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vansmack
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 10, 2008 at 04:20 PM UTC #
Hasek cruised into the 4P's one night when I was working (the Czech embassy is right around the corner). Super nice guy. Refused to let me pick up his tab, and tipped me hansomely.
elj
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM UTC #
Hasek is one of the greatest goaltenders ever. Maybe top 3. And I'd say that had he never laced them up for the Wings.

I'd take Hasek in his prime over Roy or Brodeur in theirs. I can't speak intelligently about Dryden, Tretiak, or Sawchuk, but of my era, he was freakishly good.

Heck, at 43 he had a <2.1 gaa.
elj
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 13, 2008 at 01:22 AM UTC #
Pretty good night for Caps and Wings fans at the NHL awards:

Hart - Ovechkin
Art Ross - Ovechkin
Pearson - Ovechkin
Rocket Richard - Ovechkin
Norris - Lidstrom
Selke - Datsyuk
Lady Bing - Datsyuk
Lifetime Achievement - Gordie Howe
Jack Adams - Bruce Boudreau
William Jennings - Osgood/Hasek

Oh, yeah, there's 28 other teams too:
Vezina - Brodeur (what a ripoff, Nabokov deserved this)
Calder - Patrick Kane
Masterson - Jason Blake
King Clancy - LeCavalier
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 13, 2008 at 01:44 AM UTC #
i've taken some time off from hockey … is this patrick kane kid considered US's great hope? how does he compare to recent calder winners?
elj
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 13, 2008 at 02:53 AM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i've taken some time off from hockey … is this patrick kane kid considered US's great hope? how does he compare to recent calder winners?
Is he as good as Malkin or Ovechkin? Almost definitely not. But I do think he had nearly 70 points in his rookie season. He's legit.
Ikarus
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 13, 2008 at 06:54 AM UTC #
congrats to boudreau, great job in a hurry. i just found out he was an extra in slapshot? how cool is that?

alex is the far and away the best (immature) talent in the league.

and big cheers to nicky lidstrom, the best (mature) talent in the NHL for winning a 6th norris. one of the best players ever at any position.

sucks to go 6 months with no hockey, but csn has been replaying 07-08 caps games, and the nhl network is good too.
lwoxley
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 13, 2008 at 03:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Lacking motivation to continue career, Hasek retires after 16 seasons
not to diss one of the great goalies of our time, but i'd be unmotivated too if i had an ego as big as his and watched my team win the cup without me.

and wings dent the cup - nice work! :p
It may as well be their cup to dent at this point.
slappy
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 06:29 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i've taken some time off from hockey … is this patrick kane kid considered US's great hope? how does he compare to recent calder winners?
Is he as good as Malkin or Ovechkin? Almost definitely not. But I do think he had nearly 70 points in his rookie season. He's legit.
Too bad Jonathan Toews was out injured so much. He could have given Kane a real run for the Calder. Kane/Toews are right up there with Ovechkin/Bäckström as the best young Center/Wing combo.

Been a long time since the NHL had such crazy good young talent.
Ikarus
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
tinue career, Hasek retires after 16 seasons
not to diss one of the great goalies of our time, but i'd be unmotivated too if i had an ego as big as his and watched my team win the cup without me.
he won two cups on his own AND an olypmic gold medal. he's 43 and has an asteroid named after him. future hall of famer. quirky and flaky? sure. 6 vezinas (while brodeuer and roy were in their prime) and two harts? judge that

wasted most of his career for horrible buffalo teams. the czech gold medal run in 98 was the best hockey i've ever seen in my life.


again, big ups to ovie and bruce! congrats!
grotty
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 03:08 PM UTC #
Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
wings dent the cup - nice work! :D

&lt;img src="http://hockeyhype.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/hayden-panettiere-stanley-cup-01.jpg" alt=" - " /&gt;
lwoxley
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 06:52 PM UTC #
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
wings dent the cup - nice work! :D

&lt;img src="http://hockeyhype.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/hayden-panettiere-stanley-cup-01.jpg" alt=" - " /&gt; [/QB]
Maybe she'll fly out to Detroit and polish it for the redwings.
elj
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 07:49 PM UTC #
That is so hot. Can she please start dating Jiri Hudler or something? She could totally be the new Kournikova.
slappy
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... June 14, 2008 at 10:26 PM UTC #
Check out who Ovie brought to the NHL awards the other night. She was also with him the other night at Teatro Goldoni on K Street.
Igor Larionov's and former Junior World Figure Skating Champion Elena Botanova's daughter, Alyonka.

That would be an insane offspring. :eek:


<img src="http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nhl_experts__4/ept_sports_nhl_experts-560691625-1213462966.jpg?ym32Yi_C.mSwVeLm" alt=" - " />
vansmack
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... July 02, 2008 at 10:01 PM UTC #
Marian Hossa is headed to the Red Wings. Hossa, whose Penguins lost to Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals, signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the champs Wednesday.

** Sorry. For obvious reasons I didn't check the "Happy Canada day" thread.
elj
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Re: NHL Playoffs Thread... July 02, 2008 at 10:03 PM UTC #
We discussed this in the Happy Canada Day thread. It's a holy crap signing. Bring back the ENTIRE team from a Stanley Cup Championship and steal the best two-way player from the Stanley Cup runner-up. The powerplay possibilities are outrageous.
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