Don’t worry, refs is still winning the poll by a wide marginI appreciate the reply. Will just add one more thing, then will leave it be. I question the sanity of anyone who thought there was anything more appalling than the refs or the Kings diving. Must be closet King's fans.
Don’t worry, refs is still winning the poll by a wide margin
Should've been one about the Kings punking. I knew it was coming though, and specifically that Drai would be targeted. but Like I say Drai makes a target of himself for these things sometimes. Its weird. I mean he must know by engaging in attempts to hurt others that this is going to fall on him. Is he a masochist...Don’t worry, refs is still winning the poll by a wide margin
Arrogance is a double edged sword…Should've been one about the Kings punking. I knew it was coming though, and specifically that Drai would be targeted. but Like I say Drai makes a target of himself for these things sometimes. Its weird. I mean he must know by engaging in attempts to hurt others that this is going to fall on him. Is he a masochist...
HemskyforPM I think it was. @ohheyhemsky still posts here occasionally.
I was a Smyth person, not a Hemsky person, go figure. Give me the goals scored before the artistry. Function over form, heh I defended Smyth from a lot of criticism here because goal scoring is the object of hockey. Not making hilite reels.
Y'all are thinking of LoudmouthHemskyFan, I'm pretty sure.
I forget the other word I used this week. Oh, Contempt. I think Drai has developed contempt for some nature of other players. Understandably when the other team in the province is the Calgary Flames I can see that kind of thing taking hold. I mean I call the Flames a buncha hillbillies so I can't talk...
I was thinking more Smyth lol
It’s a tricky issue with Drai. Clearly that personality trait drives (no pun intended
) his game to a certain extent. It’s up to him to find that balance between being too undisciplined/overconfident and too passive/not assertive enough.
Huge fan of both guys. Lost a lot of respect for Smyth for a bit but when he demanded a trade TO the Oilers all was forgiven. Hemmer got labeled as soft because he stopped going to the boards with guys like Regher and Boogard after they completely derailed his career. Guy was anything but soft IMO. Bled for the team the entire time he was here.
Hemsky wasn't soft. But he had a bad tendency to fly the net instead of just sticking around for gravy. His tendency wasn't to park around crease, or bang around the net, and thats where the vast majority of goals are scored.
See to me Hemsky only started playing that way after Regher and Boogard broke his shoulders. In his prime in 06 which he hit too early he was always around the net. Smyth was an absolute beauty in his prime though that Smyth Weight Guerin line was magic. I missed the dynasty years by just a little bit remember the 90 win but missed the hey day. Those underdog teams were my teams.
