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Juicer said:Craig Ludwig was a beast to play against. HE blacked everything and was just a nasty guy. One of the most underrrated Dmen I have seen
Juicer said:Craig Ludwig was a beast to play against. HE blacked everything and was just a nasty guy. One of the most underrrated Dmen I have seen
Juicer said:For other teams:
Oilers: Randy Gregg was overshadowed by Coffey, Lowe, and Huddy, But he was a solid defensive player who rarely made any mistakes in his own zone.
Stars/Canadiens: Craig Ludwig was a beast to play against. HE blacked everything and was just a nasty guy. One of the most underrrated Dmen I have seen.(Rick Green was also very underrated for the Habs)
Devils: Sergei Brylin doesn't score much, is not physical, is not very flashy, etc. But I think he has played a nice role for the Devils on 3 cup teams. Nice role player IMO.
Other guys:
Kjell Samuelsson, Ryan Walter, Bob Bourne and Jamie Macoun.
Your right, we would miss him, he's not flashy or puts up great numbers but he is one of those type of players you need if your looking to win cups. But the only thing I disagree with is that he might not be the same player with a differnt team and only because he's what I consider a complete hockey player and these types usually don't have trouble fitting in with other clubs.mcphee said:Good call on Brylin. He's exactly the type of player I had in mind. He's always filled different roles and done them well. He's perfectly suited to his team. They'd miss him if he was gone and he probably wouldn't be the same player somewhere else.
Maybe, but sometimes a player is defined by the need. If he signed as a UFA somewhere, I'm sure someone would figure that they'd remove the 'shackles' of NJ hockey and watch his numbers rise in his new top 6 role, which probably wouldn't suit him. Remember Murray Wilson with the 70's Habs ? He'd fillin anywhere, contribute to whatever style line he was on and you assumed if he went anywhere else, he'd light it up. He never really got the chance due to injury but to me he was one of those guys who could fill any role as long as the role was spelt out to him. Take a guy like that and put him on aline for 80 games and the results don't add up. Houle was like that in Mtl. I could be wrong, I just see the guy in that mold.Lou is God said:Your right, we would miss him, he's not flashy or puts up great numbers but he is one of those type of players you need if your looking to win cups. But the only thing I disagree with is that he might not be the same player with a differnt team and only because he's what I consider a complete hockey player and these types usually don't have trouble fitting in with other clubs.
Because of the lockout, NESN, the Boston /New England sports channel that partially owns the Bruins and Red Sox, has been showing "Fan's Attic", which replays certain games of the past, or features rivalry contests....and they have past Bruins sitting in and commenting in a group setting.Gee Wally said:definately Don Marcotte...
always looked upon as a defensive one dimensional player..while if there was a Selke award in those days he'd have won many...his offense was nothing to sneeze at either.
He may have been one of the best * all around * players I have ever seen.
http://www.bruins-legends.com/M/marcotte.htm
Completely agree.Gee Wally said:definately Don Marcotte...
always looked upon as a defensive one dimensional player..while if there was a Selke award in those days he'd have won many...his offense was nothing to sneeze at either.
He may have been one of the best * all around * players I have ever seen.
[url="http://www.bruins-legends.com/M/marcotte.htm"]http://www.bruins-legends.com/M/marcotte.htm[/url]
mercury said:I don't think he is underrated as such, but of the '70s Flyers teams, Reggie Leach was awesome. People know how good he was, but his name doesn't pop up when discussing great forwards of that era as much, probably because of his relatively short career. All he did was score goals. 61 in 1975-76!