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For me, the most telling aspect of that article was the bit about Jacob's treatment of the Winnipeg Jets' rep at the BoG meeting. Telling him "he'll know when he's permitted to speak" and calling him the new kid on the block speaks volumes about how the NHL operates. I realize any $3 billion-plus business is going to be cutthroat, but there's no excuse for that type of bullish, childish behaviour. And as the article points out, Jacob's hard line stance is going to hurt his team's ability to be competitive. And that blurb about Neely? What a prick! I can't believe Jacobs said that to him in public, or that I'm just hearing about it now. Jacobs is a doddering, out of touch, old fool with no concept of reality or how to conduct business in the modern era. That style of management may have been the norm 40 years ago, but it doesn't fly in 2012.

Before my time and I've never learned my Canadiens history.... So my guess is Clint Benedict

Searching for any type of result that includes "adult store" on Google is not a good idea! Haha. This is a tough one. I tried looking for player transactions between the WHA and NHL and came up with nothing. So I'm going to guess: is it Al Smith? He wore that style of mask, though I can't find that particular mask in any Google image search.

@flyercanuck My bad... I guess I need to improve my reading comprehension. Murphy had 4 60+ point seasons with Pittsburgh, 3 over 70 points and topped out at 85. He was pretty productive as a Penguin, though not as productive as Coffey. Didn't realize Tocchet's tenure there was so short. All I remember is that season he topped 45 goals, 100 points and 250 PIM playing with Mario.

I wish I read this thread before I opened my big mouth on the other one... Anyone got a link to Aucoin's comments re: Bryz? Or any other former teammates?

Where the frack is JAGR on this list? Larry Murphy?! Rick Tocchet? WTF?! You Flyer fans are hurting Puck's head!! Definitely have not EVER been a fan of the Penguins... BUt I grew up playing NHL 94 on the Sega Genesis and god damn, that team was good!

Interesting. Bryz posted better numbers than Luongo playing in Tippett's defense oriented system. Bryz also had some success in Anaheim playing behind a rock solid D. Bryz goes to Laviolette's aggressive offense-first system and falters and it's all Bryz's fault when maybe if Laviolette played to his team's strengths instead of playing a run and gun system predicated on scoring one more goal than the opposition, he'd have more wins to show for it. Meanwhile Bryz is stinking it up in the K playing on an offense-first [what the eff is defense?] team and no one sees a pattern here? Laviolette has a good enough team to emulate Detroit's puck possession style, play defense-first without the puck, and Bryz could rebound to his former self. Even Luongo will stink if left alone (remember the final with Hamhuis and Rome out?). That's just my opinion and I don't see near as many Flyer games as I would like, so take it for what it's worth... I have seen enough Canuck games out here to know Luongo goes as the defense in front of him goes. A team is going to trade for Luongo, guaran-[expletive]-teed. The only thing holding back Gillis and a willing trade partner is Luongo's no trade clause. Ballard is dead weight and virtually untradeable to anyone except Charles Wang, therefore it makes more sense to buy him out than Luongo. Again, just my opinion...

I said actors, not divers, whiners, complainers, etc. Someone in Hollywood should've foreseen the lockout coming and taken the opportunity to make a GOOD hockey movie while they had all these guys at their disposal.

It's not easy finding fifty + actors that can skate... I agree, hockey is missing a real cinematic masterpiece.

In the 50's the players weren't as big, as heavy, as strong, as fast, etc... Plus they were wearing soft cap padding instead of the hard plastic lethal weapons today's NHLers wear on their elbows and shoulders.

That mask looks like an angry bird... inspiration for the Mighty Ducks logo? It's obviously a Flyer but no idea who. Willing to bet someone here does.

Yeah, that another one... I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but it's definitely in the category of 'hockey movie.'

I was thinking the same thing! Slap Shot Miracle Mighty Ducks (and any sequels) The Love Guru (it kind of is and kind of isn't) The Rocket Youngblood Breakaway (anyone seen this one? I came across it by accident. It's about a team of East Indian players coached by Rob Lowe and has Russel Peters in it.) That's 7 movies!!! Documentaries don't count, IMO, but there's the new one about Chris Nilan called The Last Gladiator(s)

So in theory, the rule could be any player delivering a hit has to be facing his opponent... That seems to be the logical way to do it. This would eliminate the hip check altogether but would eliminate some dangerous hits without completely taking hitting out of the game.

I bought a 10-pack of tickets (2 seats) to WHL hockey (Prince George Cougars) last night. 5th row in the corner. Set me back a little over $300. (Averages out to about $16/ticket.) One of the two tickets is supposed to be a "youth" ticket but apparently an adult can get in with it - according to the team! Heck of a deal. A night at an NHL game in Van or Edmonton costs that much.