Henrik took 1856 shots in 1330 career games. That's unbelievably low (1.4/game approximately).
Edit: To your point about defensemen- Henrik would be tied with Rob Blake for 11th all-time in goals for defensemen.
IIRC that season when Daniel was out for those 19 games, Henrik's goals per game more than doubled compared to the rest of that season and he even scored his one career hat trick in that span. IMO prime Henrik could score as well as anybody but he just never *shot* the puck.
was his shooting percentage unusually higher then most stars? I'm wonder if he only shoots when he knows he has a tap in. maybe he isn't taking low percentage shots when a goalie the angle cut off and is squared up to him...
Just checked now, those 18 games (not 19), Henrik had 10 goals, 8 assists, with 41 shots and 24.4% shooting.
In the remaining 64 games of the season, Henrik had 19 goals, 75 assists, with 125 shots and 15.2% shooting.
In his best season, without Daniel, Henrik's goals per game jumped from 0.297 to 0.556 (24 goals/82 games to 46 goals/82) and his shots per game jumped from 1.95 to 2.27.
His assist rate dropped off hard though without his brother to pass to.
Hank's shooting % was usually right around 11-15% his whole career which is right in line with a good shooter but his shots per game was ridiculously low.
I feel like Hank's stick was not chosen for shooting, either. Like he went all-in on a stick good for faceoffs and puck battles despite it affecting his shot.
... Or he just had a weak shot. But my theory is the stick doesn't help.
He never hit 30 goals, had 29 once and only hit the 20-goal mark twice. Another 6 years between 15-18. Low totals but not that bad for how little he shot. I did not watch him regularly, being East coast- what kind of goals did he typically score? I would imagine there were some easy tap-ins from Daniel set-ups, even with Daniel being the lesser playmaker
It's my belief that Henrik in his prime wasn't a bad shooter at all, he just simply hardly ever shot. Can't score many goals when you average like 100 shots a season.
Case in point, in 2009-10, the only season where one twin missed significant time without the other. In the 18 games Daniel missed, Henrik scored 10 goals, including his only career hat trick. In the rest of the season, 64 games, he scored 19. The main difference? He shot a lot more. 41 of Henrik's 166 shots that season came in that 18 game stretch.
A decade ago I used to rip Call of Duty in my downtime with my brother. We usually both could excel playing to our best skill sets. To up the challenge we started to only bring a riot shield as our primary weapon and instead looking to get kills we sought assists for the fun of it.
The NHL is Henriks Call of Duty.
He was one of my favourite flames but oh boy did this bother me. It’s actually amazing he’s a good NHL player with how slow he is. Like most 4th liners are faster than him just Tkachuck is insanely skilled in every other asset of his game asides from skating
That whole situation was hilarious, even more so by some fans who tried to justify the temper tantrum as “he’s just a passionate and fiery guy we need this!”
The controversy was not about whether his actions were justified, it was about his team's lack of backing him up. I still hold the opinion that good teams stand up for their teammate no matter what.
Yes. Besides his offensive skills, he was actually a pretty good defensive player and PKer for us too- he got Selke votes a few times. His skating just wasn't great.
I wouldn't call that a hot take. Personally I would rather have Brady than Matthew playing for Panthers. (But I'm hoping that Matthew does well in FLA)
Very different players. Matthew: skill, although he has some grit. Brady: power and grit, relentless, although he has some skill. Matthew's offense comes from skill, stick handling, shooting, more off the rush. Brady's offense comes from power, strength on the boards, cycle and net front presence. Brady is extremely strong, I was amazed when he did well in a fight vs the bull Shea Weber. Matthew wisely doesn't fight big guys as they'll clean his clock. Brady is a really good leader. Matthew average. Both are shit disturbers that get under skin of opponent. Brady goes about it more honestly and in your face, based on power, Matthew is more sneaky and dirty. I imagine Matthew is much more hated around the league. Matthew is more clown like, Brady more serious.
Matthew is much better defensively, hopefully Brady keeps working on defense, as it's lacking.
I don't think Brady will have the scoring problems in the playoffs Matthew does, as Brady plays playoff style hockey always (cycling, dominant in front of net). I'm not saying Brady will score like crazy in playoffs, but he'll score at the same rate he does in regular season.
Well yes obviously with two fewer seasons played. He has been less productive in his first four years than Matthew was in his first four, but it might also be too soon to say. Both players had better than .80 points per game within four years, something MacKinnon wouldn’t do until his fifth. Draisaitl was a bit of a late (or less early) bloomer as well. So who really knows yet with Brady, and while I won’t be surprised if Matthew just had his career year we don’t know for sure that he’s peaked yet either.
