Does that mean Edmonton shouldn't have retired his number?I see what you're saying but Messier by far considers himself a Ranger and pretty much acts as if he was never an Oiler at all.
You can make a substantive contribution to more than one franchise, it's rare but possible. Patrick Roy's number should absolutely be retired in Montreal AND Colorado, for another example.
Never understood how Bourque had his number retired in Colorado after playing 1 1/6 of a season for them.
Does that mean Edmonton shouldn't have retired his number?
He retired as a member of another franchise. Niedermayer retired as a member of another franchise. The "distance" was already there.Not at all although I can see why it would irritate some Edmonton fans (his distancing himself from the franchise, not the jersey number retirement)
if the leafs get luongo they will make the playoffs.
Tampa Bay's defense was terrible last year trust me. They spent most games they played pinned in their zone getting forechecked into oblivion. They may have been a little better if Dwayne Roloson didn't play, and if career backup Matheiu Garon was not forced to be their starter. For all this talk about Guy Boucher being a defensive genious his team sure didn't play like it last year. I expect them to score a lot because they got a nice set of forwards. I expect them to also give up a lot of goals too, but maybe not as much as last year.Well any predictions now are subject to change based on what happens the next week, but I'm not sold on the Canes. All they did for this year was upgrade Brandon Sutter to Jordan Staal (who never stays healthy anyway), and add a much moodier Russian than Kovy ever was. Do they even have a real backup behind Ward? I'm not sure they can run him out 45-48 games this year. Tampa could surprise 'again' if Lindback pans out, their goaltending wasn't just bad last year - it was AHL-backup caliber.
He retired as a member of another franchise. Niedermayer retired as a member of another franchise. The "distance" was already there.
You retire a player for what he did while wearing your jersey, not what he did while out of it.
I found it humorous that it came into play later when the Avs got Chris Gratton and Pierre Turgeon.
Tampa Bay's defense was terrible last year trust me. They spent most games they played pinned in their zone getting forechecked into oblivion. They may have been a little better if Dwayne Roloson didn't play, and if career backup Matheiu Garon was not forced to be their starter. For all this talk about Guy Boucher being a defensive genious his team sure didn't play like it last year. I expect them to score a lot because they got a nice set of forwards. I expect them to also give up a lot of goals too, but maybe not as much as last year.
We NEED to retire ALMO's number! Come on guys he won his only Cup with us, and was only here for the same amount of time Bourque was in Colorado! (Maybe a little more though with his second stint after last lockout)
It's not like anybody is ever gonna wear #89 again for us anyway!
My opinion of the Tampa goaltending is slightly colored by the fact I was saddled with Roloson in 'both' my fantasy leagues. I somehow won the HF league despite hideous goaltending for much of the year (other than Tim Thomas's first half). The other league I wasn't so fortunate, but I had a mostly autodrafted team from **** there.
Tampa got Lindback from Nashville so their goaltending should be better this year. Carolina added Jordan Staal and Semin so they should also be better..we added Krys Barch - watch out Atlantic Division!
Tampa got Lindback from Nashville so their goaltending should be better this year. Carolina added Jordan Staal and Semin so they should also be better..we added Krys Barch - watch out Atlantic Division!
Tampa got Lindback from Nashville so their goaltending should be better this year. Carolina added Jordan Staal and Semin so they should also be better..we added Krys Barch - watch out Atlantic Division!