BenchBrawl
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The oasis was the Seoul ball hockey league i had been part of, but that was a decade ago now.
Why stop playing?
The oasis was the Seoul ball hockey league i had been part of, but that was a decade ago now.
1. I have never lived in Seoul. I was spending the equivalent of $500 u.s. a month on weekend trips.Why stop playing?
1. I have never lived in Seoul. I was spending the equivalent of $500 u.s. a month on weekend trips.
2. I was 36-42 playing with a lot of twentysomethings and some thirtysomethings. I am now 50. Running around got too tiring in my early forties. I even gave up rollerblading. I still hike, though, with rest stops and a pace of movement i set myself, not pushed to do.
Oct. 18-20 2019 Quebec City
The SIHR fall meeting.
The group will attend a major juniors game (Ramparts hosting Rimouski) to kick the weekend off.
Sounds like a bloody epic weekend!
Each year, I try to build the equivalent ATD roster to the one coming out of the Leafs' training camp, trying to get as close as I can in role, value, size, and region of birth. Some may find the comparisons blasphemous, but I don't particularly care as the ATD is all about stacking players up and putting them in roles, and it's interesting to compare a real NHL team to our sometimes formulaic lineups. I'd really like to see fans of other teams give this a try - it's really challenging!
Wayne Cashman (1) - Stan Mikita (2) - Guy Lafleur (3)
Henrik Zetterberg (4) - Phil Esposito (5) - Markus Naslund
Boris Mayorov - Marty Barry - Mike Gartner (6)
Ron Ellis - Joel Otto - Jason Spezza
Red Berenson, Ulf Dahlen
Lionel Conacher - Harry Cameron
Pierre Pilote - Si Griffis (7)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Glen Harmon
Pavel Kubina, Goldie Prodger
Ken Dryden (8)
Thomas Vokoun (9)
Some notes:
1 - Most think of Hyman as a "wouldn't be on that line if he couldn't do that one thing" like Cashman is in the ATD, but if he reels off another season at 0.6 P/G with no powerplay time, isn't that what we draft Bert Olmstead to do in the ATD? I'm going to conservatively stick with Cashman.
2 - Might be a bit rich on the 2-way play, but Tavares took every important draw last year, and frankly Mikita doesn't compare to the Nighbors, Clarkes and Trottiers in his tier. Sub in Joe Sakic if you really don't like it.
3 - You'd better be a top-30 talent with that money. Sub in Andy Bathgate if he's a 70-point guy.
4 - I maybe like this one least, as Johnsson is more of a sparkplug than a shutdown guy, but he's got the same size, energy and nationality.
5 - You'd want Matthews to be that top-3 all-round uber centre, but big Jean never mooned a security guard. He needs to be better in his own end.
6. The only one where I couldn't even get close on the nationality. I suppose Bure shares a border with Finland, but I think Kapanen's more of a blunt instrument, and doesn't have ATD Bure's moves. He's far below Selanne's ATD role, and nothing like Lehtinen. If he's dad was an ATD middle-sixer we'd be cooking with gas.
7. Big guy, played some rover but there's more written in his bio about his defense than his numbers. I don't think we really know what to do with him but have accepted him as a #4 in a large ATD. Sounds like what Cody Ceci's doing in the NHL.
8. We have no Danes to speak of, and I'd rather use a physically large, top-10 goalie here than his neighbour Lundqvist.
9. A righty!
I am shaken.
1. I knew Marleau wanted to play longer.
2. I know he still has speed (He practiced with the Sharks this summer and JT said he still was the fastest on the ice).
3. I checked the HfBoards trades board every bloody time i was online this summer, giving up last week after the 2nd day of the season.
4. Patty FINALLY was signed by San Jose after rookies sucked, the team lost and Marleau's prospects for 15-25 goals, 30-50 points, penalty kill unit duty and a couple of GWGs for a league minimum salary looked much better than the 13th forward's potential this season for the Sharks.
I will be ecstatic if he gets 20 goals, 40 points, 3 game winners and the Sharks make the playoffs, he scoring two goals and two assists in the opening round, win or lose for the 40 year old's team.
Technically he hasn't missed any of his starts.His reputation seems to have lost a little of its lustre lately...
R.I.P. Patrick Marleau's Ironman streak
Technically he hasn't missed any of his starts.
Anyways, he will win a trophy this season. It may only be the Masterton if not Lady Byng, hopefully Stanley, but one is likely on its way because his time in the Toronto limelight did help him get respect.
