Let's Forget Some Guys

[Solution]

In my old age, I cannot remember if somebody mentioned Richard Lintner.

 

[SomeDude]

In my old age, I cannot remember if somebody mentioned Richard Lintner.

One of the gem's from the Kovalev trade.

Dave Molinari on the Penguins: Unlikely Lintner to wear Penguins uniform again

"Gifted as he is, Lintner has major problems when forced to read and react, because hockey sense is no more than a trace element in the makeup of his game. It isn't any prettier when he's forced to work in his own zone, because he is marshmallow-soft and, during his time in the NHL, wasn't just a defensive liability; he was a defensive no-show.

Any body contact he initiated was strictly incidental, and there were times when forwards got past him so effortlessly that they appeared to go through him. Even on slow-motion replays.

Lintner never seemed to grasp his considerable limitations in the defensive end -- when he was told late in the 2002-03 season that he would be used on the wing for a game, he reacted as if he had learned his puppy had been stolen -- but that would be less of an issue now than it was when he was in the NHL."

 

[Solution]

That analysis of his game is too wordy. He could not defend.

 

[Albatros]

Lintner had a fairly good size and it took NHL teams a while to understand that he really really doesn't play any defense. But solid with the puck, fine hands and heavy shot.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Lintner had a fairly good size and it took NHL teams a while to understand that he really really doesn't play any defense. But solid with the puck, fine hands and heavy shot.

I always wish some player called him Dick Lint as his nickname...what a wasted opportunity.

 

[Solution]

Lintner had a fairly good size and it took NHL teams a while to understand that he really really doesn't play any defense. But solid with the puck, fine hands and heavy shot.

If he had Andrew Ference's desire to play, he might have been a decent player. As it was, he was a waste of a roster spot.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

In my old age, I cannot remember if somebody mentioned Richard Lintner.

I mentioned him in the Remember Some Guys thread. I feel like he’d absolutely have a place in the current NHL and do well.

 

[Solution]

I mentioned him in the Remember Some Guys thread. I feel like he’d absolutely have a place in the current NHL and do well.

I must respectfully disagree with your assessment of Mr. Lintner. Even with his offensive ability, I feel like his lack of desire to play defense would not have gone over well even today.

 

[K Fleur]

Maxim Lapierre; who JR supposedly had to ask Crosby for permission to bring in.

That dude sucked.

 

[The Old Master]

that guy that was suppose to play defense.....what's his name?..... oh well, i all ready forgot

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

I must respectfully disagree with your assessment of Mr. Lintner. Even with his offensive ability, I feel like his lack of desire to play defense would not have gone over well even today.

I feel like some bottom dweller would have him, let him rack up points and ship him to a contender for a playoff run as a missing piece/sheltered part who can chip in. And then someone like JR would sign him to an awful deal saying they can teach him defense while his offensive upside is too good to pass up.

 

[Solution]

I feel like some bottom dweller would have him, let him rack up points and ship him to a contender for a playoff run as a missing piece/sheltered part who can chip in. And then someone like JR would sign him to an awful deal saying they can teach him defense while his offensive upside is too good to pass up.

I am not sure anybody would have tolerated his lack of defense that much, but I have been known to be wrong before.

 

[Gurglesons]

Maxim Lapierre; who JR supposedly had to ask Crosby for permission to bring in.

That dude sucked.

Really? I thought we was p good here.

 

[K Fleur]

Really? I thought we was p good here.

I mean this was the days of Craig Adams, Tanner Glass, Marcel Goc, and Zach Sill in the bottom 6. So maybe he looked good by comparison.

Still sucked.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I must respectfully disagree with your assessment of Mr. Lintner. Even with his offensive ability, I feel like his lack of desire to play defense would not have gone over well even today.

He made An_y _elmore look like Ray Bourque.

 

[edog37]

I don’t like trying to intentionally injure someone.

It’s a physical game & these guys wear pads. They know the risks. It isn’t ice dancing out there.

 

[dogthateats]

It’s a physical game & these guys wear pads. They know the risks. It isn’t ice dancing out there.

I still don’t like his cheap shots and dirty hits targeting players with their heads down.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I still don’t like his cheap shots and dirty hits targeting players with their heads down.

Didn't you know the only way to separate the man from the puck is to brain him or potentially cripple him for life?

 

[dogthateats]

Didn't you know the only way to separate the man from the puck is to brain him or potentially cripple him for life?

Cut him some slack man, he is a funny guy!

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Cut him some slack man, he is a funny guy!

Yeah I bet Matt Cooke had jokes, too.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Really nothing more disgusting than “It’s a physical game they wear pads crippling shots to the head are fine.”

 

[Shrimper]

Zach Sill

Andrew Ebbett

John Curry

Brad Thiessen

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Yeah I bet Matt Cooke had jokes, too.

Didn't he put gum or something in Talbot's gloves on HBO 24/7 when Talbot came to down while playing for the Flyers?

 

[Solution]

Shawn Heins

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

It's Shane Endicott's 39th birthday today