The Coyotes had Wayne Gretzky (coach), they had Brett Hull, and Pavel Datsyuk.
Sure, they played a combined five games with the franchise, but it's cool to have some big names associated with your franchise, no matter what.
Another name we can add to the list is Lemieux.
No, not the good one, the dirty one.
That's right, coming in on our list at #45 is Claude Lemieux. He may be only the 45th best player in Coyotes history, but he's definitely the dirtiest.
Lemieux is known as much for his exceedingly dirty play as he is for his four Stanley Cups or his one Conn Smythe win. When he watches Harry Potter, we assume he cheers for Voldemort.
But we can't hold that against him, he was a great player, and once played three seasons and 164 games for the Coyotes.
He is the 12th oldest player in team history. 37th in penalty minutes, and 42nd in points.
He makes my list for coming out of retirement in 2008 after five seasons off, and playing 18 games with the San Jose Sharks. He only got one assist and then had to retire. Still, that is awesome.
It is not true that when he retired the NHL had to lay off 12 referees.
all stats from quanthockey.com
Best Films of All-Time
50. Limitless
49. Oh Brother Where Art Though?
48. Role Models
47. the Rock
46. The Mission Impossible Franchise
Today, #45 The Man Tetrology
A good Tetrology is rare.
In most cases, if you get to four movies, you rarely stop, and eventually you have five or six movies in your franchise.
Trilogies and also far more frequent.
But a four movie set-up is rare. I can think of only two, and they both make this list.
Today's is the Nicholas Cage Man Tetrology, sometimes called the Man Trilogy + 1.
From 2000 to 2006 Nick Cage crafted a run of four loosely connected movies meant to cover the entire scope of the Modern American Family.
He began in 2000 with the Family Man. Here, Cage puts work ahead of family and only the ghost of Cages past can show him the error of his ways.
This movie comments on our society's lust for material success over love, and through the use of a shockingly original script, Cage tears our society a new one, and as he learns the error of his way, we learn the error of ours.
In 2003, Cage follows in the hollowed steps of great actors everywhere to make light of a serious illness, with unintentionally hilarious results.
If there wasn't a movie where Nick Cage played a guy with Tourette's Syndrom, SNL would have to invent one.
Unsurprisingly, though Matchstick Men works. Cage gives his usual tour de fource performance, which is among his career highlights. Roger Ebert said he deserved the best Actor Academy Award, and who am I to disagree?
Cage furthers the themes of the first movie, once again looking deeply into work and family.
In 2005 Nick Cage plays his most relatable character - guy who does a great job and makes a ton of money doing it but has to put up with constant insults from people who have no clue what they are talking about. People even chuck stuff at him on the street, which they have to do because the comments section hasn't been invented yet.
As the Weather Man, Cage once again balance the work and family life that is at the heart of this tetrology. It's not as good as the first two - the third one never is - but its still better than 99% of movies you'll ever see.
In the final film of this masterpiece series, Cage plays Edward Malus in the cautionary tale called the Wicker Man.
In a new take on the family dynamic, Cage plays an estranged husband who's step- daughter is missing. This is a really underrated movie, and I get it - it just doesn't make sense if you haven't seen the first three.
But the terror Cage's character faces here puts all the first three movies into their proper perspective.
In the groundbreaking four film series, Cage dissects the modern American family from every possible angle, and produces something on par with Phillip Roth's Zuckerman series.
For this truly amazing run of films, the Man Tetrology comes in at #45 on our list of the best movies ever made.
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