My lord McDavid
17 points in 7 games to kick off the year on a 6-1 team.
199 point pace
9 of his 17 points are on the PP. That's not a sustainable rate, obviously. Stay out of the box against them, it's that simple.
Old man Crosby is still the best all around player in hockey at 32 years old. 141 point pace on a team that is decimated by injuries (Malkin, Galchenyuk, Rust, Bjugstad all out long term). McDavid is the most electric and skilled player in the league no doubt, but as far as 200 foot players go, Sid rules the day. He's playing even better hockey than he did last year.
I just hope everyone stays healthy. Please.
it's a great start for Crosby and he's definitely putting together a hart runner up caliber season. I don't think there's any chance they give it to anybody other than McDavid if he ends up 20 or 30 points ahead of the field, which he definitely could do. But I agree that so far what Crosby is done in this very short sample has been remarkable.
Yup. I actually agreed with you word for word.Agreed 100% .
McDavid, barring injury (knock on wood), is going to run away with the major hardware. He's in the perfect age range, coupled with obvious generational talent. I certainly don't think he's going to score 140-150 points but he'll probably end up around 120-130 which is still fantastic and win the Ross by double digits. If Edmonton doesn't collapse, they'll breeze into the playoffs this year and McD will get his Hart. Rightfully so given they're still not a loaded team.
I just can't get over how good Sid has looked the past 2 years. With Malkin either hurt or playing like absolute ass he's carried the Pens on his back. He's not really fallen off much offensively from his prime and his all around game is just on another level right now. That transition and goal he scored last night against Colorado was as beautiful a deke/backhand goal as you'll ever see. In my lifetime, I've certainly never seen a better backhand. Not even close to be honest. He's gone from a good face off player to one of the best in the league as well. He's being deployed in more defensive situations and making a difference there. It's just a pleasure to watch 87 play hockey.
Agreed 100% .
McDavid, barring injury (knock on wood), is going to run away with the major hardware. He's in the perfect age range, coupled with obvious generational talent. I certainly don't think he's going to score 140-150 points but he'll probably end up around 120-130 which is still fantastic and win the Ross by double digits. If Edmonton doesn't collapse, they'll breeze into the playoffs this year and McD will get his Hart. Rightfully so given they're still not a loaded team.
I just can't get over how good Sid has looked the past 2 years. With Malkin either hurt or playing like absolute ass he's carried the Pens on his back. He's not really fallen off much offensively from his prime and his all around game is just on another level right now. That transition and goal he scored last night against Colorado was as beautiful a deke/backhand goal as you'll ever see. In my lifetime, I've certainly never seen a better backhand. Not even close to be honest. He's gone from a good face off player to one of the best in the league as well. He's being deployed in more defensive situations and making a difference there. It's just a pleasure to watch 87 play hockey.
I don't mean to make this about Crosby vs. OV, but I have a question. Aside from perhaps 2.5 seasons (07-08 to the 2010 Olympics), Crosby has always been better than OV. But for some time, it seemed right to say "OV LOOKS better, but he's not actually better, he just pulls off these dazzling plays from time to time. Crosby is just boring and efficient, and ultimately more effective, but OV is certainly more entertaining which gets his actual quality of play more attention than it merits with respect to Crosby".
....but this hasn't been true for a while, has it? Crosby, who was always better, has also been a more entertaining, eye-test passing player for quite some time now. I'm not sure that I can say OV was a more dazzling, entertaining player for at least six seasons now. It's Crosby who's always making the sick passes, the incredible goals and the ten second one-man-show clips.
That was a great essay and very entertaining, but it doesn't really address the point of what I was saying.
I don't mean to make this about Crosby vs. OV, but I have a question. Aside from perhaps 2.5 seasons (07-08 to the 2010 Olympics), Crosby has always been better than OV. But for some time, it seemed right to say "OV LOOKS better, but he's not actually better, he just pulls off these dazzling plays from time to time. Crosby is just boring and efficient, and ultimately more effective, but OV is certainly more entertaining which gets his actual quality of play more attention than it merits with respect to Crosby".
....but this hasn't been true for a while, has it? Crosby, who was always better, has also been a more entertaining, eye-test passing player for quite some time now. I'm not sure that I can say OV was a more dazzling, entertaining player for at least six seasons now. It's Crosby who's always making the sick passes, the incredible goals and the ten second one-man-show clips.
Crosby has been more entertaining ever since Ovy transformed from Bobby to Brett.