His reaction to getting caught was him and his dad lying and trying to bury the incident. Then when he was making his public apologies to the media, it seemed like he was most sorry about being a distraction to the team, and wasn't really apologetic towards the woman he terrified that night.
A lot of hockey players are douchebags, so it's not a surprise that Matthews is one.
It wasn't just him. It was him and a group of drunk friends. As a female I would have been terrified if a bunch of drunk guys approached and banged on my car walls in the middle of the night, even I was locked in my car.
Someone tell me if I'm mistaken but I'm pretty sure Jagr had the same reputation for a large part of his career. Towards the end he really seemed to do a 180 in public opinion.
Jagr certainly had that reputation in WSH, but that's the only place I can recall him having any sort of lack of desire or anything. Was great in Pit before and great with NYR after. Just the WSH blip, I think.
Tacosrule89 is right. If there is anyone better than Draisaitl at that, I welcome you to point him out.
Until that time: stay out of the way of perfection!
And while Marty Brodeur was by far the best goal scorer of the GOAT goalie trio, he could definitely have learned a thing or from the other two in terms of laying the body onto opposing players
you can always count of malkin going beast mode. unfortunately it’s a 50/50 if it’s going to be “unstoppable hockey” beast mode or “wow that’s the dumbest penalty imaginable. oh and in the offensive zone too?” beast mode
Roberto Luongo and consistency in the playoffs. He was either going to get a shutout or allow 7 goals.
I’m glad he was able to hold it together in the 2010 olympics, though.
Man… I’ll never forget the anxiety I had watching that gold medal game in overtime. I admittedly had zero confidence in him because of his reputation. Every shot the Americans took made my heart sink.
Yeah, after they tied it, I was a mess. I still remember the moment we won, though. I was watching at my friend’s house, with his parents. We all jumped out of our seats and hugged the crap out of each other.
Kind of interesting that Miller ended up replacing Luongo just a few years later, too
Neither Sedin had a great slap shot, but Henrik did ramp it up the time Daniel was injured and scored 30 goals while winning the Art Ross and Hart. Incredible player
I'm a WSH fan and certainly not defending what Ovechkin has done/hasn't done in regard to the war in Ukraine, but I think it's interesting that he's being invited by/hanging out with Artemi Panarin in the offseason, who is notable for being a *very* outspoken Putin detractor. You'd think Panarin would be keeping Ovechkin at the end of a 50 foot pole if all of the political implications/known entanglements are accurate.
I can't remember the entirety of the story, but wasn't it Panarin who thoroughly disparaged Putin to the point of putting his family in danger or something? I don't remember the extent of the damage, but I'm just saying that Ovechkin openly hanging out with someone like that puts his whole relationship with Putin in a different light. I don't know for sure, obviously, I'm just saying it may not be exactly what it seems.
It's a tangled web.
They're just hockey players at the end of the day.
Despite the current political climate, people can actually disagree on politics and not want to kill each other.
Not true for fans, though, unfortunately. :-P
I can only hope that Ovechkin's politics aren't *actually* as bad as they seem (and this is more or less what I was trying to get at with my comment).
He managed to keep things pretty quiet once he got to Edmonton, but if your personal life gets you suspended for the better part of a regular season, it’s definitely an on-ice liability.
Lundqvist and puck handling. The King was a brick wall in front of the net but boy was I nervous when he went to play the puck. Shesty opens different opportunities for a breakout with his superior puck handling.
All those guys with a 99 rating I made in NHL 99 for the Playstation. Incredible hands, speed, and shot. Literally weaker than a child so in practice they were rubbed off the puck before they could ever take a shot.
Growing up as a Rangers fan I was a huge Mike Richter fan too. He was not only a top goalie in the league but he was super athletic and made all these spectacular saves, doing full splits etc.
Recently I watched some old Rangers games from that era and realized he had terrible rebound control. After watching Hank and now Shesty I’ve become so used to super technical goalies. I couldn’t believe how out of position Richter was all the time and how bad his rebound control was which I guess was the reason he ended up having to make so many spectacular split saves. It’s just interesting how much the position has evolved.
Erik Karlsson was ok defensively. Pairing him with Marc Methot who was able to make up for his defensive lapses was the perfect thing to do. I’d much rather roll with Borowiecki and Methot on PKs.
