Unusual, but I decided to take a coach in the firest round,
Anyang Halla is proud to select
ANATOLI TARASOV
You stole my idea, I had planned on taking him with one of my first two picks. Being the best coach available, it was probably worth it.
Unusual, but I decided to take a coach in the firest round,
Anyang Halla is proud to select
ANATOLI TARASOV
You stole my idea, I had planned on taking him with one of my first two picks. Being the best coach available, it was probably worth it.
Pit Lepine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_LepineLepine played in the National Hockey League from 1925 to 1939, spending his entire career with the Montreal Canadiens, winning two Stanley Cups, in 1930 and 1931. Lepine, a center, played over 500 games with Montreal and was an excellent goal scorer who could also check and battle for the puck in the corners.
123 points in 448 NHL games. 206 PIM, 2nd all-star team (1942)D Wilfred "Bucko" McDonald
331 points in 979 regular season games over a 17-year NHL career.D Rod Seiling
252 goals, 636 points in 650 NHL games (52 pts in 66 NHL playoff games).Anton Stastny.
Hockey Hall of Fame said:He was a mainstay with the Rangers the following year and became a key member of their 1940 Stanley Cup team. Smith won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly play in 1938-39 as a Ranger and again in 1943-44 as a member of the Chicago Black Hawks, and totaled a mere 24 penalty minutes in 483 regular season games. He played in the NHL for eleven years and was not signaled off for a penalty in four of those seasons. In 1943-44, Smith set an NHL record by recording 49 assists in a season while playing on a line with future Hall of Famers Bill Mosienko and Doug Bentley. The line set an NHL scoring record that season with 219 total points.
Hockey Hall of Fame said:Born a year later than the records usually show, Cain was a tremendous player during his lengthy and successful career.[...]In 1939, Cain was sent to Boston for Charlie Sands, and he became one of the most popular players in town. At the time, he became the 13th player to score 200 career goals and won the scoring championship with a then-record 82 points. In 1946, he began a career in the AHL, playing for Hershey and winning the Calder Cup.[...]His hometown even named a street after him!
161 goals, 397 points in 483 NHL games (24 pts in 42 NHL playoff games).Clint Smith
206 goals, 400 points in 570 NHL games (29 pts in 67 NHL playoff games).Herb Cain
http://www.oldtimershockey.com/players/bodger.html• He played 16 consecutive NHL seasons and never spent a day in the Minor leagues.
• Bodger played 1071 games to indicate his durability. He had excellent offensive skills, scoring over 100 goals and 528 points. He anchored the power play and scored 61 power play goals. Bodger could kill penalties with the best of the best.
• Bodger had 42 multi point games.
• Scotty Bowman, the games greatest coach, lauded Bodgers' on ice vision.
• Bodger played for John Muckler for four seasons in Buffalo. Muckler considered Bodger the team leader and best all around rearguard.
• 1986-1987 and in 1996 Bodger played for Canada at World Hockey Championships. In 1996 he was named Canada's best all around defenseman, set up three important goals and won a silver medal.
• His best offensive season was 1992-1993 in Buffalo when he scored 9 goals and 45 assists.
• Bodger and the Sabres made the playoffs six consecutive years.
http://www.sabreslegends.com/bodger_d_bio.htmlA solid defenseman with speed and a booming shot from the point... Bodger became a leader on the Sabres powerplay... won the Tim Horton Memorial Trophy that year, given to the player whose performance is voted to be most superior to the public recognition he receives (unsung hero).
http://www.oldtimershockey.com/players/bodger.htmlLike all good players he was always in the right place at the right time. A great example was the Western Junior final in 1983-84. It was the seventh game in Kamloops against Regina—with four seconds left Bodger intercepted a pass out at the Regina blue line, found an uncovered winger at the side of the Pat net and the game was tied and the Blazers won in overtime, and were in their first Memorial Cup final and Bodger was named the game's first star.
"The Shawville Express", a 5'9 right winger, had 115 goals, 203 points in 556 NHL games. Played in the all-star game (1934).F Frank Finnigan
25 goals in 225 Soviet league games.Yevgeny Paladiev.
http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1972/yroster/ru26.htmOne of the strongest young Soviet blueliners of the late 1960's - early 1970's, Yevgeny Poladiev represented Spartak Moscow in Team USSR (at the Summit Series '72). He was an extremely reliable and fearless defense player with a powerful long distance slapshot and effective body-checking and shot-blocking skills. Poladiev was one of the Spartak fans favorites during his relatively short career (25 goals in 225 Soviet league games)
http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1972/yroster/ru26.htm"Some of our players looked out of place with the Canadian professionals (in the Summit Series '72). Poladiev was one of them and that is why he didn't see much action in the series."
http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1972/yroster/ru19.htmVladimir Shadrin established himself as a premiere top ranked Soviet center in the 1970's. He was a slick passer with a powerful and accurate shot on goal. Shadrin was a driving force behind the success of the famous Spartak's line in Team USSR. Most of his goals and assists came as a result of his team work with Alexander Yakushev. Shadrin showed a top level performance at both ends of the ice. He was a distinguished master of penalty killing. His remarkable mastery became a subject of hockey books when Shadrin, Lyapkin and Tsygankov managed to overcome a 2-men advantage of Chechoslovakia in a key game at the Olympics in 1976.
http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1972/yroster/ru19.htm"The excellent performance of Alexander Yakushev can in part be attributed to Vladimir Shadrin. Aside from averaging one point a game, Shadrin was the best Soviet defensive forward in the series."(Summit Series '72)
since the draft only started Friday night and he may have simply been away for the weekend.... let's give him 8 hoursWhen it comes up again do I skip Speaker's pick or give him another 8 hrs?