Out of Town Thread LXXXII: What da other teams are doing!

[TassieHab]

He is just ridiculously talented.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Minnesota is really fast.

Hossa is what Pacioretty could be if he wasn't so chicken about getting suspended...

 

[Teufelsdreck]

Bournival has better aim than Higgins.

I beg to differ. Look up Higgins's stats with the Habs and then come back to edit your post.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Minnesota is really fast.

Hossa is what Pacioretty could be if he wasn't so chicken about getting suspended...

Just no

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Just no

Key word is "could be". A hypothetical. Not an "is".

 

[TassieHab]

Kane again, class ultimately winning out. And Chelsea Dagger is such a good goal song.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

I love how Kane was toying with the Wild in the first, and then when the Hawks need a couple goals, he delivers.

Winner, winner, winner.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

I beg to differ. Look up Higgins's stats with the Habs and then come back to edit your post.

Building up a reputation for a "lack of finish" does not come out of thin air, but rather as a response to visual evidence showing he player having the puck on his stick and managing to miss the net entirely or hit something on the way.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Key word is "could be". A hypothetical. Not an "is".

And I could be Hossa too if I could skate, shoot, stick handle, hit, play defense, and a higher hockey iq and sense.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Building up a reputation for a "lack of finish" does not come out of thin air, but rather as a response to visual evidence showing he player having the puck on his stick and managing to miss the net entirely or hit something on the way.

So pretty much you are saying visual evidence of Higgins missing chances some chances somehow leads you to believe Bournival who gets very little chances who misses likely just as much has better aim.

Bournival doesn't have even enough of a track record

 

[99GoHabsGo99]

For those who watch NBA

Wow! 0.9 left clutch 3 to win the series. First series win since 1999 for Portland.

NHL/NBA Playoffs this year cannot get any better.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

And I could be Hossa too if I could skate, shoot, stick handle, hit, play defense, and a higher hockey iq and sense.

Disproving an assertion of "could be" requires proving that it is impossible for it to happen. It seems like you know this. Only thing is, all you have done is disprove that YOU cannot be Marian Hossa, not Max Pacioretty.

And again, I did not say Pacioretty is Hossa or at Hossa's level right now, just that he has the potential to reach that level. It is no different than saying he has the tools. It doesn't mean he's going to use them just as well as Hossa, just that he does have them.


Out of you listed skills required to emulate Hossa, Pacioretty CAN skate, shoot, and hit. Stick handling is something he has not shown, but Pacioretty has shown something called "potential" with regards to hitting, playing defense(he's played on the PK this year). Hockey IQ and sense is arguable, but Pacioretty rarely seems totally lost out there, and with coach that can teach two-way play

 

[SirClintonPortis]

So pretty much you are saying visual evidence of Higgins missing chances some chances somehow leads you to believe Bournival who gets very little chances who misses likely just as much has better aim.

Bournival doesn't have even enough of a track record

Yes, you've got me there. My line of argument has run out of steam.

 

[Bloumeister]

For those who watch NBA

Wow! 0.9 left clutch 3 to win the series. First series win since 1999 for Portland.

NHL/NBA Playoffs this year cannot get any better.

what is this i don't even

 

[Bloumeister]

What I remember about Higgins in his time here is that he was in every trade rumour.

I think he's an excellent middle six forward though.

So now we have top six, bottom six AND middle six? How many sixes does that make?

 

[99GoHabsGo99]

what is this i don't even

Lol That's the reaction I imagined

 

[Big Lurk]

lol higgins had like 3 pts in 55 games and you all keep saying he was valuable

 

[DAChampion]

So now we have top six, bottom six AND middle six? How many sixes does that make?

They are distinct concepts.

To be fair I did invent the term middle six, because I didn't like how other posters were using the term top nine.

 

[DAChampion]

lol higgins had like 3 pts in 55 games and you all keep saying he was valuable

293 points in 601 career games.

 

[habtastic]

Higgins playing with Koivu was awesome. He was one of, if not our top goal scorer at least once. Dropped off towards the end, but he was quite the household name here, I guess people forget. Not to mention a huge Habs fan.

 

[Whitesnake]

Jamie McLennan has to be one of the sharpest analyst in the game today. From his goalie analysis to his overall other type of analysis.
Our D CAN'T give the blue line so easily. McLennan just showed the Rangers and they are extremely high on the blue line.

 

[sp33d]

Higgins playing with Koivu was awesome. He was one of, if not our top goal scorer at least once. Dropped off towards the end, but he was quite the household name here, I guess people forget. Not to mention a huge Habs fan.

agreed.

granted he didn't have the softest mitts, but he was one of the few that always played a north-south game and a beast on the PK.

i'd take him back @ his current contract every day of the week.

 

[BIG GIFS]

lol higgins had like 3 pts in 55 games and you all keep saying he was valuable

Where did you get that stat?

He had 84 goals in 699 shots with us, 151 points in 282 games. His shooting accuracy was at a 12.0% with us, how is that not valuable?

I'm not even talking about the forecheck he did, the speed he brought to our team, his 8 shorthanded goals with us. He played in the two special teams unit in his stay with us too.

 

[deandebean]

Chris partyied bery bery hard in Montréal. The bar scene got to him here. He lost his edge afterwards.

 

[deandebean]

Why Chicago could win again: other teams are stacked with depth, or with stars. Chicago has depth, stars AND superstars. No other playoff team has that combo.