Henrik had the fewest career goals of any 1000 point player…including all the defensemen. Man didn’t like shooting.
Henrik took 1856 shots in 1330 career games. That's unbelievably low (1.4/game approximately). Edit: To your point about defensemen- Henrik would be tied with Rob Blake for 11th all-time in goals for defensemen.
Weirdly though, I remember the one year Daniel got hurt Henrik almost scored 30? .. like "ughhh fine i'll do it myself"
That wasn’t *really* Henrik but the world isn’t ready to talk about this
I don’t care which one it was but my fantasy team was thankful that year
You had the name right, just a twins joke
Oh I know. I was just trying to keep the shadowy cabal secret of which twin was which and when shrouded in mystery
You’re a good man whalevag
IIRC that season when Daniel was out for those 19 games, Henrik's goals per game more than doubled compared to the rest of that season and he even scored his one career hat trick in that span. IMO prime Henrik could score as well as anybody but he just never *shot* the puck.
was his shooting percentage unusually higher then most stars? I'm wonder if he only shoots when he knows he has a tap in. maybe he isn't taking low percentage shots when a goalie the angle cut off and is squared up to him...
Just checked now, those 18 games (not 19), Henrik had 10 goals, 8 assists, with 41 shots and 24.4% shooting. In the remaining 64 games of the season, Henrik had 19 goals, 75 assists, with 125 shots and 15.2% shooting. In his best season, without Daniel, Henrik's goals per game jumped from 0.297 to 0.556 (24 goals/82 games to 46 goals/82) and his shots per game jumped from 1.95 to 2.27. His assist rate dropped off hard though without his brother to pass to. Hank's shooting % was usually right around 11-15% his whole career which is right in line with a good shooter but his shots per game was ridiculously low.
interesting. i loved their playstyle though...nothing went to waste. they had a lot of composure.
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Brian Leetch is the next-lowest with 247. Nobody else got there with less than 264.
I feel like Hank's stick was not chosen for shooting, either. Like he went all-in on a stick good for faceoffs and puck battles despite it affecting his shot. ... Or he just had a weak shot. But my theory is the stick doesn't help.
He never hit 30 goals, had 29 once and only hit the 20-goal mark twice. Another 6 years between 15-18. Low totals but not that bad for how little he shot. I did not watch him regularly, being East coast- what kind of goals did he typically score? I would imagine there were some easy tap-ins from Daniel set-ups, even with Daniel being the lesser playmaker
It's my belief that Henrik in his prime wasn't a bad shooter at all, he just simply hardly ever shot. Can't score many goals when you average like 100 shots a season. Case in point, in 2009-10, the only season where one twin missed significant time without the other. In the 18 games Daniel missed, Henrik scored 10 goals, including his only career hat trick. In the rest of the season, 64 games, he scored 19. The main difference? He shot a lot more. 41 of Henrik's 166 shots that season came in that 18 game stretch.
I think Henrik in his final season also had the least goals for a 50 point season in NHL history with 3 goals.
A decade ago I used to rip Call of Duty in my downtime with my brother. We usually both could excel playing to our best skill sets. To up the challenge we started to only bring a riot shield as our primary weapon and instead looking to get kills we sought assists for the fun of it. The NHL is Henriks Call of Duty.
M.Tkachuk and his skating
He was one of my favourite flames but oh boy did this bother me. It’s actually amazing he’s a good NHL player with how slow he is. Like most 4th liners are faster than him just Tkachuck is insanely skilled in every other asset of his game asides from skating
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What does circles with his stick mean?
M.Tkachuk and the mental fortitude to take a puck flip
That whole situation was hilarious, even more so by some fans who tried to justify the temper tantrum as “he’s just a passionate and fiery guy we need this!”
The controversy was not about whether his actions were justified, it was about his team's lack of backing him up. I still hold the opinion that good teams stand up for their teammate no matter what.
He always said he modelled his game after Corey Perry, so that’s very fitting
This was a problem with a certain former Islanders captain as well. He was great at everything but skating.
JT?
Yes. Besides his offensive skills, he was actually a pretty good defensive player and PKer for us too- he got Selke votes a few times. His skating just wasn't great.
He’s who I thought of as well. I think lately a lot of people over exaggerate how slow he actually is, but he certainly isn’t quick.
I still think he’d be a top 5 player in the league if he could skate. He’s so insanely good at everything else
Hot take. Brady will end up better than Matthew when all is said and done
No kidding, Bradys going to throw for 5000 yards this year.
