Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Honka, Wednesday Quick Hits

1st. Now I'll go back and read blog

I always hated Claude Lemieux, and that goal did nothing to help him. I don't care if it was Hexy's fault or not, Lemieux is still a jerk for scoring it.

1st. Now I'll go back and read blog
- Sms401

What kind of accent do you speak with.

A smart two-way defenseman with a right-handed shot? Never a bad thing.

I always hated Claude Lemieux, and that goal did nothing to help him. I don't care if it was Hexy's fault or not, Lemieux is still a jerk for scoring it.
- jmatchett383

I don't in the least condone unnecessary disrespect or being a jerk for no reason but on the ice, you do what it takes to win. It seems to me for all the sh*t Lemieux is known for (the reckless hit on Draper stands out for me) he had a tunnel vision for winning and he did. As much as we all might hate him, he won.

A dopey one-dimensional defensive-defenseman with a left-handed shot (if you wanna call it that)? Flyers will draft him.
- tangent_man

FTFY

He's a Honka Honka burnin' love.

(someone had to say it, so I figured I would get it out of the way so we can move on)

You are welcome.

Morin-Honka

FTFY
- jak521

Your mission for the rest of the month is to find Vinny and get a picture with him.

He's a Honka Honka burnin' love.

(someone had to say it, so I figured I would get it out of the way so we can move on)

You are welcome.
- MBFlyerfan

Nice write up Bill

Though trying to predict the 17th selection in the NHL draft rates somewhere on the difficulty scale between herding cats and curing the common cold.

He's a Honka Honka burnin' love.

(someone had to say it, so I figured I would get it out of the way so we can move on)

You are welcome.
- MBFlyerfan

Thank you. Thank you very much.

I really hope the flyers take a couple of forwards with heavy upside in this draft. We have too many safe players in the system.

Morin-Honka
- SuperSchennBros

sounds like a car from the balkans.......funny about that lemieux goal; for years now i've remembered it as a late 2nd period goal and i just remembered why. it was at a point in the third where i was thinking about it going to overtime so we'd have another period to win the game. funny how that happened

Thank you. Thank you very much.
- tangent_man

I've always preferred the younger, svelte Elvis to the bloated and nearly dead on the toilet version, but to each his own!

I always hated Claude Lemieux, and that goal did nothing to help him. I don't care if it was Hexy's fault or not, Lemieux is still a jerk for scoring it.
- jmatchett383

Lemieux absolutely ranks on my top 10 list of all time hated players.

Yeah, I know, now I got to get the list out there

I've always preferred the younger, svelte Elvis to the bloated and nearly dead on the toilet version, but to each his own!

- BiggE

How come he only has hair on that one spot on his chest?

From what I've seen of Honka (Highlights and such) I like him. I wouldn't be concerned about drafting when we already have Ghost. You can never have too many puck moving defenseman.

I've always preferred the younger, svelte Elvis to the bloated and nearly dead on the toilet version, but to each his own!

- BiggE

In searching for your dream Elvis, I came across this one - Andy Kaufman impersonating Nick Cage impersonating Elvis, I think.

Your mission for the rest of the month is to find Vinny and get a picture with him.
- tangent_man

Hahah, hopefully he is with Nick Grossmann when I find him.

I always hated Claude Lemieux, and that goal did nothing to help him. I don't care if it was Hexy's fault or not, Lemieux is still a jerk for scoring it.
- jmatchett383

You know, whenever the name "Lemieux" comes up in hockey conversation, Mario is not the one who invariably leaps to my mind. Its Claude that I first think of, and then I think of how much i despised him.

Is it just me or does seem like more and more the top 25-35 players picked seem to be making nhl rosters eventually than in the past.

Lemieux absolutely ranks on my top 10 list of all time hated players.

Yeah, I know, now I got to get the list out there


- BiggE

Let's see what we can match:
C. Lemieux
Barnaby
Domi
Tucker
Avery
Ulfie
Bureau
S. Stevens
D. Hunter
Kaleta

Is it just me or does seem like more and more the top 25-35 players picked seem to be making nhl rosters eventually than in the past.
- Sms401

Without going back and doing math, I think that prospect scouting has become a better (yet still inexact) science than it was in the past. Whether it's due to the internet, better use of statistics, more scouts in different locations, etc. there seem to be fewer (in general) busts. I don't think you'll ever see another Alexander Daigle or Patrcik Stefan unless there's a wide-open, weak draft.