Tribute Dick Tärnström

[Eye of Ra]

What are you guys memories of him? What did he bring to the ice?

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[Gurglesons]

It'd be like if Riikola was our best player.

 

[SomeDude]

He sucked. Badly. As evident by the fact he lasted in the NHL like 14 months after he left the Pens. It’s amazing he led any team in points when he would wait 5 seconds to let the other team stand in front of him to shoot.

 

[Rakell67]

Big Dick Tarnstrom!

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Phew. Thought this was going to be another Konstantin Koltsov type thread.

 

[OnMyOwn]

Phew. Thought this was going to be another Konstantin Koltsov type thread.

Same.

Dick is a reminder of just how truly awful things could be, IMO.

 

[Freeptop]

I appreciate that Dick Tarnstrom helped make it possible for the Pens to draft Malkin!

 

[Ugene Magic]

Well, he was a PP rustler and the leading Pens scorer in 2003/04 allowing us to draft Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby.

Is that why you drug up my name?

Yay.... Me!

 

[Goodleaf]

Rick n Dick Connection.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Same.

Dick is a reminder of just how truly awful things could be, IMO.

He sucked. Badly. As evident by the fact he lasted in the NHL like 14 months after he left the Pens. It’s amazing he led any team in points when he would wait 5 seconds to let the other team stand in front of him to shoot.

It'd be like if Riikola was our best player.

41 points in 61 games in 02-03 season and 52 points in 80 games 03-04 season. thats great stats. how does a guy who sucks have 2 seasons like that?

 

[K Fleur]

41 points in 61 games in 02-03 season and 52 points in 80 games 03-04 season. thats great stats. how does a guy who sucks have 2 seasons like that?

Somebody’s gotta score…

If we’re talking X-Gen Pens, I wish Morozov had never left. Dude could have been a real contributor in the early Sid/Geno era.

 

[SEALBound]

2004 leading scorer!

 

[SomeDude]

41 points in 61 games in 02-03 season and 52 points in 80 games 03-04 season. thats great stats. how does a guy who sucks have 2 seasons like that?

The Pens PP was actually pretty good even with those terrible teams. In 03/04, 12 of his 16 goals were on the PP and his ES pts were 14 to 38 power play points.

He was to sniping shin pads as Tyler Kennedy is to sniping goalie’s logos.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I think the real question is, what does he think about his time in the NHL in PIT?

 

[Gurglesons]

41 points in 61 games in 02-03 season and 52 points in 80 games 03-04 season. thats great stats. how does a guy who sucks have 2 seasons like that?

Remember when we traded for 60 pt Poni from Toronto?

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Huge fan of Dick.

 

[HandshakeLine]

It'd be like if Riikola was our best player.

Putting both in the rafters next to Patrick Lalime

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Dick Tarnstrom, man, there's a blast from the past that was better off staying there.

Huge fan of Dick.

 

[HandshakeLine]

To answer OP's question, this is the first time I've thought of Dick Tarnstrom since he got traded and it's probably going to be the last. Farewell.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

He was no Ric Jackman, I'll tell you that much.

 

[Gurglesons]

He was no Ric Jackman, I'll tell you that much.

Well, Ric Jackman has his name on the cup so good point.

 

[Jacob]

I remember him being just kind of your typical PMD that managed to land a spot on a top PP unit with a very simple approach of pucks + bodies to the net, which Tarnstrom thrived in because he was good at getting pucks on net quickly.

I recall him taking a lot of quick wristers from the point, that kind of sweeping jai alai get-it-and-get-rid-of-it shot, which is normal now but atypical at the time.

And for the few games Lemieux was in the lineup he had the smarts to read off him.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Well, Ric Jackman has his name on the cup so good point.

 

[Gurglesons]

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[The Great Mighty Poo]

He wad there, but that's what Paul Steigerwald said about Chris Kunitz.