Nhl thread

[El Kabong]

I must say the players today are only decent when you think about the players from back in the late 80's to the mid/late 90's. Certainly there are some guys who could hang with the beasts from back then but if you allowed 2 line passes when Bure and Federov were playing then they'd have scored many more goals.

Sid the Kid better thank his lucky stars he never played in the same division as Scott Stevens.

Ovechkin is a solid player, but when you compare him to Federov he's just not all that great. Sergei was just amazing.

My Hurricanes are having a bipolar season. When everyone was injured we were really clicking, but now with Eric Staal back we're kind of having chemistry issues again. I think Jordan Staal is better without his brother on the ice. Touomo Ruutu has been shit this year as well which is sad. Khudobin is a fucking beast of a goalie though, I hope we keep him and ditch Peters or Ward.

[Beanflicker]

The late 80's/mid 90s were a great time for hockey, and a huge leap in terms of skill and athleticism over past eras.

To be fair to the guys of today though, it's a hell of a lot harder to score goals today than it was back then. Goalie skill has come a long way, and of course goalie equiptment is much bigger. So not only do you have a smaller target, you also have a much more competent guy trying to block your shot.

Early 90s was a golden age for me because that's what I grew up watching. Gretzky, Mario, Pavel, Federov, Jagr, Hull, Yzerman. It was a great time.

I really loved the pure goal scorers like Pavel and Hull. Pavel could make a play out of anything, and Hull could score from anywhere it seemed.

[Beanflicker]

I remember being 5 or 6 in peewee hockey league, and the whole team fighting over who got Pavel's #10. He was a fucking rockstar.

[El Kabong]

Goalies back in the day were SOOOOO much better!

Fuhr, Potvin, Roy, Osgood, Hasek, McLean, Vanbiesbrouke, CuJo, Moog, Richter, Brodeur, Belfour, there were so many more great goalies back then.

Pavel Bure was my favorite, Theo Fleury was a favorite, John LeClair, Mats Sundin, Doug Gilmoure, Dave Andrychuk, Stevie Y, Ron Francis, Roenick, Modano, Messier, so many STAR players

[Beanflicker]

They were great (especially Roy who I still think is the #1 GOAT) but they marked the beginning of the evolution of goalie when Roy popularized the butterfly style. They got the ball rolling and now they have goalie down to a science. I'll watch old goal highlights and it's like "what the fuck was that goalie doing" with the stupid kick-save attempt that looked more like a "rock pose".

To me Roy will always be the best, because he was amazing when it mattered and won 3 Conn Smythe's, which is something nobody else did. Not even Wayne Gretzky won 3 Conn Smythes

[El Kabong]

The NHL in the 1990's was just filled to the gills with STARS! Skaters and net minders, just studs on every single team.....bar Ottawa for the most part though, they ALWAYS sucked out loud! They had Yashin & Alfredsson and that was it!


Hopefully hockey will get back to that status, it's progressing pretty good since the lockout. I love the Winter Classic! Brilliant idea! That fucktard Dan Shaugnessy wanted to abolish it though stupid old lesbian lookalike! He believes in "spirits" and "ghosts" and "curses"........dumb dumb dumb.


Anywho the NHL is doing ok now, hopefully the Olympics pique the interests of the fans as well. It should be great hockey. I want USA vs Canada of course, that HAS to happen. Russia has a squad but 0 defense which is tragic because they used to produce EXCELLENT defensemen! Zubov, Konstantinov, Fetisov, etc

[El Kabong]

Just ordered my custom Bauer IMS 11 helmet and visor.....going to play stick and puck for the first time next Thursday. Hopefully I pick up where I left off.

Canes lost vs the Habs the other night but they've been in good form recently. Hopefully that continues. Anton Khudobin is solid at making saves, but he spills too many rebounds. Jay Harrison has been weak in the last few matches but our attack looks sharp and we're getting lots of shots on goal....maybe Muller knows what he's doing after all.

[Beanflicker]

just studs on every single team.....bar Ottawa for the most part though, they ALWAYS sucked out loud! They had Yashin & Alfredsson and that was it!

Yeah that's my team hahah. Yashin was good but he was an unlikable asshole who everyone (including Ottawa press) hated.

Ottawa really got fucked by Alexander Daigle, who is probably the biggest draft bust in any sport ever. I don't know if you remember him (why would you or anyone else) but he had INSANE numbers in the minors and was projected to be the next Mario Lemieux, picked 1st overall in the 93 draft (over guys like Paul Kariya, Pronger, Arnott, ect), but turned out to be a mediocre bum.

Ottawa had a good 2000's though. Heatley/Spezza/Alfredsson was, at one time, the best line in the NHL IMO.