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Yeah, Frk had a pretty darn good season I must say. The guy has a hell of a shot.

@Dgill Forgot to ask you, what did you think of Konrad Abeltshauser this season with the Moose? I forgot he was in the Sharks system and was given a contract this season. I kinda want to see how he does at training camp

Hmmm, not sure if I consider him worth that much. your thoughts Oil fans?

you know, I never noticed how many points he scored this season? I guess it is because it was not a full season, but damn.

@Polaris922 And done! I actually voted for him in earnest. Taylor Hall wins 2014! Breakout tear for him in year another non playoff year for the Oil!

Nice one JR. @Polaris922@JR Ewing McSorely knew Brashear's unique fighting style would keep him from really landing bombs on him Brashear's fighting style, while difficult to explain, is fortunately, easy to illustrate

Figured you were stoked to have him. great run for the moose I liked Drouin a bit more, but Mack was solid and skates like the wind.

If you need a PK specialist. At ES, Murray's Skating is league worst and guys use him for Pylon practice. He is a recipe for swedish meatballs and pain meds in front of the net and in the corners though.

Ahhh Doug Murray. I have to say I loved the guy. he could throw monsterous hits and nobody ever wanted to fight him because he killed anyone. Even heavyweights. The guy is a physical tank. He murders people in front of the net and in the corners. Unfortunately, that tank has some terrible speed and maneuverability. Pk Specialist, or bottom 6/7

Speaking of Dirty, this is for you RIP Floormaster. But it was a fun time!

heh. yeah I know a good deal about Shore since he was a Bruin

Holy crap! Ill admit, I know little of Hockey beyond the 70's forward. This guy sounds like a maniac

Bah. I would have taken him No Cap space though

I dunno. Kharlamov also got the standing O when he was alive

It is one of the only times I have seen in the NHL where a cheapshot was talked about like it was deserved. Some of the players suggested giving Domi a bonus cheque lol.

Then there was, Ron Hextall. ahah. Who was more Wild animal than goalie.

That would be Shanahan with Janney's wife. It is not a rumor, but accepted fact. Mostly because she divorced Janney and Married Shanahan in short order. The other 100% true one if not really between players. But Martin Brodeur.....err...let's just say his in law's were already his in law's when he married a second time. Those have to be the most awkward family dinners ever.

Thank you. Ill never forgive that man for his hit on Neely.

Certainly if you look at career numbers. However, many many great players have kept their season average points per game close to their playoff average(Looking merely at their prime years). The guys you mentioned all played in the low scoring periods of hockey(Half of Yzerman's career was DPE, and he has a very good playoff PPG in the 80's)). Marcel played in the, well, highest scoring times ever. His drop in numbers compared to his regular seasons were astronomical. Yzerman did get comparisons to Dionne before he won finally the big one of course. Much like Joe Thornton does now.

Dionne scored at a rate of 1.50 points per game on average in the regular season, and yet dropped off to 0.91 in the playoffs. that is a huuuuuge drop in personal production. Granted I did not see a lot of him, but the Kings fans I know told me his game was simply, well, predictable, and not dynamic. And they accused him of disappearing, being shut down and only scoring points in games when they were losing 6-1 already. When Kings fans tell me Joe Thornton looks outstanding in the playoffs in comparison......I have to believe Dionne was pretty subpar at crunch time. Granted NOBODY could have lead those teams to cups. All I am saying is that his personal production suffered at a time when he was supposed to be elevating his game. He was the #1 target for shutdown in the regular season as well.

I am pretty sure Marcel Dionne is the only man in the hall of fame who never won a best of 7 playoff series.

Mushroom Cloud?

Miller had a standout year or two. but he is far from the best goalie now.

Marcel Dionne makes Joe Thornton look like a Conn Smythe winner

You know what? if the NHL wants to really bring back division rivalry and playoff rivalry, I think the schedule should be heavily clustered with only teams in your division. Almost along the lines of 80% vs Division, 18% vs other teams in your conference and 2% vs the other conference. That would work out to 65 game vs division rivals, 15 games vs the rest of the conference, and 2 game vs the other conference. I also think that for any First round matchups, they should default to playing teams in their own division if possible.