Had to, no space in IR, and Alex Goligoski > the pylon
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Had to, no space in IR, and Alex Goligoski > the pylon
Erhoff is an Erhhead.
Also, I think you would have been better off having an IR D on your roster who comes back later than having Alex Badigoski
I'm glad I don't have Todd Bersucki on my team.
Did I do it right?
Did I do it right?
You did, but he is Todd "On the first line" Bersucki...soooo
Speaking of people who can score more goals than Todd Bertuzzi:
http://bruins.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=977&id=48542
I saw this on the NESN intermission and had a nerdgasm and was very excited to see it on nhl.com
The funniest part to me is the goalie though, he just kinda turns to the ref like "Ummmm, I'm 9"
(seriously though you're all full of shit, Bertuzzi has looked better this year defensively than I've ever seen him and basically all of the D mentioned are good)
http://bruins.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=977&id=48542
I saw this on the NESN intermission and had a nerdgasm and was very excited to see it on nhl.com
The funniest part to me is the goalie though, he just kinda turns to the ref like "Ummmm, I'm 9"
(seriously though you're all full of shit, Bertuzzi has looked better this year defensively than I've ever seen him and basically all of the D mentioned are good)
sabres lose tomorrow
we get our first win =(
we get our first win =(
my #3 waiver wont match up :(
they're "good" ???????
Lol.
Does your brain is work?
I guess I will spell it out, YOU. would be better off. keeping an INJURED DEFENSEMAN. on your roster, NOT IN THE IR SLOT, because we know Elias is in your IR slot, because SOURAY will come back and be better than Goligoski or whoever you happen to rotate in. DO you understand that now?
Yeah. I misunderstood your post. Calm down.
Really, he's too injury prone. After all those injuries, I should have known not to draft him. Hope Goligoski plays as well as he is now.
And Seabrook is on a roll. A game winner, and 5 points.
It was in the early to mid 90s and goals were still being scored in the NHL.
Brett Hull, Lemieux, Selanne, Bure, Mogilny and probably others were all examples of players that had recently manage to score 60+, 70+, 80+ goals in a season. Today, only one player, clearly above the rest manages to do it. Back then, even a rookie (Teemu) managed to score 76 goals.
Gretzky's record of 92 still seemed attainable but today, that thing is way out of reach. However, one record that seemed just as impossible to get to back then, in direct correlation to the amount of goals being scored, was Terry Sawchuck's 103 career shutouts.
At that point, I could have sworn on my life that record couldn't ever be approached. The leading career active goalie in shutouts at that time was Patrick Roy, although Belfour was close. At that point, they must have had 40 and 35 career shutouts to their credit or something similar... and they were both aging veterans.
The NHL changed dramatically in the mid 90s however. The butterfly style would become the norm which coupled with much bigger goalies (equipment), dramatically reduced the amount of goals scored year after year, until the lockout of the mid 2000s. It went up just a bit following it and has now stabilized, but it isn't likely to go back to what it was only 15 years prior.
Turns out the one record I thought impossible to reach is on the corner of being broken. Martin Brodeur (not Mike), is at 102, one from tieing, 2 from breaking; it simply blows my mind. But it needed more to happen than simply a change of pace in the NHL, he did it with consistency and excellence and he will probably retire with 120-125 career shutouts. For a goalie to ever break it again, it would take more than 6 SO a year, for 20 years. Good luck to Luongo and Steve Mason, you're going to need it.
So here's to my man Martin, about to reach the last milestone confirming his status as the best goalie the NHL ever had.
Brett Hull, Lemieux, Selanne, Bure, Mogilny and probably others were all examples of players that had recently manage to score 60+, 70+, 80+ goals in a season. Today, only one player, clearly above the rest manages to do it. Back then, even a rookie (Teemu) managed to score 76 goals.
Gretzky's record of 92 still seemed attainable but today, that thing is way out of reach. However, one record that seemed just as impossible to get to back then, in direct correlation to the amount of goals being scored, was Terry Sawchuck's 103 career shutouts.
At that point, I could have sworn on my life that record couldn't ever be approached. The leading career active goalie in shutouts at that time was Patrick Roy, although Belfour was close. At that point, they must have had 40 and 35 career shutouts to their credit or something similar... and they were both aging veterans.
The NHL changed dramatically in the mid 90s however. The butterfly style would become the norm which coupled with much bigger goalies (equipment), dramatically reduced the amount of goals scored year after year, until the lockout of the mid 2000s. It went up just a bit following it and has now stabilized, but it isn't likely to go back to what it was only 15 years prior.
Turns out the one record I thought impossible to reach is on the corner of being broken. Martin Brodeur (not Mike), is at 102, one from tieing, 2 from breaking; it simply blows my mind. But it needed more to happen than simply a change of pace in the NHL, he did it with consistency and excellence and he will probably retire with 120-125 career shutouts. For a goalie to ever break it again, it would take more than 6 SO a year, for 20 years. Good luck to Luongo and Steve Mason, you're going to need it.
So here's to my man Martin, about to reach the last milestone confirming his status as the best goalie the NHL ever had.
You type very well for a drunk.
Yeah I guess so, though I looked at it today and decided it was time for an edit....
at least you know you type better while drunk than I do
xocmin ??
Also I enjoyed your post Vin, I was thinking about it the other day when Lidstrom scored his 1000th point(Nerds may note it took him 1,337 games to do it, further proving he's the best of all-time ;)), between that and Brodeur approaching his shutout record I find I have a really hard time fathoming those numbers... there are a ton of professional goalies who'd feel good about hitting 103 Wins, and Hell, for anyone 1000 _starts_ is still pretty amazing, let alone points. I just can't imagine how many time they've gone out there and played at a high level... it's hard for me to get my mind around. Lucky as fans to have been able to enjoy them both.
I mean, on the skater note, even growing up watching maybe the most consistently strong franchise throughout my lifetime, 1000 points is still pretty unique, especially all with one team. While obviously Yzerman did it, Fedorov left before he hit 1000, as did Shanahan, and of course it just isn't the same with the people we rented for a couple years. And don't get me started on Brodeur - I doubt there's any _teams_ that have had 100+ shutouts since he joined the league. I think it's worth noting with both of these guys that not only did these guys put up some amazing numbers, but they did it while staying loyal to their franchises, and these two guys are the biggest reasons each of their franchises have been so successful the past decade.
xocmin ??
Also I enjoyed your post Vin, I was thinking about it the other day when Lidstrom scored his 1000th point(Nerds may note it took him 1,337 games to do it, further proving he's the best of all-time ;)), between that and Brodeur approaching his shutout record I find I have a really hard time fathoming those numbers... there are a ton of professional goalies who'd feel good about hitting 103 Wins, and Hell, for anyone 1000 _starts_ is still pretty amazing, let alone points. I just can't imagine how many time they've gone out there and played at a high level... it's hard for me to get my mind around. Lucky as fans to have been able to enjoy them both.
I mean, on the skater note, even growing up watching maybe the most consistently strong franchise throughout my lifetime, 1000 points is still pretty unique, especially all with one team. While obviously Yzerman did it, Fedorov left before he hit 1000, as did Shanahan, and of course it just isn't the same with the people we rented for a couple years. And don't get me started on Brodeur - I doubt there's any _teams_ that have had 100+ shutouts since he joined the league. I think it's worth noting with both of these guys that not only did these guys put up some amazing numbers, but they did it while staying loyal to their franchises, and these two guys are the biggest reasons each of their franchises have been so successful the past decade.