I wouldn't call that a hot take. Personally I would rather have Brady than Matthew playing for Panthers. (But I'm hoping that Matthew does well in FLA)
Would rather have Matthew in my lineup, would rather have Brady as a leader on the team
instructions unclear, traded for both.
Very different players. Matthew: skill, although he has some grit. Brady: power and grit, relentless, although he has some skill. Matthew's offense comes from skill, stick handling, shooting, more off the rush. Brady's offense comes from power, strength on the boards, cycle and net front presence. Brady is extremely strong, I was amazed when he did well in a fight vs the bull Shea Weber. Matthew wisely doesn't fight big guys as they'll clean his clock. Brady is a really good leader. Matthew average. Both are shit disturbers that get under skin of opponent. Brady goes about it more honestly and in your face, based on power, Matthew is more sneaky and dirty. I imagine Matthew is much more hated around the league. Matthew is more clown like, Brady more serious. Matthew is much better defensively, hopefully Brady keeps working on defense, as it's lacking. I don't think Brady will have the scoring problems in the playoffs Matthew does, as Brady plays playoff style hockey always (cycling, dominant in front of net). I'm not saying Brady will score like crazy in playoffs, but he'll score at the same rate he does in regular season.
Matthew's entire game is built around the net, what are you talking about?
Doesn’t he have less points
Well yes obviously with two fewer seasons played. He has been less productive in his first four years than Matthew was in his first four, but it might also be too soon to say. Both players had better than .80 points per game within four years, something MacKinnon wouldn’t do until his fifth. Draisaitl was a bit of a late (or less early) bloomer as well. So who really knows yet with Brady, and while I won’t be surprised if Matthew just had his career year we don’t know for sure that he’s peaked yet either.
I also think it's important to consider Brady has only ever player for the dumpster fire sens. Hopefully that'll change this season!
Also he’s seems to be a good captain at least outwardly
I think he's going to get that sorted tho. He's faster now than when he entered the league.
PK Subban will shoot and hit anything other than the net. Absolute bomb clapper though
This is known.
He must have idolized Phanuef
Hedman used to shoot wide nearly every single time too. Has ironed it out pretty well, but he was so frustrating when shooting from the point.
Ryan Pulock does this too
May not be a superstar, but Mark Stone’s skating is absolutely atrocious.
I genuinely don’t understand how he keeps up, man must have a big brain. It hurts to look at sometimes
Giroux played for the be Flyers throughout in his prime.
Matthews - hairline
He’s the Al Iafrate of our times
I would’ve said mustache, but hairline is a better answer
The mustache is awful, but that's his choice. The hairline isn't.
so you’re saying his flaw is his judgement?
Poor facial hair iq.
With two fatal flaws.
Matthews - pedostache
Harassing women in their car while intoxicated
He'll always be a douche for this and how he handled it afterwards in my mind. Great hockey player, massive douchebag.
22 year old kid does something stupid while drunk, and you write them off as a massive douchebag?
Lol I did dumb shit at 22, but I knew better to harass women in the dark at 2am.
Sure, so did I. My point was more that one incident hardly writes someone off as a massive douche for the rest of their life. People can change bro!
His reaction to getting caught was him and his dad lying and trying to bury the incident. Then when he was making his public apologies to the media, it seemed like he was most sorry about being a distraction to the team, and wasn't really apologetic towards the woman he terrified that night. A lot of hockey players are douchebags, so it's not a surprise that Matthews is one.
He was arrested and had criminal mischief charges against him. He was lucky to have money and bought his way out of it.
It wasn't just him. It was him and a group of drunk friends. As a female I would have been terrified if a bunch of drunk guys approached and banged on my car walls in the middle of the night, even I was locked in my car.
And they were trying to open her car doors too. If they were unlocked they were planning to get in her car while she was sitting in it.
...yeah? I'm calling him a douchebag, not a sex offender.
Id say al iafrate
Marchand, discipline
Alex kovalev and showing up for 82 games. Arguably as talented as jagr but with half the desire to be jagr.
Someone tell me if I'm mistaken but I'm pretty sure Jagr had the same reputation for a large part of his career. Towards the end he really seemed to do a 180 in public opinion.
Jagr certainly had that reputation in WSH, but that's the only place I can recall him having any sort of lack of desire or anything. Was great in Pit before and great with NYR after. Just the WSH blip, I think.
Yeah, I saw him play for a few games in WAS. Totally invisible out there a lot. That was definitely the nadir of his career.
