretty good to come up with the ‘W’ at the end,” Thomas said. “Especially the way that period started out for me with four goals in about four minutes or whatever it was.”
As you might have expected in an All-Star setting with some of the sport’s top talents involved, the goals came fast and furious, especially in the first and third periods.
In the opening 20 minutes, the East jumped out to a 5-1 lead as Staal, Montreal’s Andrei Markov, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin (two) and Buffalo’s Brian Campbell scored.
The offensive tone was actually set by Nash, who scored just 12 seconds into the game. That broke an All-Star record established by Ted Lindsay in 1950.
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Stars debate 3-on-3 play
Reunion for 2000 Cup champs
Timonen backs European play
East wins SuperSkills competition
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Rosters: East | West
Photos: East | West
”Oh yeah, that was a good way to start the game,” Iginla said. “I heard that was a record. And (Nash’s) next two goals, those are highlight goals on that stage. I was hoping we’d win and he’d get the MVP, but unfortunately, we didn’t win.”
Somewhat overlooked in the first-period goal glut was strong play in the Eastern net by the Islanders’ Rick DiPietro, who allowed only Nash’s goal on 13 shots. The Red Wings’ Chris Osgood wasn’t as fortunate as he absorbed the pounding from the East, allowing five goals on 16 shots.
San Jose’s Evgeni Nabokov was stellar in the second period, stopping all eight shots he faced to help the resurgent West get back into contention with goals from Nash and Anaheim’s Scott Niedermayer to cut the lead to 5-3 after two periods.
The third period will be remembered for its see-saw nature as the Western Conference roared past the East to take a 7-6 lead midway through the final 20 minutes before the Eastern All-Stars regrouped and netted the game’s last two goals for the win.
All told, the East had 33 shots in the game and the West 51.
For the Eastern All-Stars, Staal had two goals and an assist. Washington’s Ovechkin had two goals, Buffalo’s Campbell had a goal and two assists and the Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin, the Senators’ Jason Spezza and Tampa Bay’s Marty St. Louis each had a pair of assists.
For the Western All-Stars, Nash led the way with his hat trick. The only other Western All-Stars with multiple-point games were Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin with two assists and Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf with a goal and an assist.
The Atlanta Boys’ Choir had barely left the ice after performing "The Star-Spangled Banner" when the West scored the first goal.
Nash took advantage of a loose puck at the East’s blue line and before you could say “Is that a breakaway?” it was, and Nash had beaten DiPietro with an unassisted goal.
As is normally the case in All-Star competition, a one-goal lead wasn’t going to cut it. In this case, the West’s lead lasted little more than a minute when Staal tied it. Staal sent the puck over a sprawling Osgood at 1:20 off a nice cross-ice feed from Campbell.
The East took a 2-1 lead at 9:43, when Markov, standing at the left post, converted a Mike Richards’ cross-ice feed. Chances are Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau will remind Markov rather quickly that he isn’t to reprise his positioning on the goal when the regular season resumes Tuesday.
Ovechkin scored the first of his two first-period goals at 13:35, converting a sharp pass from a tough angle by Spezza for a 3-1 edge.
Malkin set up Campbell for the East’s fourth goal at 15:10, firing a pass from the right corner out to the pinching defenseman for the score.
Ovechkin’s second of the period was perhaps the easiest of his career as St. Louis slid the puck to an unchecked Ovechkin in the slot and he tapped it into the empty net at 17:49 for a 5-1 first-period edge.
Nabokov was tremendous in the second period, shutting down the East in general and Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk in particular.
Perhaps the signature moments of the game came late in the second and Nabokov was the star.
Eric Staal, of the Carolina Hurricanes, gets handshakes from fans after being named the Most Valuable Player. Staal's goal ties the game in the third
He made a sizzling glove save on a wide-open Kovalchuk with a minute left in the period. The Thrashers’ star had been left alone in the slot and picked the upper corner, but Nabokov threw out his glove and snagged the puck. After the save, Kovalchuk skated over and gave the goalie a hug.
Nabokov struck again as Kovalchuk was denied on a breakaway as time ran out. Seeing time was almost gone, Kovalchuk roared in on the breakaway, figuring it was finally his turn, but Nabokov stacked the pads and made another huge save, leaving Kovalchuk to toss his stick away as he jumped off the ice and headed down the corridor to the dressing room.
