UncleRisto
Not Great, Bob!
I liked Hinote and Skoula because their names are easily legible and memorable for a Finnish child practicing reading fluency. How about that? Did you consider that?
Hey now, I'm not drawing the pension yet!The disparity in popularity of role players from different eras feels like an insight into the changing nature of lines and line-up depth in the NHL. Logan O'Connor has 57 points in 206 games while Hinote had 65 in 353. While Hinote was obviously more than points I don't see a player lasting that long doing that little on the scoreboard nowadays, and certainly not enough to endear themselves to a fanbase the way Hinote clearly has.
Or all the pensioners on the forum are just overly enamoured with players from their youth in the same way I'll be here in 20 years with my Cogliano and J. Johnson jerseys framed and telling anyone who's left how great they were in the room.
God I wish I was a pensioner in my mid 30s. Love the role players from my childhood much more than the ones now except I do love Cogs and JMFJ and will do everything in my power to get a game worn Cogs jersey from this seasonThe disparity in popularity of role players from different eras feels like an insight into the changing nature of lines and line-up depth in the NHL. Logan O'Connor has 57 points in 206 games while Hinote had 65 in 353. While Hinote was obviously more than points I don't see a player lasting that long doing that little on the scoreboard nowadays, and certainly not enough to endear themselves to a fanbase the way Hinote clearly has.
Or all the pensioners on the forum are just overly enamoured with players from their youth in the same way I'll be here in 20 years with my Cogliano and J. Johnson jerseys framed and telling anyone who's left how great they were in the room.
I'm on a similar page. go back some years and I knew basically all the plugs out there. lol from Nasreddine to Bombardir, from Ciccone to Rico Fata, boy oh boy... good times.I'm guilty though, especially with the 90s guys. The mid-late 90s were the peak of my TV watching and video game time as a single guy so I also had a much better feel for 3rd and 4th liners across the entire league and could better judge how we stacked up.
It was a different era of hockey then and different things were asked of role players. Comparing third and fourth line scoring stats 20 seasons apart isn't particularly instructive.The disparity in popularity of role players from different eras feels like an insight into the changing nature of lines and line-up depth in the NHL. Logan O'Connor has 57 points in 206 games while Hinote had 65 in 353. While Hinote was obviously more than points I don't see a player lasting that long doing that little on the scoreboard nowadays, and certainly not enough to endear themselves to a fanbase the way Hinote clearly has.
Or all the pensioners on the forum are just overly enamoured with players from their youth in the same way I'll be here in 20 years with my Cogliano and J. Johnson jerseys framed and telling anyone who's left how great they were in the room.
Definitely this. You can throw defenseman into there as well.It was a different era of hockey then and different things were asked of role players. Comparing third and fourth line scoring stats 20 seasons apart isn't particularly instructive.
I know, it was just an observation, not a criticism.It was a different era of hockey then and different things were asked of role players. Comparing third and fourth line scoring stats 20 seasons apart isn't particularly instructive.
It would've taken a lot longer and had even less interest by the time we reached this point, and I don't think the order would have changed much.Definitely this. You can throw defenseman into there as well.
I kind of gave up on this poll when guys started getting in with 25% of the vote totals. It’s been fun but if this was ever done again there probably should be runoffs. I think it would have changed things drastically.
I know, it was just an observation, not a criticism.
It would've taken a lot longer and had even less interest by the time we reached this point, and I don't think the order would have changed much.