Confirmed with Link: Alfie to the Hall

[Senovision]

Great speech by Alfie.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Alfie | By Erik Karlsson

It feels incredible to say that my best friend is going into the Hall of Fame.

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Karlsson on Alfie

I love how much EK loves Alfie.

 

[HSF]

no mention of melnyk?

love seeing the karlsson alfie bond

 

[L'Aveuglette]

no mention of melnyk?

love seeing the karlsson alfie bond

I missed part of it but I don't think he did. Shouldn't expect it either tbh.

 

[Karl Prime]

Gosh darn I cried a little during that speech.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Gosh darn I cried a little during that speech.

The Brian Murray part.....I too shed a tear.

 

[dumbdick]

I literally tear up whenever I hear people talk about Bran Murray. I don't know why, but in my head he's like family to me.

Nobody else in sports draws that reaction from me.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I literally tear up whenever I hear people talk about Bran Murray. I don't know why, but in my head he's like family to me.

Nobody else in sports draws that reaction from me.

Probably reminds us all of our dad a little.

 

[branch]

Guy is so stoic lol barely even a tremble in his voice

Probably reminds us all of our dad a little.

He is just Ottawa Valley royalty there’s a familiarity about him. Everyone has a Bryan Murray story

 

[Ralph Malfredsson]

Amazing Alfie speech

 

[Agent Zub]

I love how much EK loves Alfie.

Who wouldn't. What a beautiful human.

 

[Karl Prime]

One of the many things I admired about Alfie so much was his adaptability with lines. The coach could put him with just about anyone and the same effort, intensity, and skill would be there. Obviously the Pizza Line was the pinnacle, but he found ways to have success anywhere, and on both sides of the puck. It didn't matter if it was Arvedson and Bonk, McEachern and White, Michalek and Fisher, Kovalev and Regin, Conacher and Turris .... just amazing hockey sense, knew how to make his teammates better, and could always come up with the big play, and that wasn't always necessarily a goal or assist.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

 

[NyQuil]

One of the many things I admired about Alfie so much was his adaptability with lines. The coach could put him with just about anyone and the same effort, intensity, and skill would be there. Obviously the Pizza Line was the pinnacle, but he found ways to have success anywhere, and on both sides of the puck. It didn't matter if it was Arvedson and Bonk, McEachern and White, Michalek and Fisher, Kovalev and Regin, Conacher and Turris .... just amazing hockey sense, knew how to make his teammates better, and could always come up with the big play, and that wasn't always necessarily a goal or assist.

I think he sacrificed a lot of production over his career by being able to raise up lower lines in terms of his capacity as an offensive catalyst, as opposed to demanding to play on the #1 line at all times.

 

[Karl Prime]

I was looking at some numbers ... in 07-08, he had 34 goals, 73 points in his first 49 games. He didn't play less than 20 minutes in his first 44 games, and played over 24 minutes 19 times. It's a shame the team fell so hard after their 15-2 start because the Captain was a man on a mission.

 

[DJB]

no mention of melnyk?

love seeing the karlsson alfie bond

You are kidding right? After everything I posted on here between those two?

 

[HSF]

You are kidding right? After everything I posted on here between those two?

just confirming that there was no mention and def shows how toxic things were

 

[Que]

If you don’t have anything nice to say - don’t say anything at all.

Alffy is pure class.

 

[LuckyPierre]

I was looking at some numbers ... in 07-08, he had 34 goals, 73 points in his first 49 games. He didn't play less than 20 minutes in his first 44 games, and played over 24 minutes 19 times. It's a shame the team fell so hard after their 15-2 start because the Captain was a man on a mission.

Right. He had that 7 point game versus Tampa, and vaulted to the top of the scoring race at the all-star break.

Then he got hurt, and never was able to return to that level of production.