”Nabby was one of those guys who can get the MVP tonight, too,” Kovalchuk said. “He's played an unbelievable 20-minute shutout. And he's played 51 or 52 games already during the season, so he's a great, great goaltender.”
Offensively, the West scored two goals to make it 5-3 after 40 minutes.
Nash’s second goal of the game came on a clear breakaway as he split Sergei Gonchar and Campbell and roared in on Florida goalie Tomas Vokoun, who was beaten at 9:34 with the backhand shot after Nash made a series of slick stickhandling moves.
Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer closed the gap to a pair at 15:08 when he also raced down the slot from the blue line, took a pass from the Sharks’ Joe Thornton, and beat Vokoun with a stick-side shot.
Seven goals found the back of the net in the third period as the lead changed hands three times.
Getzlaf cut the lead to 5-4 just 41 seconds into the period when he made a terrific move in close on Thomas, lifting the puck over the shoulder of the Bruins goalie after receiving a pass from the Coyotes’ Ed Jovanovski.
Nash then completed his hat trick at 1:56, taking a pass from Iginla and once again racing into the Eastern Conference zone, beating Thomas with a backhanded shot to the glove side that tied the score 5-5.
The Eastern Conference retook the lead, 6-5, when Hossa converted a 2-on-1 break with the Rangers’ Scott Gomez at 4:08. But Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf, off a pass from Getzlaf, scored from the slot into a vacant net at 5:07 to bring the two squads even again at 6-6.
The Minnesota Wild’s Marian Gaborik gave the West its first lead of the game at 10:57 when he took a Sedin pass in the slot for the score that made it 7-6 for the West. But that didn’t last long as Staal scored his second of the game at 12:35 off an assist from Kovalchuk on a slick passing sequence to tie the game at 7-7.
With the Western Conference pressing once again for the lead, Savard, a former Thrasher who had heard it from his former hometown fans throughout the weekend, scored off passes from Campbell and Staal with 20.9 seconds left to win it for the East.
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2-7-2008 9:09 PM |
Just because I'm in a hockey mood, I looked up some lists for the 100 greatest Hockey Players of All Time
Well I came across this one
1- Wayne Gretzky
2- Bobby Orr
3- Gordie Howe
4- Mario Lemieux
5- Maurice Richard
6- Doug Harney
7- Jean Béliveau
8- Bobby Hull
9- Terry Sawchuk
10- Eddie Shore
11- Guy Lafleur
12- Mark Messier
13- Jacques Plante
14- Raymond Bourque
15- Howie Morenz
16- Glenn Hall
17- Stan Mikita
18- Phil Esposito
19- Denis Potvin
20- Mike Bossy
21- Ted Lindsay
22- Red Kelly
23- Bobby Clarke
24- Larry Robinson
25- Ken Dryden
26- Frank Mahovlich
27- Milt Schmidt
28- Paul Coffey
29- Henri Richard
30- Bryan Trottier
31- Dickie Moore
32- Newsy Lalonde
33- Syl Apps Sr.
34- Bill Durnan
35- Patrick Roy
36- Charlie Conacher
37- Jaromir Jagr
38- Marcel Dionne
39- Joe Malone
40- Chris Chelios
41- Dit Clapper
42- Bernard Geoffrion
43- Tim Horton
44- Bill Cook
45- Johnny Bucyk
46- George Hainsworth
47- Gilbert Perreault
48- Max Bentley
49- Brad Park
50- Jari Kurri
51- Nels Stewart
52- King Clancy
53- Bill Cowley
54- Eric Lindros
55- Busher Jackson
56- Peter Stastny
57- Ted Kennedy
58- Andy Bathgate
59- Pierre Pilote
60- Turk Broda
61- Frank Boucher
62- Cy Dennedy
63- Bernard Parent
64- Brett Hull
65- Aurel Joliat
66- Toe Blake
67- Frank Brismek
68- Elmer Lach
69- Dave Keon
70- Grant Fuhr
71- Brian Leetch
72- Earl Seibert
73- Doug Bentley
74- Borje Salming
75- George Vezina
76- Chuck Gardiner
77- Clint Benedict
78- Steve Yzerman
79- Tony Esposito
80- Billy Smith
81- Serge Savard
82- Alex Delvecchio
83- Cecil Dye
84- Lorne Chabot
85- Sid Abel
86- Bob Gainey
87- Johnny Bower
88- Sprague Cleghorn
89- Mark Gartner
90- Norm Ullman
91- Sweeney Schriner
92- Joe Primeau
93- Darryl Sittler
94- Joe Sakic
95- Dominik Hasek
96- Walter Pratt
97- Jack Stewart
98- Yvan Cournoyer
99- Bill Gadsby
100- Frank Nighbor
Now really...Eric Lindros is better than Steve Yzerman? And whats with Nick Lindstrom and Brendan Shanahan not even being on the list?