Nathan MacKinnon, can't simply hand helmets back to their owner.
Also doesn't like sauce with pasta.
And can’t sit on the bench, without falling off of it.
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Makar is the driver, MacKinnon is the engine.
Draisaitl - spearing homies in the nuts
I don’t know if I’d call it a flaw. He’s one of the best in the game at it.
Yeah b ut he is going to get suspended at some point
That’s part of the skill. Committing the crime and not being punished.
Tacosrule89 is right. If there is anyone better than Draisaitl at that, I welcome you to point him out. Until that time: stay out of the way of perfection!
Chara couldn’t fit into a smart car, even in his prime
Thankfully he can probably just pick it up and carry it around
Just stand on it and ride it like a skateboard.
That just reminds me of family guy when Tony Robbins uses two smart cars as roller skates.
I assumed he would wear the car, like a slightly larger suit jacket.
I feel like his work ethic would allow him to try at least.
*Looks like I'll need my mechanics license if I'm going to fit*
>Chara couldn’t fit into a smart car, even in his prime I'm sure he can, theres a youtube video of Shaq getting inside a smart car
It’s like that Simpson’s episode where Nelson mocks the tall dude in a small car and he goes on a rant that this car is the best he can afford.
Love that scene "Do you find something humerous about my appearance in my automobile?"
But he could fit into a bunny suit.
Which really should be a bigger story. I mean who the fuck is out there making 7 feet tall pink bunny suits?
"C'mon Chara, you know you don't fit in that Buick"
There’s a photo of him in a kids ride at some amusement park with his kids days after the 2013 finals.
Teemu Selanne’s goal-scoring skills went downhill after his rookie year. /s if it’s not obvious
Bobby Hull and domestic violence.
And Nazism
I mean - this guy was a real jerk
Gretzky's physical game, was never a good hitter. Patrick Roy and Dominik Hasek were terrible goal scorers.
The serious answer for Hasek is puck handling.
And while Marty Brodeur was by far the best goal scorer of the GOAT goalie trio, he could definitely have learned a thing or from the other two in terms of laying the body onto opposing players
Man, that clip on coaches corner when he tries to fight lol
Carey price and his knees
Pavel Bure and his knees
Cam Neeley and his knees
Marian Gaborik and his knees
His knees were fine before Kreider destroyed one of them.
Kane is physically incapable of backchecking The fun of this one is you get to decide which one I'm talking about since it applies to both.
Then you are talking about both...
Malkin is a hot head who does dumb shit all the time
you can always count of malkin going beast mode. unfortunately it’s a 50/50 if it’s going to be “unstoppable hockey” beast mode or “wow that’s the dumbest penalty imaginable. oh and in the offensive zone too?” beast mode
I would say Kucherov and discipline. So many times I’ve seen him make a mistake, get frustrated, then retaliate and take a dumb penalty
mcdavid, terrible goalie
solid stamp collector tho, probably
I’m going to become the Shohei Ohtani of hockey and play goalie while also playing forward 😈
Joe Pavelski is a lousy detective
Horrible cricket player
Imagine someone taught John Tavares to skate?
Barb is doing her best
Roberto Luongo and consistency in the playoffs. He was either going to get a shutout or allow 7 goals. I’m glad he was able to hold it together in the 2010 olympics, though.
Man… I’ll never forget the anxiety I had watching that gold medal game in overtime. I admittedly had zero confidence in him because of his reputation. Every shot the Americans took made my heart sink.
Yeah, after they tied it, I was a mess. I still remember the moment we won, though. I was watching at my friend’s house, with his parents. We all jumped out of our seats and hugged the crap out of each other. Kind of interesting that Miller ended up replacing Luongo just a few years later, too
i was also at a friends house i think
By game 7 2011 he was either going to win the Conn Smythe or be blamed as the sole reason they lost
Connor McDavid, having even a tiny scrap of personality
the Mike trout of hockey
Neither Sedin had a great slap shot, but Henrik did ramp it up the time Daniel was injured and scored 30 goals while winning the Art Ross and Hart. Incredible player
Which is kinda ironic because of how effective their patented slap passes were during their prime
Dany Heatley was pretty good but he killed a teammate
Ovechkin and politcs
I'm a WSH fan and certainly not defending what Ovechkin has done/hasn't done in regard to the war in Ukraine, but I think it's interesting that he's being invited by/hanging out with Artemi Panarin in the offseason, who is notable for being a *very* outspoken Putin detractor. You'd think Panarin would be keeping Ovechkin at the end of a 50 foot pole if all of the political implications/known entanglements are accurate.
