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20 years and 190 days - Time between Chara last and next game for Islanders.
Is this the NHL record?
20 years and 190 days - Time between Chara last and next game for Islanders.
Is this the NHL record?
In 1988-89, Steve Duchesne, defenceman for the Kings (first year with Gretzky), had a good season. But it was like two seasons in one:
Up to Christmas:
-- 45 points in 37 games (97-point pace)
-- tied (with Paul Coffey) for 13th in NHL scoring
-- 1st in NHL defenceman scoring (tied with Paul Coffey)
-- 1st in NHL plus/minus, with +40
After Christmas:
-- 30 points in 42 games (57-point pace)
-- tied (with Pat Elyniuk) for 105th in NHL scoring
-- 18th in NHL defenceman scoring (behind Glen Wesley)
-- 520th NHL in plus/minus, with -9
Randy Carlyle is the only eligible Norris winner who is not in the HHOF.
Another interesting thing about Giordano is that he won Norris before he was drafted.
As did Bobby Orr.
Was Bobby Orr ever drafted? Giordano was, after his Norris (expansion draft, but none the less drafted)
Ah so that’s what you meant! Was puzzled about that comment, but now I see. No, I don’t think Orr was ever drafted.
On a similar note, Vanbiesbrouck was a former Vezina winner who was left unprotected in an expansion draft. Are there any other cases like these?
Wasn't Carey Price just left exposed this year? A Hart and Vezina winner there.
By the time Gordie Howe retired, Bobby Orr was already in the HHOF.
Not sure, but Dominik Hasek was put on waivers by Chicago in 1991 or 1992 (can't recall which, more remarkable if '92). Every team in the NHL passed on him.On a similar note, Vanbiesbrouck was a former Vezina winner who was left unprotected in an expansion draft. Are there any other cases like these?
The only players in NHL history that played at least eight NHL seasons of 60+ GP and scored over 0.41 goals/game in every one of the those seasons are: Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Richard Martin.
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Not sure, but Dominik Hasek was put on waivers by Chicago in 1991 or 1992 (can't recall which, more remarkable if '92). Every team in the NHL passed on him.
Really any NHL team could've had Hasek for the asking had they had decent interest pre-1994. Either waivers or just a nothing deal (how Buffalo got him) would've sufficed. Had international success but due to the Iron Curtain didn't come over until 1989 or so after being drafted in 1983. By the time he was in North America he was 26 or so and not really considered any type of top tier prospect or anything.That is kind of strange since he was known back then from his international play and he did play well as a backup when called upon...wasn't like he was some fringe guy bouncing back and forth between the NHL and the minors
Honestly I have no idea how waivers worked back then? Could it be that a bunch of teams just never checked or even had an idea he was on waivers for the period he was? That he just passed through in the dead of night and some interested GM's never noticed?
Really any NHL team could've had Hasek for the asking had they had decent interest pre-1994. Either waivers or just a nothing deal (how Buffalo got him) would've sufficed. Had international success but due to the Iron Curtain didn't come over until 1989 or so after being drafted in 1983. By the time he was in North America he was 26 or so and not really considered any type of top tier prospect or anything.
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