OT: Let's Remember Some Guys

HFsNumber1Heel

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IMHO, Torts was too quick to reject the depth guys he inherited, Freddy and Betts and Korpi
Korpi asked out that summer as an RFA. Betts I think for whatever reason was viewed as damaged goods after Brashear knocked him out. He played two more years for the Flyers and now works in manufacturing. Solid career for a solid player.

Torts seemed to love Sjostrom his first year and then they just let him go to Calgary. It was very strange. He only played three more years and his limited offense was even more limited.
 

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The teammates he had that kept opponents from getting a good night's sleep though were Bob Probert and Joey Kocur. Gallant was feisty and tough but kind of a run of the mill physical force for his era. Playing a lot with Yzerman certainly helped his production numbers. Probert and Kocur beat people up and sometimes severely.....and both of them were feared around the league.
 

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ayo tell me this coach isn't just Girardi and Cally melded into one person 🤣...maybe it's just me

 

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Robbie Ftorek’s alien head in his joffa helmet

I don't think it was a Jofa, I think he rocked a Northland, same one Stan Mikita used. It was so Fugly it was almost beautiful.


Remember when Mess got involved in the bucket biz....lol.


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I always wondered why the Rangers were never really patient with some of their younger players during the dark era with some potential like Marc Savard, Daniel Goneau, Ferraro brothers, Vladimir Vorobiev, Dube, Ryan VandenBussche, Eric Cairns.
 

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Re Canes' Necas current streak: "Martin Necas (0-2—2) extended his point streak to 13 games and tied Blaine Stoughton (13 GP in 1981-82) for the fifth longest in Canes(Whalers) franchise history."

back when NYR collected scoring stars from other teams,
they traded (Scot Kleinendorst) for Stoughton during '83-84 season
The 4 prior seasons he'd AVERAGED 49 Goals/season
(Those were high-scoring post-WHA-merger years)

but for NYR he was -12 in 14 games,
then he never played NHL again after that season
 

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Re Canes' Necas current streak: "Martin Necas (0-2—2) extended his point streak to 13 games and tied Blaine Stoughton (13 GP in 1981-82) for the fifth longest in Canes(Whalers) franchise history."

back when NYR collected scoring stars from other teams,
they traded (Scot Kleinendorst) for Stoughton during '83-84 season
The 4 prior seasons he'd AVERAGED 49 Goals/season
(Those were high-scoring post-WHA-merger years)

but for NYR he was -12 in 14 games,
then he never played NHL again after that season
“back when” we still do that lol. At least with Panarin it finally worked
 

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He certainly was....and often fought out of his weight class . When he was in puck battles....he did not pick his spots . He was all wolverine . I miss seeing guys play like he did back then . Every team should have a couple of Gallant types . It would make the games more entertaining .
 

nyr2k2

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I did not expect this thread to be going six years later, LOL.

Normand Rochefort is a guy I remembered randomly the other day. I had an irrational dislike of the guy because he spelled his name "Normand" with a D at the end, oblivious as a youngster to the concept that a name originating from a culture/language might be spelled differently than the "same" name from my culture/language.
 
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I did not expect this thread to be going six years later, LOL.

Normand Rochefort is a guy I remembered randomly the other day. I had an irrational dislike of the guy because he spelled his name "Normand" with a D at the end, oblivious as a youngster to the concept that a name originating from a culture/language might be spelled differently than the "same" name from my culture/language.

Anthony Bitetto popped to mind the other day.
 

Boris Zubov

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I did not expect this thread to be going six years later, LOL.

Normand Rochefort is a guy I remembered randomly the other day. I had an irrational dislike of the guy because he spelled his name "Normand" with a D at the end, oblivious as a youngster to the concept that a name originating from a culture/language might be spelled differently than the "same" name from my culture/language.
He was actually a "rock" solid, stay at home D who just couldn't stay in the lineup. I think he had not one, but two bad knees.

Rochefort in French, means rock-fort, for whomever didn't get the pun.
 

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