Eye of Ra
Grandmaster General of the International boards
What are you guys memories of this player? What did he bring to the ice? Was he not very good defensivly? Was he physical? Just asking out of curiosity.
Jere Lehtinen
- Thread starter Eye of Ra
- Start date
Oh gosh the one thing I remember about him is that he was terrible defensively. A real liability out there.
Terrible defensively. The league gave him the Selke trophy to boost his confidence in how to try to play defense.
Yeah and it didn’t work the first two times. But you know the old saying. 3rd selke’s a charm.
M88K
irreverent
- May 24, 2014
- 9,291
- 7,273
Basically a goon, couldn't do anything in either end of the ice, Modano carried him everywhere.What are you guys memories of this player? What did he bring to the ice? Was he not very good defensivly? Was he physical? Just asking out of curiosity.
Magic Mittens
Registered User
Smoked between periods
Made comments about his "sloppy seconds exs"
Refused to play the on penalty kill
Was always head hunting
Couldn't put up enough points to be a top nine forward
Just a POS really
Besides the obvious, I loved his breakaway goals, just sniping those top corners
Made comments about his "sloppy seconds exs"
Refused to play the on penalty kill
Was always head hunting
Couldn't put up enough points to be a top nine forward
Just a POS really
Besides the obvious, I loved his breakaway goals, just sniping those top corners
Johno
We deserve it
- Oct 30, 2013
- 5,000
- 2,719
Spotty 2 Hotty
Special teams, special plays, special players
Elysian
Emo Stars Fan
My best Jere memory was that I happened to sit next to an NHL linesman on the plane, coming to Dallas to do the game. (Dan Schatke, who recently passed away). We arranged to play golf on his day off between two games, so he got me into the refs locker room after the game and gave me a puck he said was from Jere's game winning goal. I took it home to give to my son and then read in the paper that it was Jere's 100th goal, and he wished he would have collected the puck. There was an Everybody Loves Raymond episode where the Dad refused to give back some college players winning field goal ball, so I felt a bit guilty, called the Stars, and gave it back. I got a stick, two center ice tickets, and a few other momento type stuff out of it.
Note: There was actually another guy who said they put the puck back in play, and he caught it when it went out of the rink, so the Stars gave us both some stuff since it was impossible to tell for sure which of us was right.
Note: There was actually another guy who said they put the puck back in play, and he caught it when it went out of the rink, so the Stars gave us both some stuff since it was impossible to tell for sure which of us was right.
starsfan86
Registered User
- Sep 27, 2006
- 4,213
- 3,160
Smelling Salt
Busey is life
Maybe the best positionally sound hockey player I have ever seen
Eye of Ra
Grandmaster General of the International boards
Sorry guys my english is off sometimes. What i mean is, is it true he was very good defensivly. I was too young to remember him correctly. Its a serious thread, i have a fetish for old school players, i started several threads around HFboards about different players. One day i will ask about Tjärnqvist and Joel Lundqvist.
Was he physical btw?
Thanks guys for this seriously replies!
Was he physical btw?
LT
Global Moderator
- Jul 23, 2010
- 41,777
- 13,319
In all seriousness, he was absolutely amazing defensively. Even at the end of his career.
Offensively, he got by.
Offensively, he got by.
piqued
nos merentur hoc
- Nov 22, 2006
- 32,091
- 3,105
There's no documented evidence of him ever losing a puck battle.
The Tourist
Registered User
- Jul 11, 2008
- 7,822
- 3,854
If he was a center and played in an original 6 market he would have about 6 Selke's to his name.
M88K
irreverent
- May 24, 2014
- 9,291
- 7,273
Even Chuck Norris won't get into a puck battle with Lehtinen
