playoffs???? PLAYOFFS!?!
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Two games left for the Rags. They need to win at least one to limp into the 8th spot. A Home-and-Home series with who.....
Philly.
I wonder which Matt W. is more excited.... White or Welsher.
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PS. The Blues are taking the west from behind...
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Unless of course Billy Smith played on the Rags!
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I mean, he has that big Flyers magnet on his truck...
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I thought Roy has paid enough.
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It is comforting to know that no matter what, the greatest player to ever spend his career in this region of the hockey world is a Devil.
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For the record, the player I would say was the next best would be Mike Bossy. His record of 9 straight 50 goal seasons will probably never be matched.
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Secondly- do you really think Brodeur the greatest hockey player of all time? Really? Think before you answer this, because I will go all out against, and I got a lot of ammo. But I would say he is the goalie I would most found a team with, given the option. While not as impenetrable as some others of the past (Hasek), and perhaps not QUITE as clutch as Roy, he is the most consistant goalie I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Even if the Devils style of play DOES lend itself to good goaltending statistics.
There can be no doubt the Wayne Gretzky was the greatest player of all time, I would argue for ANY sport, but for this post I will limit it to hockey. Just look at his numbers, records, and the way he became the face of the NHL throughout the world if you doubt me.
Finally, just you watch, Bossy's record is not resting safely, not while Alex Ovechkin is cruising around.
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My point was to players whose careers were spent playing in this area. Gretzky as a Ranger doesn't count simply because he only was here a short while and clearly way past his prime. For the guys who played their whole or at least the majority of their careers in this region, Brodeur has them all beat.
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Smith was a wall on 4 consecutive cups and due to him, the phrase,"Money Goaltender" was created.
The Vezina, Conn Smythe, William M. Jennings trophies, scoring goals and regular season standing aside, Smith never played on a team that played "the trap," designed to help defensive ability and smother the opponents rush. He played on an explosive offense that has seldom been matched in the NHL.
Despite how good he is, Brodeur will never win 19 consecutive playoff series. Regular seasons do not matter. Most wins or shut outs on a team that plays a boring suffocation style of defense first isnt a suprise, especially with a talent like Brodeur.
Brodeur is one of the greatest that ever played. Just like Roy, Hasek, Fuhr, Parent, Dryden, Plante, Sawchuk, Broda, Cheevers, Esposito, Hall, etc. As far as the best local players, As mentioned before by Noah and Terry, Bossy, Trots, Potvin, Messier and Gretzky are just a few that come to mind without any research.
As far as Goalies, I dont think its close.
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Billy Smith was a great goalie for a while. And he had a team in front of him too.
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To call someone the greatest ever, even if only regionally, is to invite difficult comparisons between positions and eras that simply cannot be compared. Let's just agree that Marty is a great goaltender, probably the most consistent game in and game out guy I have ever seen.
Shit, I think my house is on fire... ahhh, it's just my oven letting me know that my pizza is burning.
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Even if you discount Gretzky, the Rangers had Messier, ostensibly greater than Marty, and the Bruins had Bobby Orr.
To call someone the greatest ever, even if only regionally, is to invite difficult comparisons between positions and eras that simply cannot be compared. Let's just agree that Marty is a great goaltender, probably the most consistent game in and game out guy I have ever seen.
[Censored], I think my house is on fire... ahhh, it's just my oven letting me know that my pizza is burning.
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That's why I added the caveat that I was talking NY/NJ/Philly. I don't consider Boston or Pittsburgh part of the area. Messier had one great year here and came with 5 cups from Edmonton already. No doubt '94 was a hell of a year, but it also took the GM mortgaging the next 15 years for play-off run trades that year.
For all time greats anywhere, Orr is number 2 for me.
For year in year out dominant play and being a leader all the time in both the playoffs and regular season, Marty is the best around here.
PS That burning smell is a man's way of knowing when it's done.
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In a debate of greatest ever, it is Gretzky. Hands down its him becuase not only did he demolish every record, he opened up the entire US south to hockey in places like Florida, Phoenix, Tampa, and Dallas.
My point was to players whose careers were spent playing in this area. Gretzky as a Ranger doesn't count simply because he only was here a short while and clearly way past his prime. For the guys who played their whole or at least the majority of their careers in this region, Brodeur has them all beat.
i have to agree that gretzky is facxe of hockey and the best player to ever lace skates up, but i would have loved to see what a healthy mario lemieux could have done.
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