Sky04
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I was at work all weekend last week, McJesus and all the Oilers were staying right next door for Eberle's wedding. Same thing, found out after it happened.
Player Discussion: Victor Hedman
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I was at work all weekend last week, McJesus and all the Oilers were staying right next door for Eberle's wedding. Same thing, found out after it happened.
Always interesting to see the more human face to some of this stuff. As in, it's easy for us to see, and complain about, Matt Carle's performance, and Anders Lindback, etc, and (ugh...) Teddy Purcell, but when the player is popular with his teammates, it probably makes it that much harder to pull the trigger.
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He and Stammer were about a week apart in weddings, so some went to his, some went to Heddys... I guess Heddys was in northern sweden, way out there.
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But you don't joke about Hedman. He's more than half a dozen years from retirement and is already unequivocally the greatest defenseman in team history. There's just some guys you don't trade and Hedman is one of them. Joking about trading him is like making a joke about prime Lecavalier
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whats wrong with some humor?
I was making fun of how stupid an idea it would be to trade hedman. he's ****ing amazing.
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Not sure how that's a joke considering you went to the mainboards and made a thread.... terrible "joke" considering no one got it.
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ok maybe it wasn't a good joke, but it was a joke.
I don't seriously think we should trade Hedman. Players like that are very tough to find.
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Nothing wrong with humor. Just when it involves Hedman. If I made a thread asking who is the most valuable player we've EVER had (in points of their career) I think more than one of us would put Hedman as of today on that list next to 2004 MSL, Richards in the 2004 playoffs and 2006 Lecavalier without hesitation and possibly throw around the idea that Hedman today may just be as important if not more.
You gotta realize out of all these guys, Hedman is the only guy who is currently trending to a HHOF career.Stamkos and Kucherov need more great years of play. He may or may not ever win a Norris but no one will hold that against him
I know you do. But there were a few days where you claimed you'd only been joking about wanting him.
Just saying. No point in pretending you're making a joke, especially when the joke doesn't make sense, when we can tell you're not actually joking. Like with the Vanek thing. There's nothing wrong with having a crazy opinion.
VoluntaryDom
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I know you do. But there were a few days where you claimed you'd only been joking about wanting him.
Just saying. No point in pretending you're making a joke, especially when the joke doesn't make sense, when we can tell you're not actually joking. Like with the Vanek thing. There's nothing wrong with having a crazy opinion.
I never said I was joking about wanting vanek...
ive been pushing for him since ufa started...
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Victor can be Malkin level dominant when he really wants to, it's just a shame that he's also inconsistent like Malkin. I don't think he has a shot at the Norris this year, but he'll be in Conn Smythe contention as usual.
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Norris is largely a reputation based award. He's the best defenceman on the best team, he has a shot whether he has a better year then last year or not.
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Most of the "top d men in the league" are all usually offence heavy. Hedman is better defensively in his own zone than Karlsson, Burns, Doughty. The Norris trophy always comes down to who has the most points.
Sky04
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No it doesn't and Doughty is better than Hedman in his own zone, he's more consistent and breaks down as many plays being 5inches shorter. And you do know Doughty won a Norris with 30 points less than Karlsson just 2 years ago right? Duncan Keith in 2014?
Burns legit dominated last year - it's not about points, I'm surprised people make comments like this in todays game. Points from guys like Karlsson and Burns are a reflection of how much control they have in a game, Hedman may be a better player defending one on one but he can't push the pace of the game like Karlsson can on a dime, there's pros and cons to every player's style but it's about how they utilize it.
Hockey's not black and white in terms of "offense" and "defense", Burn's style of play decimated LA in the playoffs 2 years ago and he had a Conn Smythe worthy run in 2016, likewise Karlsson did the same last year - you don't just need to play "defense" in the game anymore to be a force.
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In Hedman's case for this year - there's no run away candidate just yet, still plenty of time to make noise but to be fair his play for the majority of the season hasn't been "Norris" level either. Doughty and PeterAngelo are probably the top-2 candidates.
I was just watching Hedman in an interview at the ASG and was wondering if anyone is aware of a particular reason for the redness on his left cheek? Can't tell if something happened there and was just curious?
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Birthmark, he’s always had it, but I think it’s less noticeable when he plays.
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If I had to guess it's Nevus Flammeus or port wine stain. It's similar to a birthmark
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