OT: Let's Remember Some Guys

[Boris Zubov]

I still use "Gaborik" in a lot of my passwords

I assumed they'd all revolve around Emily. Iloveemily69#!$

 

[n8]

No Sandstrom trade no Messier trade......

I think we could have gotten Messier with Sandstrom and/or Granato in the trade in place of Nicholls.

 

[will1066]

I assumed they'd all revolve around Emily. Iloveemily69#!$

Well, not all. I was advised by the interwebs to use different passwords and to keep changing them regularly.

 

[cwede]

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

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.

 

[eco's bones]

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.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

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

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Robbie Ftorek’s alien head in his joffa helmet

 

[Filthy Dangles]

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.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Ayo what the f*** is this

 

[RangersFan1994]

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.

 

[cwede]

Mods can delete if disallowed,
but this has been my favorite morning after snark

 

[cwede]

Marshall dies at 92, last survivor of Canadiens' 5-time Cup champion dynasty | NHL.com

Forward also played for Rangers, Sabres, Maple Leafs in 19-year NHL career

www.nhl.com

 

[cwede]

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

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

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

 

[leetch99]

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 .

 

[RangersFan1994]

Lias Andersson what a great pick he was. At least he turned into something useful, turned into an NHL player in Will Cuylle

 

[nyr2k2]

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.

 

[will1066]

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.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I think about this gif from time to time

 

[Boris Zubov]

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.

 

[Machinehead]

I remembered today that this photo exists

 

[Boris Zubov]

Anthony Bitetto popped to mind the other day.

Bitetto is a town in Italy that I just discovered I have many ancestors from.

 

[nyr2k2]

Anthony Bitetto popped to mind the other day.

I remember that crazy goal he scored and for a minute everyone was like...shit, do we have something here? We did not.

 

[80s Kid]

I remembered today that this photo existsView attachment 940050

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