Yes, but .HOHO. most definitely is not...
- lumlums

Deep as a kiddie pool.

Deep as a kiddie pool.
- Steven_Seagull

Him and Lums' tuna can are a match made in nightmare hell.

This seems a tad off the tracks today.....

Jagr

I'm a (frank)ing idiot
- MaximusAurelius

Don't be so hard on yourself!

Jagr
- MaximusAurelius

Don't be so hard on yourself!
- .HOHO.

How was the trip.. I didn't get my bottle in the mail yet....

Who's the best Russian player of all-time?


It's Malkin but I just want to see what people in another country say...
- LeftCoaster

Tretiak
Kharlamov*
Mogilny
Bure

Kharlamov gets an asterisk because he died young and was a shrimp. He probably would have had difficulty in the 70's era of the NHL which was rough. Was a great international star. Tretiak imo would have been a great NHL goal, he's in the top five goalies ever for me.

How was the trip.. I didn't get my bottle in the mail yet....
- bixll

Trip was awesome.
Great weather, great wine and amazing food!
Only brought back 4 bottles of 30 year old Tawney.

No soup for you!

Tretiak
Kharlamov*
Mogilny
Bure

Kharlamov gets an asterisk because he died young and was a shrimp. He probably would have had difficulty in the 70's era of the NHL which was rough. Was a great international star. Tretiak imo would have been a great NHL goal, he's in the top five goalies ever for me.
- winsix

wingers:
ovechkin
kharlamov
moginly
bure
makarov

centers:
datsyuk
larionov
malkin
federov

Wow...when did they sign Brad Pitt?
- AdamFrench

Must be his "ugly" brother

Tretiak
Kharlamov*
Mogilny
Bure

Kharlamov gets an asterisk because he died young and was a shrimp. He probably would have had difficulty in the 70's era of the NHL which was rough. Was a great international star. Tretiak imo would have been a great NHL goal, he's in the top five goalies ever for me.
- winsix

Kharlamov also had a bad ankle -not sure how that happened.

Bure and Mogilny were too one-dimensional to be considered GOAT.

Tretiak
Kharlamov*
Mogilny
Bure

Kharlamov gets an asterisk because he died young and was a shrimp. He probably would have had difficulty in the 70's era of the NHL which was rough. Was a great international star. Tretiak imo would have been a great NHL goal, he's in the top five goalies ever for me.
- winsix

Tretiak was my vote.
Had the russians left Tretiak in against the US, the miracle on ice would have never happened.
Dumb move by the russians

Kharlamov also had a bad ankle -not sure how that happened.

Bure and Mogilny were too one-dimensional to be considered GOAT.
- Atomic Wedgie

Old dirty rat Clarkie, yes - a fine example of why he may have had a hard time in the NHL - against those dirty Flyers, Bruins etc. in that era.

Russians had their dirty little bag of tricks too though. Remember the kicking in the back of the legs with the point of the skate? That was nasty.

Trip was awesome.
Great weather, great wine and amazing food!
Only brought back 4 bottles of 30 year old Tawney.

No soup for you!
- .HOHO.

Meanie..

Just as an observer from afar - Cup or no Hainsey on your top pair ain't getting you out of the East, never mind a cup final -
- dozerD10

Ain't that the (frank)ing truth.

I sure wouldn't know.
Mary Jane is still technically illegal in my province even though noone seems to give a (frank) anymore and there are honest to god stores selling the poop all over the place...

I have definitely done my fair share of stupid stuff while drunk, some of it even involving posting stuff online. Like the one time I tried to flirt with a girl I knew on facebook and accidentally messaged the wrong person.
- Thecakeisalie

was the wrong person your wife?

i think the leafs are going to greatly benefit from the new faceoff rules

PPG Power Play Opportunities Power Play Percentage
1 Buffalo Sabres 57 233 24.5%
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 58 244 23.8%
3 Washington Capitals 57 247 23.1%
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 60 260 23.1%
5 Edmonton Oilers 56 245 22.9%

So your defense looked better last night is what you're saying
- LeftCoaster

The Leafs defense looks better when you drink 'em pretty.

What's a psychotrist?

I had a psycho tryst, back in my university days...
- Atomic Wedgie

Ain't that the (frank)ing truth.
- Aetherial

On the bright side, it may expedite a trade for a quality defender once we see just how bad things are.

i think the leafs are going to greatly benefit from the new faceoff rules

PPG Power Play Opportunities Power Play Percentage
1 Buffalo Sabres 57 233 24.5%
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 58 244 23.8%
3 Washington Capitals 57 247 23.1%
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 60 260 23.1%
5 Edmonton Oilers 56 245 22.9%
- fhaquassho

our PK wasn't bad either last year.

so yeah, any uptick in penalties could help us

but only since our defense kinda sucks 5v5.

Tretiak was my vote.
Had the russians left Tretiak in against the US, the miracle on ice would have never happened.
Dumb move by the russians
- Fakepartofme

Or maybe intentional move by the Russians.

There is a conspiracy theory out there that the USSR purposely tanked the hockey competition, in hopes that Olympic fever would grip the US, and they would back down from boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

When you look at the poop that went down in that game, it's not the hardest thing to believe.

Kharlamov also had a bad ankle -not sure how that happened.

Bure and Mogilny were too one-dimensional to be considered GOAT.
- Atomic Wedgie

You bring up an interesting point. Bure, Mogilny and Malkin are probably the highest point producers per game - I did not include Malkin, although he should be up there I suppose, but feel he has benefited greatly from playing with Crosby. When you say one-dimensional, is that Bure and Mogilny were not defensively responsible? You can say that Fedorov and Datsuyk were more responsible defensively, but is that the player? the team? or the system?

You bring up an interesting point. Bure, Mogilny and Malkin are probably the highest point producers per game - I did not include Malkin, although he should be up there I suppose, but feel he has benefited greatly from playing with Crosby. When you say one-dimensional, is that Bure and Mogilny were not defensively responsible? You can say that Fedorov and Datsuyk were more responsible defensively, but is that the player? the team? or the system?
- winsix

Oh, Sixie, you've triggered me.

Bure and Mogilny did one thing, and one thing only - they tried to score goals. They didn't give two poops about preventing goals.

This may sound like ole' Wedgie is ragging on them, but the truth is, that was exactly what they were taught to do.

Canadian hockey demands that wingers play a two-way game. We are the only hockey nation on earth that does this.

As a result, Canadians don't produce good wingers. We simply don't.

If you think I'm crazy, look at the last 40 years of HHOF inductees - I'd be willing to bet that 80% of the Canadian forwards elected were centres, not wingers.

Or look at any Team Canada lineup - most of our wingers are centres who we move over for the tournament.