ATD Chat Thread XX

[VanIslander]

"Teams are built around game breaking offensive talents. The only defenseman that fits that bill is Orr unfortunately".

That may be my dumb quote of the day. Apparently, guys such as Bourque and Coffey (both top 16 in points playing dman) are not "game breaking offensive talents".

Bourque is clearly #1 dman in NHL career shots.

The only forward with more (a position from which one should shoot more)... is OV.

To be clear: Bourque has more than 1000 shots over #2 MacInnis (harder shot, but Raymond's more legendary accurate a.ka. owning many 4-corner shots ); Bourque has nearly 2000 shots over #3 Coffey.

(There have been about 80 games a year, if healthy; do the math. Ray has been otherworldly in putting shots on net.)

That said, Bourque often defensively put shots on net from downtown to end turnovers against and initiate line changes.

 

[VanIslander]

Most importantly:

 

[seventieslord]

@Bear of Bad News - please delete this if it's not appropriate for me to post this on HFBoards

I have two tickets to the Hockey Hall of Fame game in Toronto (at the Scotiabank Arena) on Sunday November 10th. The game includes a brief ceremony for this year's HOF inductees, and then a (fun but low intensity) all-star game with retired players (some of the bigger names include Lindros, Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Weber, Roenick, Gartner, Turgeon, Bondra, etc).

It's a fun game and I go most years. But I'm being pulled in too many directions this year and need to step back from a few things.

They're in section 117, row 2 (which is actually the first row of the section). I'm asking for face value ($99.50 CDN) - which is less than what comparable tickets are going for on StubHub. Let me know if interested.

Damn, that sounds worth flying in for!