Also curiously absent: Luc Robataille, Ron Francis, Doug Gilmour, Peter Forseberge, and Pavel Bure among others
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2-9-2008 01:36 AM |
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2-13-2008 12:22 PM |
Hockeyforum.com: Blogs of Interest!
The members of Hockeyforum.com have put together some interesting blog topics which include:
The Curse Facing Ottawa
Making it to the final game or final playoff series during the previous season is no guarantee for future success — in fact it's quite the opposite for professional teams in all four of the major sports.
For the past 20 seasons, the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB teams that finished as runner-ups to the champions in each league have had a difficult time finding success during the following season. While there are several reasons to explain this phenomenon, like free agency, untimely injuries, etc., it seems nearly implausible that only two teams lost in the finals one year, and came back to win a championship the following season. Inexplicably, it hasn't happened in any of the four major sports since 1988.
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
The NHL All-Star Break seems to have done the Blues some good. It was a rough few days without the men in action, but they pulled out the stops for their first game back. The boys won 3-2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs after their hockey-less days. Hanging onto that momentum, they pulled out a 1-0 shutout against reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. I must say, that was a phenomenal victory. I had the privilege of being at that game and the energy was invigorating. It was one of the most exciting games I have ever attended and also the first shootout I have witnessed in person. Unfortunately, they broke the (short) winning streak and suffered a tough 6-4 loss on Saturday against Coach Q’s Colorado Avalanche.
Leafs future, greater than we think
After another horrible game, this time against Florida, the Leaf Nation is not really in disarray. We've come to the point where we (Leaf fans)cheer and hope for losses.
In theory the more loses we have, the better chance at Stamkos. However we can finish last, and still not get Stamkos.
But there's no need to worry. The Leafs will have a top 5 pick this season. If not two (assuming trade with Anaheim for EDMs pick).
Including with that pick, the Leafs have become very strong at drafting late.
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Ally Struthers a Canucks Fan |
2-14-2008 12:08 PM |
| I'm a Canucks Fan and I think if they get healthy and make a move for another forward at the trade deadline..... look out ! Roberto Luongo can shut the door on anyone The tough thing will be making the playoffs. It'll go down to the last day IMO |
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HOCKEY NUT NHL team mascots |
2-19-2008 8:33 PM |
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A group of NHL team mascots enjoy themselves in the crowd during a game between the San Jose Sharks and the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum February 18, 2008 in Uniondale, New York. The Islanders defeated the Sharks 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) |
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2-26-2008 11:00 AM |
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NHL Trade deadline
It’s the time of year when the action on the ice starts heating up, but the action in the boardrooms gets even hotter. That’s right folks: it’s the NHL trade deadline! With teams quickly getting separated into buyers and sellers, the NHL’s general managers will play their annual chess match with each other to capture that vital piece to complete their teams.
With a returning Peter Forsberg signing with the Colorado Avalanche and Mats Sundin choosing not to waive his no-trade clause and stay with the Toronto Maple Leafs, two of the game’s biggest pieces have been taken off the board. But that doesn’t mean that the league’s 30 GMs won’t have any gambits left to play.
Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell will be looking to move winger Marian Hossa, but where will he go? The Thrashers play in Montreal tonight, but will Hossa find himself in the home team’s dressing room? The Lightning resigned rearguard Dan Boyle last night, but will that push Brad Richards and his $7.8 million contract out of Tampa? And how will Leafs interim GM Cliff Fletcher try to rebuild the Buds with his top players refusing to waive their no-trade clauses?
Who will be the big movers and shakers on NHL trade deadline day?
Discussion link: http://www.hockeyforum.com/hockey-trades-rumors-signings/47299-trade-deadline-day-feb-26-trade-deadline-3-p-m-est.html
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Hockeyforum.com staff,
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