How good were the 94 Rangers?

[The Panther]

of course tikkanen was a top line player

he began his career with two cups as the LW on gretzky and kurri’s line

Not exactly. His first season was 1985-86 and he mostly played on a line with Marty McSorley. HIs 2nd and 3rd seasons he played with Gretzky and Kurri.

then after gretzky left he was LW with kurri and jimmy carson, both scored 100 pts that year as edmonton’s 1A line

year after that, he was on the 1B line as messier had his mvp year, but tik was for my money the real mvp of the playoffs

In 1990 playoffs (for Edmonton), I would probably go:
1. Ranford
1. Messier
3. Simpson
4. Tikkanen

year after that he led the oilers in scoring

He did, but with 69 points.

He was the team's MVP of the 1991 playoff run, though. No doubt about that one!

 

[Staniowski]

The '94 Rangers were a pretty decent team, but the '95 Devils would've smoked them.

 

[Gorskyontario]

Not exactly. His first season was 1985-86 and he mostly played on a line with Marty McSorley. HIs 2nd and 3rd seasons he played with Gretzky and Kurri.

So, playing 2/3 seasons at the start of his career with Gretzky and Kurri...Isn't beginning his career with Gretzky and Kurri? He didn't even play a full season in 85-86.

That somehow makes less than zero sense.

 

[The Panther]

That somehow makes less than zero sense.

It makes perfect sense and I was correct.

By the way, you really need a new line. Yours is generating less than zero respect.

 

[Gorskyontario]

It makes perfect sense and I was correct.

By the way, you really need a new line. Yours is generating less than zero respect.

Tikkanens first full season was on Gretzkys and Kurris wing. This is quite simple. So I stand by your post making less then zero sense, with all due respect.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Messier better send Leetch a gift every year for going full Bobby Orr in the playoffs and cementing Messier's legacy for him

Really? You need more than one good player to win a cup. Gretzky didn't win anything on his own either.

 

[KingDeathMetal]

of course tikkanen was a top line player

he began his career with two cups as the LW on gretzky and kurri’s line

then after gretzky left he was LW with kurri and jimmy carson, both scored 100 pts that year as edmonton’s 1A line

year after that, he was on the 1B line as messier had his mvp year, but tik was for my money the real mvp of the playoffs

year after that he led the oilers in scoring

So, 3 years of his career he was on the top line? Yeah, no. He wasn't a consistent top line player the way Amonte and Graves were. Again, not saying Tikkanen isn't Hall worthy or couldn't have played longer on top lines, but that wasn't the perception of him. It's not just about stats with the Hall, but numbers that guys put up in their prime years. Right or wrong, that's how it is.