The Official NHL Thread

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That shot from Garrison is insane. We only let Volchenkov go cuz he is not worth 5 mil.

His shot is scary and incredibly unpredictable. I'd be horrified to try and block it.

I posted an article for you and you didn't even comment on it.

I'm too busy laughing at how big Dions forehead is.

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I'm too busy laughing at how big Dions forehead is.

Smh. He's one of the best D-men in the league.

His forehead got us into the dance. And he's dating Elisha Cuthbert.

He's very quietly one of the best D in the league. I remember when he used to line up big hits all the time with Calgary and then be out of position.

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Lol he still does that but doesn't get out of position as much.

I have his and Crosby's rookie cards

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Send me it?

No I think I have a Cam Ward somewhere too.

I'll send you a Eric Lindros RC, I have like 91 of them

I'll send Bigray my Alexander Daigle rookie card.

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Lol he still does that but doesn't get out of position as much.

I have his and Crosby's rookie cards

Wow! Damn.... Can I have them?

Naw son. I have thousands of hockey cards though, all the way back to ones from the 70s that my uncle gave me.

[CanadaPure]

@CP - Lol okay. How'd you get so many?

Uncle and Dad both gave me their collections at some point, and then I bought a lot of boxes (boxes have ~10 packs) of them when I was younger.

[CanadaPure]

That's pretty sweet. I've never really been into hockey cards unless it's one of a player I like.

I was when I was younger, not so much now. I have one box just with players I like though. I have Naslund and Lidstrom WCJ cards.

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That's sweet! I have a Kulemin rookie card.

I need to go back and see what RC's I actually have. There's some dope cards in there somewhere. My Dan Cloutier WJC is a guilty love of mine. He looks like he's wearing BRIGHT red street hockey pads, with a cage instead of a mask

[CanadaPure]

Lol how old is that?

1995. This is what the card is irrc:



Dem pads.

[CanadaPure]

Scott Gomez and Komerserik aren't overrated though, everyone knows they suck.

[CanadaPure]

I don't get how Luongo is overrated. Canucks fans don't think he's amazing, other fans don't think he's amazing... Same with Phaneuf, he catches lots of shit even though he does a good job.

The only one I agree with is Heatly. So many people think he's still an allstar, but he's not.

My most overrated list would go:

WEST:
1) Duchene - Can't backcheck worth a shit, very one dimensional.
2) Doughty - Lazy goober. Good player, but gets way more praise than he deserves.
3) Heatly - Former all-star, he's just not a dominant force in the NHL anymore.
4) Yukapov - Oilers think he's the second coming of jesus right now. He's gonna be good, he's not there yet.
5) Mike Smith - Only plays good due to Phoenix's system, would get lit up with any other team.

Honorable mention: David Booth. Canucks fans think he's an amazing top six forward when he can hardly stay healthy and can't play defensively.

East:
1) Victor Hedman - Again, he's going to be good, but he's not there yet and Tampa Bay holds him in way too high of regard. He just doesn't amaze me at all yet.
2) Tyler Bozak - I like Bozak personally, but my Leaf loving friends are incredibly obnoxious about how great he is. He's not a true first line center, that would be like me saying Kesler is an elite center. He's good at two way, but a lot of leaf fans are delusional about him.
3) Rick Nash - I don't see him as an elite forward, he's really good, but he's not going to carry a team on his own.
4) Nathan Horton
5) My Penis

[CanadaPure]

I personally love Bozak and he's really valuable to us, but he's not a number 1 C. He's just there by default. He's our best C (yes, better than Kadri) because he can play PP, PK and 5 on 5 against the best D on the other teams. Easily the best faceoff guy we have. Phil Kessel, on his line, has maintained a top 10 in league scoring pace over the last 2 years. So.. he's great for us.

Number 1 C? No. But he's good there for now. Leafs pretty much roll 1A and 1B lines, rather than 1 and 2 lines.

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin

Solid imo.

That's not really the point I'm making though. I love Bozak, I'd love to have him on Vancouver. I'm just sick of my dumbass leaf fan friends popping boners and telling me how "Bozak is much better than the Sedins or Kesler". Give me a break. Maybe I'd listen more when Bozak has a Selke like Kesler or the point totals of the Sedins. I don't even think Kesler's elite, so there's no way they should be calling Bozak "on of the best centers in the league". One of the better two-way centers? Sure.

Since you guys clinched my friends are acting like it's gonna be a cakewalk for the Leafs to win the cup. Retards.

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Yeah...I dunno who's saying he's better than the Sedins lol. Cuz he's not.

He's just a good player. Very versatile.

Imagine we traded Bozak and Kadri for Luongo smh

He's not even better than Kesler when they're both at the top of their game. However, I do think Bozak is more steady than Kesler. Kesler goes on a tear, and then vanishes for a bit. Bozak just seems steady all the time.

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Bozak's very consistent. Kesler's awesome. He dives a lot though doesn't he? Or he used to. Never really liked that.

But I like him as a player.

Kesler's one of my favorite players, but yeah he's a hardcore diver. Or was, since he came back from his injury he hasn't been diving much which is great. He's almost a point per game since he got back

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Dude the Leaf fans in Ottawa think they won the cup lol

I just think to let them have it, they've had nothing to cheer for in a very long time.