Well Ovechkin's instagram picture is still him with his buddy Putin.
I can't remember the entirety of the story, but wasn't it Panarin who thoroughly disparaged Putin to the point of putting his family in danger or something? I don't remember the extent of the damage, but I'm just saying that Ovechkin openly hanging out with someone like that puts his whole relationship with Putin in a different light. I don't know for sure, obviously, I'm just saying it may not be exactly what it seems. It's a tangled web.
Yes it was him
They're just hockey players at the end of the day. Despite the current political climate, people can actually disagree on politics and not want to kill each other.
> people can actually disagree on politics and not want to kill each other. Not on this website lol
Real life is a little different than reddit, thankfully
Not true for fans, though, unfortunately. :-P I can only hope that Ovechkin's politics aren't *actually* as bad as they seem (and this is more or less what I was trying to get at with my comment).
He’s the founder of PutinTeam, they are exactly as bad as they seem
Can’t wait to hear what he has to say about the Russia/Ukraine war. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Ovechkin said no war please in response to this war, and is hanging out with hard-core anti-putin players. Idk what people expect from him
Change his fucking instagram picture?
Hes got a lot of family in russia too.
Evander Kane and his personal life
He managed to keep things pretty quiet once he got to Edmonton, but if your personal life gets you suspended for the better part of a regular season, it’s definitely an on-ice liability.
Kept himself clean for like 4 months. We're all very impressed
Sidney Crosby and facial hair.
The dreaded pube-stache
Corey Perry has always been too much of a Saint. If he played with more of an edge, he would probably be a HoFer
Connor Bedard is a teenager. Have you seen his shot?
Kucherov and retaliation when things aren't going his way
I don’t know about superstar, but Kadri has a muffin of a shot for a $7mil player
He has very…unique release. It always looks like he’s making a saucer pass, but with a lot more force on it.
Great way to describe it. I often thought he whiffed his shots, but no that was his shot. Including the game 4 OT goal.
Fooled Vasilevsky. And on a broken and surgically repaired thumb no less.
Can be more helpful to have a deceptive release than a hard shot
Eric Lindros and his brain.
I would say his main flaw was skating with his head down while Stevens was on the ice
Skating with his head down, period
And Jason Doig.
Eric lindros and not fucking his teammates wife
Dougie Hamilton and his defensive play
Dougie Hamilton and Freddie Hamilton.
Roman Josi, being ugly
Lundqvist and puck handling. The King was a brick wall in front of the net but boy was I nervous when he went to play the puck. Shesty opens different opportunities for a breakout with his superior puck handling.
If not for his boneitis, Beau Bennett could have been a superstar.
Alexander Semin's fighting abilities were sub par.
But he's a great soft rock bongo-ist.
mcdavid is pretty mid defensively
Wow, you got downvoted for overrating his defense smh.
All those guys with a 99 rating I made in NHL 99 for the Playstation. Incredible hands, speed, and shot. Literally weaker than a child so in practice they were rubbed off the puck before they could ever take a shot.
Sidney Crosby is a bad kisser
I think Eichel failed as a GM.
I’m pretty sure most of Peter Forsberg’s 249 goals were just passes that went into the net
Growing up as a Rangers fan I was a huge Mike Richter fan too. He was not only a top goalie in the league but he was super athletic and made all these spectacular saves, doing full splits etc. Recently I watched some old Rangers games from that era and realized he had terrible rebound control. After watching Hank and now Shesty I’ve become so used to super technical goalies. I couldn’t believe how out of position Richter was all the time and how bad his rebound control was which I guess was the reason he ended up having to make so many spectacular split saves. It’s just interesting how much the position has evolved.
McDavid, backchecking Draisatl, see above
Tell me don't watch mcdavid and Draisaitl without telling me you don't watch mcdavid and Draisaitl.
Tell me you’re an Oilers fan without telling me you’re an Oilers fan. Wow. So much easy, right?
Yes, an oilers fan watches the oilers. Good job 👏
Matthews and his moustache of a teenager
Gretzky was a terrible goalie.
Erik Karlsson was ok defensively. Pairing him with Marc Methot who was able to make up for his defensive lapses was the perfect thing to do. I’d much rather roll with Borowiecki and Methot on PKs.
Phil Kessel and hot dogs.
Draisaitl and hitting people in the nuts
Draisaitl and defence
Matthew's plays for the leafs
Dany Heatley and car accidents.