Only five players in the entire NHL have logged more minutes than Andrei Markov

[Demon Wolf]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20142ALLSASALL&sort=timeOnIce&viewName=timeOnIce

6th in total minutes on ice, 9th in average ice-time.

This guy is a stud and has been so consistent for pretty much the entire season. 42 points in 76 games.

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[PricePkPatch*]

Good for him.

I hope he will still have the energy for the playoffs. Man.

 

[Madevilz]

He has not missed a game since returning from his injury right?
Markov is far from being finished.

 

[Et le But]

It would be nice if some of his energy was conserved for the playoffs, hopefully Therrien and Markov knew what they were doing there.

But it's good to see Markov silencing everyone who thought he was finished. The man is a warrior.

 

[JoelWarlord]

Would love if we could go back to Markov-Subban for the playoffs. Maybe run a Gorges-Weaver 2nd pairing to take the tough assignments?

 

[Habskrieg]

"Too old" "Injured too many times"
Pff, Markov's game has always been strong thanks to his hockey IQ. He may have slowed down a bit, but he's still really damn good. Hope we re-sign him. This guy has to retire a Hab.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Trade him!!!

Honestly gotta keep this guy.

 

[couris]

Respect to Markov. Still our best Dman after all these years.

 

[Milhouse40]

And another great stats.....

Since last year, Markov is the ONLY player on the Habs to have played all games.
Injury prone?

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

All that was needed was to fix the wonky knee definitively. Looks like the last operation was done right.

 

[HabsDood]

diserves a week off in the Caribean now

 

[PricePkPatch*]

diserves a week off in the Caribean now

Only if he has a golden Cup to drink his daiquiri from

 

[HabsDood]

Only if he has a golden Cup to drink his daiquiri from

not a problem, we're a rich team, add a bunch of diamonds to it.

 

[PricePkPatch*]

not a problem, we're a rich team, add a bunch of diamonds to it.

I hope you got that the "Golden Cup" is actually the Stanley cup, eh?

 

[Colezuki]

Respect to Markov. Still our best Dman after all these years.

.... no


One of, I'm in full agreement, but best, not any more

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

This was as good as we could've hoped for. No way that I would've bet on him doing this with the injuries he's had. Only concern I'd have here is that we're gassing him before the playoffs...

 

[Kriss E]

He certainly deserves it for all the perseverance and hard work he put into coming back. It must have been 3 horrible years for him.
I've been injured since december and am super depressed about not being able to workout. I can only imagine what he was giong through.

If we were going to trade him, we needed to do it earlier in the year. So now we definitely have to re-sign him.

 

[Brainiac]

For F sake, rest him a little bit before the playoffs.

And sign him as soon as possible. 3 years, 6M per. He's most likely going to deliver, IMO. Very small risk. Hasn't missed a game since coming back.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

Hard to imagine the Habs without Markov...

 

[Koivu777]

Markov is and always was a Beast since he started his career here. And people are like " oh, trade him he's old and useless, might as well get futures for him"

What the DIRT! No! don't trade this Stinkin Tank, such a Beast anchor on the point for years.

 

[FF de Mars]

I've always been a Markov fan, even when the wind was against it !

 

[Born in 1909]

Hard to imagine the Habs without Markov...

2010 PO conference semi-finals... Cooke injures Markov... and Markov is done.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=320066&hubname=nhl-penguins

Habs lose in the conference finals to the Flyers 4 games to 1.

Coincidence?

Its worth the cap risk to keep the General around.

His current place in Hab history:

http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/records/top10_d

 

[Jakomyte]

Markov is awesome, sign him for 3 years please.

Also, good God Ryan Suter does actually play an average of 29+ mins a game.

 

[FrontierPsyCHiatrist*]

I remember how people were panicking when Marky decided to play one last game in the KHL... What if he gets injured, omg!

Seriously, Markov is a special player. An old, but true athlete.

 

[Sterling Archer]

I guess people can stop talking about his injured knees being a problem.

They may have slowed him down but looks like they're functioning at 100%.