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I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
I'm curious. Does he have a bloated reputation among Boston fans?No, he doesn't.
I'm curious. Does he have a bloated reputation among Boston fans?No, he doesn't.
not to be that guy, but alex burrows was an all timer
I'm curious. Does he have a bloated reputation among Boston fans?
No, he doesn't.
That’s a pretty generous qualification of “routine Selke vote getter". Never higher than 9th.Yeah a winger who is arguably the best PK'er of his era and a routine Selke vote getter is totally not what qualifies for this thread...
Yeah a winger who is arguably the best PK'er of his era and a routine Selke vote getter is totally not what qualifies for this thread...
This is only a rough comparison, but Lehtinen had some similarities to Lidstrom. Neither was the biggest, strongest or fastest player on the ice - their success was due to smart positioning and a great ability to read and anticipate their opponents. Lehtinen was calm and disciplined. (His career high was 30 penalty minutes - a miniscule amount given the amount of ice time he received, and the difficulty of many of his assignments). His strength was underrated - he wasn't going to throw thunderous checks, but despite being fairly average size, he could outmuscle opponents ten or twenty pounds heavier. He was very good at using his stick to poke away the puck, or to lift up the opponent's stick. He was masterful in the 1999 Stanley Cup finals, completely shutting down Miro Satan.I always wondered Lehtinen's reputation (deserved surely) about defensive prowess. I was young during his career and didn't catch a lot of his games since we rarely got games in Finnish TV. He never realle seemed to hustle that much. Not lazy by any means, but never got the impression of him being high energy player who covered ice/opponents with effort and speed. His 3 Selke trophies tell a story but was his game more refined and smart than hustle and work?
Poulin was mostly a centreman. Kasper was fulltime centre. Great defensive players, though.Dave Poulin
Steve Kasper
Dave Lowry
not to be that guy, but alex burrows was an all timer
i’ve never seen anyone dominate defending a 5-on-3 like him
another great defensive winger who had some success with the sedins (although only briefly) was arvedson
Burrows in his prime was the best defensive winger in the NHL and I'll go to my grave feeling that he was basically an equal player to Jere Lehtinen, who didn't get the recognition he deserved for several reasons :
1) the switch to 'C-only' voting for the Selke
2) voter/fan animosity toward Burrows and his Tikkanen-esque play style.
3) played on the West Coast.
4) the presence of Ryan Kesler who got all the defensive accolades but who to me was an inferior defensive player to Burrows.