JianYang
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With carbonneau making the hall of fame, I started thinking about other forwards who had a great 2 way reputation at the time, and a name that popped into my head was poulin.
Here's a guy who scored 394 points in 467 games with the flyers. He got himself a selke, while being a 2 time all star, and ended up being one of the greatest shorthanded goal scorers of all time.
Now, I'm not an expert of his time, but all of this happened in the first 6 seasons of his career, and he only ended up playing around 700 games overall.
I can only guess that based on his lack of games played after leaving Philly, that he developed some major physical issues, and he was also on the wrong side of 30 by that time due to a relatively late start to his nhl career.
So you think if he had started his career earlier, and perhaps had more injury luck, that he would have solidified his name as one of the better 2 way centers in the realm of guys like gainey?
I guess people who lived through 80s hockey can speak to the player he was, and what could have been.
Here's a guy who scored 394 points in 467 games with the flyers. He got himself a selke, while being a 2 time all star, and ended up being one of the greatest shorthanded goal scorers of all time.
Now, I'm not an expert of his time, but all of this happened in the first 6 seasons of his career, and he only ended up playing around 700 games overall.
I can only guess that based on his lack of games played after leaving Philly, that he developed some major physical issues, and he was also on the wrong side of 30 by that time due to a relatively late start to his nhl career.
So you think if he had started his career earlier, and perhaps had more injury luck, that he would have solidified his name as one of the better 2 way centers in the realm of guys like gainey?
I guess people who lived through 80s hockey can speak to the player he was, and what could have been.