NHL Skills Competition

TheBud · Jan 24, 2009

Not sure if everyone will have lines for these but I do on Pinny.

Shooting Accuracy: Too bad Ray Borque isn't around still or this would be a LOCK! :lol: However I do like Iginla at +425!

Fastest Skater: Jeff Carter will probly take this and once again where is Mike Gartner when you need him? But I'll go with Zach Parise +445

Hardest Shot: Move over Chara, hell move over Al Iafrate... Sheldon Souray was clocked "Unoficially" at 106.7 in the Oilers Skills competion..Chara has won a few years in a row if I can remember correctly? But I think we'll have a new champ tonight. Souray +181 (Down from +189) :103631605

artiesliver · Jan 25, 2009

Chara breaks Iafrate's record @ 105.4 mph.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406143

To think, the Isles had Big Z and got rid of him. Who would think the Isles would let talent slip through their hands....when you have a goaltender on the Injured Reserve list signed for 13 years whatelse do you need?

All Star Game:

Roberto Luongo--Former Islander 1st round pick in 1998, now a VanNuck and probably the best goaltender in the NHL when he's healthy.

Zdeno Chara--A big presence on the B's blueline, this former Islander has won the hardest shot contest at the All Star Game three seasons in a row.

Why take Zach Parise or Ryan Getzlaf in the 2003 NHL Draft when you can take Robert Nilsson? Why take Andrew Cagliano when you can select Ryan O'Marra in 05? I can't necessarily argue with the selection of Ricky D as the first overall pick in 2000, but with Heatley and Gaborik also in that class....?

VegasVic · Jan 25, 2009

Kansas City here I come!

somehow hurts less if sung to the tune..."California here I come".

artiesliver · Jan 25, 2009

Looks like it may happen. Charles Wang playing political games with local pols. Doesn't he know, you can't beat City Hall.

PassTheBuck · Jan 25, 2009

artiesliver said:
Chara breaks Iafrate's record @ 105.4 mph.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406143

To think, the Isles had Big Z and got rid of him. Who would think the Isles would let talent slip through their hands....when you have a goaltender on the Injured Reserve list signed for 13 years whatelse do you need?

All Star Game:

Roberto Luongo--Former Islander 1st round pick in 1998, now a VanNuck and probably the best goaltender in the NHL when he's healthy.

Zdeno Chara--A big presence on the B's blueline, this former Islander has won the hardest shot contest at the All Star Game three seasons in a row.

Why take Zach Parise or Ryan Getzlaf in the 2003 NHL Draft when you can take Robert Nilsson? Why take Andrew Cagliano when you can select Ryan O'Marra in 05? I can't necessarily argue with the selection of Ricky D as the first overall pick in 2000, but with Heatley and Gaborik also in that class....?

Had they not dealt Luongo at the draft that year, even the idiot Islanders would have had no choice but to draft Heatley or Gaborik.

So in the three hours that the first round took, they went from having Olli Jokinen, Roberto Luongo and Heatley (or Gaborik).... to having Rick DiPietro, Oleg Kvasha and Mark Parrish.

Of course, if they don't deal big Z (the best dman in the NHL), you are watching Heatley and Spezza together... on Long Island.

I'm sure we could all go on for hours... how the fuck does Mike Millbury have any hockey-related job?

TheBud · Jan 25, 2009

Leafs and Isles could make a All Star team between the players they've given up over the past 5 to 7 years..

artiesliver · Jan 25, 2009

PassTheBuck said:
Had they not dealt Luongo at the draft that year, even the idiot Islanders would have had no choice but to draft Heatley or Gaborik.

So in the three hours that the first round took, they went from having Olli Jokinen, Roberto Luongo and Heatley (or Gaborik).... to having Rick DiPietro, Oleg Kvasha and Mark Parrish.

Of course, if they don't deal big Z (the best dman in the NHL), you are watching Heatley and Spezza together... on Long Island.

I'm sure we could all go on for hours... how the fuck does Mike Millbury have any hockey-related job?

How MM even has a hockey-related job is a question that continues to baffle me. Maybe he had photos of Charles Wang and Gary Bettmann (sp?) at a Turkish bath house.